[mdrobc13]

Anybody put winter tires on their M3's in the area already? Am considering this option as I woudl rather drive the car with the proper tires on it. As you all know in freezing temps and snow/ice when it does happen in DC/MD/Va it's usually either on the weekend, at night or you guessed it while you're at work or on your way home during rush hour on the Beltway. So has it snowed? Is it pretty cold out or are we having a temperate/mild winter?

So I was wondering what any of you had done at this time so far. I have 18" OEM's (Sport PS2 mounted) so I am going to mount any snow/winter tires on those to maintain proper fit and am planning a set of 19" OEM's too for summer use. For those of you who know or are familiar am currently deployed overseas to Afghanistan (tis cold here for sure!) so my car is stored until I get home in late Jan 09 (hopefully)! So am also wondering what has the weather been like back home too cause with Spring only what 60 days away when I get back and actually get my vehicle...it may make sense to just get my 19" package and mount them rather than buying a set of winter tires now and defering that till Sept/Oct 09 maybe and saving some $$ and pain of switching up tires when I get back only to change em out a month or two later.

So since I am not there I thought I'd ask those of you who are?

Thoughts anyone?