All season tyres

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Looking into winter vs all-season tyres, and quite fancy simply running all-season, er... all season.

Unfortunately the profiles on the M sport f10 seem to make this impossible, as I simply can't find any 275/35/18, and only one 235/40/18 (Maxxis).

Question is, can I safely run a different profile on these wheels (without invalidating insurance), or should I stick to plan A and just get a set of winter wheels/tyres. Alternatively, is there another source that will actually do all-seasons for these wheels?

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jon- said:

There's a reason all season tyres aren't made in bigger sizes for heavier / more powerful cars, they still aren't up to the task as they give away so much in dry braking.

Frankly it was your posts/site that got me interested in the first place, guess I'll change my mind! BMW ones come with Bridgestone Blizzak LM32, what would you recommend here, given that I struggle to find winters in these profiles too if I were to keep the 18's and simply change the rubber?

TA14 said:

You could try 245/45/18

http://www.mytyres.co.uk/cgi-bin/rshop.pl?dsco=110...

Did plan A involve fitting smaller dia wheels? ie is there a smaller size wheel option in the handbook?

Sure did, the BMW recommended option is 225/45/17

Ozzie Osmond said:

What tyres do you have on it at the moment? I don't mean size, I mean brand name and type.

Couldn't tell you without looking, but I think some sort of Pirelli

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Granted, but it's the factory fit tyres still on it (hence dunno), and BMW aren't well known for their awesome snow performance on any summers.

Unless of course someone tells me to stick Michelin Super Sport's all round instead!

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The Spruce goose said:

i live in a very rural location and travel to Scotland a lot, and good summer tyres work well, just drive a bit slower in winter. out winters are more moderate than mainland Europe.

All seasons just aren't there yet, whatever the CClimate marketing implies.

Is that a BMW, or similar Front engined - RWD wagon?