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When you need tires but gas is still too high

Daughter driving on very worn tires now as no new ones in her car’s size available anywhere.
Sounds hard to believe even with today's shortages.
If original size unavailable others in same diameter will fit OR
move up (or down) a rim size. Most any tire store should be
able to order the size she needs and have in a few days.
If not, order online from Tirerack.com. Tires or tire & wheel pkgs.
If getting wheels & tires to get different diameter be forewarned
most of the wheels made in China. One brand from Poland is
Rial, better quality and warranty than China brands.

I recently changed from 17" to 15" wheels and Discount Tire
had 15 inchers in stock. Fifteens not in much demand these days.
Definitely cheaper than 17s though.
 
Daughter driving on very worn tires now as no new ones in her car’s size available anywhere.
the Tire stores should know you can get a different number and still have the same diameter. May be a hair wider or narrower but there are options. Check this tire size comparison calculator and find her something that will work.

https://tiresize.com/calculator/
 
Sounds hard to believe even with today's shortages.
If original size unavailable others in same diameter will fit OR
move up (or down) a rim size. Most any tire store should be
able to order the size she needs and have in a few days.
If not, order online from Tirerack.com. Tires or tire & wheel pkgs.
If getting wheels & tires to get different diameter be forewarned
most of the wheels made in China. One brand from Poland is
Rial, better quality and warranty than China brands.

I recently changed from 17" to 15" wheels and Discount Tire
had 15 inchers in stock. Fifteens not in much demand these days.
Definitely cheaper than 17s though.

the Tire stores should know you can get a different number and still have the same diameter. May be a hair wider or narrower but there are options. Check this tire size comparison calculator and find her something that will work.

https://tiresize.com/calculator/
She’s hard-headed, 500 miles away, and listening to her BMW dealer.
But, thanks for info, I’ll pass it along.
 
listening to her BMW dealer.
Well, there you go.

That's the problem, not tire shortages.

My BMW dealer told me I HAD to have an oil pan gasket replaced, or the engine was going to crater.

In a triumph of German engineering, you basically have to disassemble the WHOLE front end to take off the oil pan, cost =$3000.

When I told him I could buy a WHOLE Lot of oil for $3000, he tried to guild me by insisting that was not the BMW way. Told him may not be the BMW way, but was definitely the Cracker way, and I had kept several trucks going for tens of thousands of miles doing that.

They are nice cars, but when they hit about 180,000 miles, they become money pits. That's why 10 year old ones are so cheap compared to the initial price.

Anyway, she should definitely talk to someone else.
 
Well, there you go.

That's the problem, not tire shortages.

My BMW dealer told me I HAD to have an oil pan gasket replaced, or the engine was going to crater.

In a triumph of German engineering, you basically have to disassemble the WHOLE front end to take off the oil pan, cost =$3000.

When I told him I could buy a WHOLE Lot of oil for $3000, he tried to guild me by insisting that was not the BMW way. Told him may not be the BMW way, but was definitely the Cracker way, and I had kept several trucks going for tens of thousands of miles doing that.

They are nice cars, but when they hit about 180,000 miles, they become money pits. That's why 10 year old ones are so cheap compared to the initial price.

Anyway, she should definitely talk to someone else.
Oh, yeah, most any dealer is going to dump a load of crap on you, and I taught her that.
She’s been preoccupied with work, travel, marriage, and raising an 8 year-old who she swears is turning into me. And that Beemer has been a PITA since day one. Like cursed, with weird stuff happening to it.
 
If she's that hard headed 500 miles away may not be enough. (j/k)
With such a busy schedule that's another reason she shouldn't
keep riding on worn out tires. An accident can/will change one's
priorities or lifestyle pretty dang quick.Takes a lot longer to resolve
than a trip to the tire store that's fer shure. Some tire stores may
come to her work place to pick up car, replace tires and bring it back.

Does it seem to anyone else that BMW is the Glock of the automotive world? :-O
 
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