Recommended winter tires?

OneLetter · 12-17-2013, 08:55 PM

So I braved the storm today with some all-seasons and nearly failed miserably. Plenty of fun drifting around turns, sure, but actually going up a hill took a ton of patience, especially after it defeated me the first run up.

So I figure, may as well throw some winter shoes on and was wondering what all of you recommend for the 128?

Anyone toss extra weight in the trunk also?

potxoli · 12-18-2013, 04:49 AM

I just put on dunlop M3's on my 135i and made it up a small hill just fine. No additional weight in the back. I would recommend them.

Kgolf31 · 12-18-2013, 10:28 AM

Michelin IceX

five_timer · 12-20-2013, 03:28 PM

Blizzaks are good, I used Michelin Arctic Alpins for many years. Now I have Dunlop Graspics and they're fine in the snow.

NWillard77 · 12-20-2013, 03:53 PM

Any snow tire is going to be better than your no-seasons. Blizzaks are great in the snow. Also hakkapalitas are pretty badass snow tires. I used arctic claws on my old audi (distributed to a no name company by cooper) and they did great and were cheap.

potxoli · 12-21-2013, 07:50 AM

there is a thread in the tire subgroup about performance vs regular winter tires. Worth reading. I decided to go with performance, since at the end of the day the roads in winter are dry 90% of the time in the Boston area and I still want to drive with my lead foot and have fun

The Dunlops that I mention (M3) are performance snows, not regular snows

Overpar56 · 12-21-2013, 08:56 AM

I'm running 225x18 Goodyear UltraGrip Performace 2 on Andros Spec D 8" rims. For my area, we spend most of the winter on wet roads and 2" to 3" snowfalls. I had it out once after a storm and found a unplowed parking lot and it did OK. Started in 2nd and it was fine.

I got the Goodyears more for the feel and the rebate.

john_w_lewis · 12-30-2013, 07:11 AM

BLIZZAKS!

OneLetter · 12-30-2013, 05:23 PM

Bought a set of Blizzaks today. Thanks for the recommendations - hopefully everything goes a little smoother. Finding staggered winter tires is rather difficult...heh.

OneLetter · 01-02-2014, 12:05 PM

Blizzaks on - absolutely night and day compared to the Pirelli's I had before. Not a single skid or slip the entire way up the same hill the nearly defeated me last time. Glad I got them right before the storm hits today too.

Thanks again for all the recs. Didn't need snow tires for the past decade living out west, good to know Blizzaks are still amazing.

Overpar56 · 01-02-2014, 02:18 PM

Good luck with the impending doom. You guys know how to deal with it.

IEDEI · 01-03-2014, 05:49 PM

if you are SERIOUS about snow-------forget everything else and get yourself a set of Nokian Hakapaliitta R2 snow tires......better than anything else out there and well worth it. You won't regret it.

12-17-2013, 08:55 PM	#1
OneLetter Enlisted Member 29 Rep 39 Posts Drives: 2016 340i Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Austin, TX iTrader: (0)	Recommended winter tires? So I braved the storm today with some all-seasons and nearly failed miserably. Plenty of fun drifting around turns, sure, but actually going up a hill took a ton of patience, especially after it defeated me the first run up. So I figure, may as well throw some winter shoes on and was wondering what all of you recommend for the 128? Anyone toss extra weight in the trunk also?
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12-18-2013, 04:49 AM	#2
potxoli First Lieutenant 138 Rep 353 Posts Drives: 2016 SO F80 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: boston iTrader: (2)	I just put on dunlop M3's on my 135i and made it up a small hill just fine. No additional weight in the back. I would recommend them.
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12-18-2013, 10:28 AM	#3
Kgolf31 Brigadier General 459 Rep 4,531 Posts Drives: 2007 Z4MC, 2012 128i Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Ohio iTrader: (4)	Michelin IceX
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12-20-2013, 03:28 PM	#4
five_timer no turbo, no auto, no iDrive, no kidding 105 Rep 425 Posts Drives: 128i convertible Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: NH iTrader: (0)	Blizzaks are good, I used Michelin Arctic Alpins for many years. Now I have Dunlop Graspics and they're fine in the snow.
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12-20-2013, 03:53 PM	#5
NWillard77 Second Lieutenant 13 Rep 258 Posts Drives: 2008 135i sparkling grey/red Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: North Shore, MA iTrader: (2)	Any snow tire is going to be better than your no-seasons. Blizzaks are great in the snow. Also hakkapalitas are pretty badass snow tires. I used arctic claws on my old audi (distributed to a no name company by cooper) and they did great and were cheap.
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12-21-2013, 07:50 AM	#6
potxoli First Lieutenant 138 Rep 353 Posts Drives: 2016 SO F80 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: boston iTrader: (2)	there is a thread in the tire subgroup about performance vs regular winter tires. Worth reading. I decided to go with performance, since at the end of the day the roads in winter are dry 90% of the time in the Boston area and I still want to drive with my lead foot and have fun The Dunlops that I mention (M3) are performance snows, not regular snows
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12-21-2013, 08:56 AM	#7
Overpar56 Proud AARP member in good standing 28 Rep 635 Posts Drives: Me nuts Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Skyline, Chile iTrader: (0)	I'm running 225x18 Goodyear UltraGrip Performace 2 on Andros Spec D 8" rims. For my area, we spend most of the winter on wet roads and 2" to 3" snowfalls. I had it out once after a storm and found a unplowed parking lot and it did OK. Started in 2nd and it was fine. I got the Goodyears more for the feel and the rebate. __________________ 2012 135i DCT, Lemans Blue/black leather, PPK1, PE, Stoptech Sport rotors and Sport pads, unhealthy crackles and burbles and an aging demonic driver.
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12-30-2013, 07:11 AM	#8
john_w_lewis Private First Class 6 Rep 108 Posts Drives: 2008 E82 135i Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Maine iTrader: (1)	BLIZZAKS! __________________ John Lewis 2008 BMW 135i \| Sedona Red \| 6MT
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12-30-2013, 05:23 PM	#9
OneLetter Enlisted Member 29 Rep 39 Posts Drives: 2016 340i Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Austin, TX iTrader: (0)	Bought a set of Blizzaks today. Thanks for the recommendations - hopefully everything goes a little smoother. Finding staggered winter tires is rather difficult...heh.
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01-02-2014, 12:05 PM	#10
OneLetter Enlisted Member 29 Rep 39 Posts Drives: 2016 340i Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Austin, TX iTrader: (0)	Blizzaks on - absolutely night and day compared to the Pirelli's I had before. Not a single skid or slip the entire way up the same hill the nearly defeated me last time. Glad I got them right before the storm hits today too. Thanks again for all the recs. Didn't need snow tires for the past decade living out west, good to know Blizzaks are still amazing.
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01-02-2014, 02:18 PM	#11
Overpar56 Proud AARP member in good standing 28 Rep 635 Posts Drives: Me nuts Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Skyline, Chile iTrader: (0)	Good luck with the impending doom. You guys know how to deal with it. __________________ 2012 135i DCT, Lemans Blue/black leather, PPK1, PE, Stoptech Sport rotors and Sport pads, unhealthy crackles and burbles and an aging demonic driver.
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01-03-2014, 05:49 PM	#12
IEDEI Banned 1130 Rep 4,686 Posts Drives: L'Orange Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Brooklyn, NYC iTrader: (0) Garage List 2011 BMW 1M [8.40]	if you are SERIOUS about snow-------forget everything else and get yourself a set of Nokian Hakapaliitta R2 snow tires......better than anything else out there and well worth it. You won't regret it.
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