E34 Winter tyres

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   Anyone had experience of winter tyres on an E34 Touring (or similar). My tyres are getting a little long in the tooth, although legal and I'm off to deepest South Germany for Christmas.
Last year I drove a VW Passat on standard all season tyres in German snow/ice/wet and although I consider myself a cautious driver in bad conditions, with a full car (family etc) it was no joke. 5 hours in very poor conditions with the car twitching on quite a few occasions had me really thinking about tyres for this year on my E34, any suggestions?
I know winter tyres tend to have a deeper tread and the rubber/silicon compound is different for the lower temperatures but thats about the limit of my knowledge.

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oddball Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Senior Member I Joined: 18-February-2005 Location: Shepperton Status: Offline Points: 112	Topic: E34 Winter tyres Posted: 09-November-2005 at 15:35
	Anyone had experience of winter tyres on an E34 Touring (or similar). My tyres are getting a little long in the tooth, although legal and I'm off to deepest South Germany for Christmas. Last year I drove a VW Passat on standard all season tyres in German snow/ice/wet and although I consider myself a cautious driver in bad conditions, with a full car (family etc) it was no joke. 5 hours in very poor conditions with the car twitching on quite a few occasions had me really thinking about tyres for this year on my E34, any suggestions? I know winter tyres tend to have a deeper tread and the rubber/silicon compound is different for the lower temperatures but thats about the limit of my knowledge.

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