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Winter wheel and tyre fitment - are these ok?

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Re: Winter wheel and tyre fitment - are these ok?

Post by AW8 » Wed Sep 07, 2011 11:57 am

Please see my reply to your other thread :)
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Re: Winter wheel and tyre fitment - are these ok?

Post by AW8 » Thu Sep 08, 2011 9:30 pm

[quote=""Dan1502""]The tyres are Dunlop Grandtrek WT M2. The only reason I tend not to state prices is that sometimes people use the price you paid to bargain come resale time though I don't really see that as relevant. I paid £900. They were bought from BMW less than a year ago for £1,410 which I'm guessing was probably at a reasonable discount.[/quote]

Glad you are happy Dan......perhaps not bargain of the year but clearly of good provenance :thumbsup:

I personally don't worry posting prices I paid for stuff..... Just because I might do legwork &/or get lucky with the odd bargain it doesn't reduce the true value of it either in my ownership or should I choose to sell later.

If folk choose to not buy on here there's always ebay, PH or other classifieds.

That set should see you well through coming winter :)
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Re: Winter wheel and tyre fitment - are these ok?

Post by AW8 » Thu Sep 08, 2011 9:33 pm

Just a quick note - For any new winter tyre queries not specifically prior discussed in this thread CondorX5 has taken time to start a new discussion thread with faq's included. Clicky
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Re: Winter wheel and tyre fitment - are these ok?

Post by Dan1502 » Thu Sep 08, 2011 11:26 pm

Not the bargain of the century as you say but considering new tyres are around or over £200 each I think the price is fair. I can't find a scratch on them. The 17s I was going to buy would have worked out about £600 posted and though they apparently had only 3,000 miles of use they were 3 years old. Being a rarer I'm hopeful that they will hold their value pretty well if looked after (and I do look after things).
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Winter wheel and tyre fitment - are these ok?

Post by dirtymonkey29 » Sat Sep 10, 2011 6:57 pm

I'm after a set of 17's for my diesel ready for winter

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Winter wheel and tyre fitment - are these ok?

Post by dirtymonkey29 » Sat Sep 17, 2011 9:04 pm

Well I got my 17"s ready for winter £160 for 4 alloys with Michelin tyres.... On closer inspection there winter m+s tyres with 4-5mm of tread which should see me through this winter and save me £600-£700 in rubber..... Result!!!

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Re: Winter wheel and tyre fitment - are these ok?

Post by Pete » Thu Sep 22, 2011 8:12 pm

I'm similar to you dirtymonkey. I have just bought a set of 17's off ebay with Dunlop winter tyres on (6-7mm all round) for £190 with delivery from Spain!! I'm really pleased with that.

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Re: Winter wheel and tyre fitment - are these ok?

Post by AW8 » Thu Sep 22, 2011 8:21 pm

[quote=""AW8""]Just a quick note - For any new winter tyre queries not specifically prior discussed in this thread CondorX5 has taken time to start a new discussion thread with faq's included. Clicky[/quote]

Locking now -purely for good housekeeping.

Please try to keep all Winter tyre discussion on the thread I have prior linked to & as above.


Thanks :)

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