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#442 of 460 Snow tires by dash5 Aug 13, 2009 (5:33 pm)
Sorry if this is an obvious question but... do you keep the snow tires on year round or just in winter months? Do they help in rain as well? I'm considering geting the 328xi or 335xi (used) simply because I want the car to handle well in all weather conditions. Replies to this message: shipo (Aug 14, 2009 2:25 am) fedlawman (Aug 14, 2009 8:50 am) neprop (Aug 15, 2009 9:27 am)
#443 of 460 Re: Snow tires [dash5] by shipo Aug 14, 2009 (2:25 am)
Replying to: dash5 (Aug 13, 2009 5:33 pm) Winter tires should only be kept on during the winter as they are not built to deal with the heat of summer roads. For wet wummer roads, all-season or summer tires will perform much better. Replies to this message: fedlawman (Aug 14, 2009 8:50 am)
#444 of 460 Re: Snow tires [shipo] by fedlawman Aug 14, 2009 (8:50 am)
Replying to: shipo (Aug 14, 2009 2:25 am) Shhh, be vewy, vewy qwiet, I'm hunting Wabbits on wet wummer woads...
#445 of 460 2007 328i 33000mile CPO by geffrey Aug 14, 2009 (8:51 am)
BMW asked for 26500 what is a reasonable price? Replies to this message: geffrey (Aug 15, 2009 7:29 pm)
#446 of 460 Re: Honest Snow Performance [shipo] by neprop Aug 15, 2009 (9:18 am)
Replying to: shipo (Aug 13, 2009 1:58 am) Shipo, thanks for your feedback. My driving will be mostly in eastern MA, but I do go through NH, VT and up to Canada quite a lot.
#447 of 460 Re: Honest Snow Performance [kyfdx] by neprop Aug 15, 2009 (9:20 am)
Replying to: kyfdx (Aug 13, 2009 3:20 am) Host, thanks for your feedback.
#448 of 460 Re: Snow tires [dash5] by neprop Aug 15, 2009 (9:27 am)
Replying to: dash5 (Aug 13, 2009 5:33 pm) dash5, you definitely want to take your winter tires off in for the spring, summer and fall. The material properties for winter tires are different from all-seasons and if you use winter tires in the summer, you will likely experience a higher tire-related noise level, but the real rub is that you will wear out your winter tires really quickly.   On AWD vs 2 whell drive, I have driven both and AWD with the right tires is almost unstoppable in blizzards in New England. So you will be fine. AWD with summer tires or average all-season tires will not be as good especially if you use summer tires all year round. Hope this helps.
#449 of 460 any sugesstion? Re: 2007 328i 33000mile CPO [geffrey] by geffrey Aug 15, 2009 (7:29 pm)
Replying to: geffrey (Aug 14, 2009 8:51 am) BMW asked for 26500 what is a reasonable price?
#450 of 460 New or slightly used? by dash5 Aug 19, 2009 (6:48 am)
Any advice on the "sweet spot" to buy a slightly used BMW 3 series? I am trying to determine if I should by new or used right now. Looking at Edmunds True Cost to Own and other sites, the 1st year depreciation is 12-13,000 dollars. Wow.   On the other hand, love the new car experience and I get the full 4 year warranty. Not to mention when it's time to sell or trade in I'm the original owner, does that help resale or trade in value?   Any thoughts on what you'd do with a 35k budget looking for an AWD BWM 328 ?
#451 of 460 2007 BMW 328i with or w/o CPO by adag Aug 19, 2009 (7:24 am)
I am in the market for a 07 328i (20K-30K miles) and am debating whether to pick up a car with the 6yr/100K CPO from the dealer or buy the car privately (with 2 yrs of factory warranty remaining), and add the CPO from a national BMW CPO provider. I drive 8-10K miles/ year   I tried looking for the pros and cons of the two, but could not find the thread.

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