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[pascrelg]

I am a very happy owner of a 135I Monaco Blue BMW that I picked up from the performance center in SC last July. So I have had the car for about a year and I only had my OEM Bridgestone Potenza Runflats on for about 5 months before Gill turned me onto a great set of winter tires. They are not runflats...and thats the problem! I love them! There is absolutely no comparison in handling between the stock runflats and the winter tires I have on my car now.

Since we had so much rain the entire month of June, I have kept the winter's on. But I cannot forever. Gill suggested a great summer tire (sumitomo HR III's I believe), but my problem is this. How can I get rid of the OEM tires which no one seems to want and that retail on tirerack for close to $1,200?

They had only 3-4000 miles on them when I garaged them.

Is there some place I could post them outside of this forum for at least $500 to cover the cost of my new summer tires at least?

or

Bite the bullet and use these tires for a couple more years? I only put about 10,000 miles a year on my car as it is...

Please help me make a logical decision here.

Thank you for your anticipated help.

G

[HondaGoneRogue]

I drove my car for about 2 1/2 months before I had to swap to winters. So I was in the same boat. I just sucked it up and mounted the runflats on my new rims and kept the winters on my stock wheels. There's no way I was gonna just ditch those exspensive rubbers no matter how underwhelming they are. I am shipping the car to Vegas next month and then maybe if they show enough wear before the winter I will roast them. But if they are really new I would say use them. Unless your made of money.

[pascrelg]

sage advice...I guess no one is going to pay me anywhere near there value...?

[e82vette]

1. take it to local tire shop... see how much they can offer you
2. take pictures, put them on sale in this forum (might find someone local)
3. use them.. its RFT, its safe, and its expensive ones