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Originally Posted by matthewcornish
Been agonising over buying winter tyres or not - and what alloys to get for them. Largely due to expense. I wish in the UK it would be a legal requirement to have them as it is in Germany LOL
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Not an expense really. Unless you're limited by brake size, drop to a 16" alloy - tons of cheap 2nd hand oem BMW ones on ebay, and some high end winters.
My previous BMW was a 320D MSport tourer, staggered 18", I dropped to 16" / 205-55-16" Alloys - £100, tyres - £380 (Dunlop Winter Sport 3D). Ran them for two seasons before selling the car, sold the winters for £300.
I see that as pretty good value, the summers didn't get used for 4 months of the year, I could drive with confidence and much more safely than on summers (I live in Scotland).
Not sure about the Off-set on 16" for a F20/F21, but this is the kind of thing you want to get...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4-X-GENUIN...item27dc40051e
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