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Originally Posted by ST3

For those that have purchased from the dealer...what did you pay per unit for the following?

36-11-0-003-049. (Non staggered with Michelin)

36-11-0-003-050 (staggered front)
36-11-0-003-051 (staggered rear)


If I want staggered the back order situation may keep me without tires until late December. If I go non staggered it will just be a couple of weeks. Clearly staggered looks better but I am also thinking about the benefits of a narrower tire in winter. Any thoughts?

I've run a four-square setup using the front tire size for the last nine years on my E60s and F10s. Works well, but I did lose a little traction from the narrower tire. The narrower rear tire is better for driving in snow, but the difference in width is minimal so I'd guess the benefits are minimal. I think the benefit of a four-square setup is even less on the F90 platform with all wheel drive.

All else being equal I prefer the aesthetics of the polished orbit grey staggered winter set to the ferric grey winter set, but as you noted the ferric set is supposed to be in stock over the next couple weeks whereas the staggered sets are delayed until mid-December due to availability of the rear tires. Given how quickly winter has come upon us in the northeast (and the M5 is my DD), I'm not sure I can wait for the staggered setup to be available.