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I bought a set of second hand winter wheels for the e46 off gumtree. Just checked that the wheel size was the same. Think I paid £200~ for a set of wheels with winter tyres with loads of winter tread on (which I stupidly left on way into summer and now 2 of which are on the 4mm wear indicator, whoops). As people have mentioned you want to check the age of the tyres - lots of fairly vintage sets kicking around that I would not want to trust my life with.
When it came down to it, buying a set of winter wheels and tyres is a lot more economical than having to pay to swap tyres over every autumn and spring.
Also, I saved a load of cash replacing my old summer tyres changing from 225 r16 55 W to 205 r16 55 V. 20mm less width but a massively more common size, I also got tyres rated for a lower top speed V rather than W (checked that both these sizes/ratings were ok by checking the door card). Literally £66 a corner rather than £120 for the tyres I wanted.
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They're 235/35/19, so buying new would be £600-800 for a set. Agree tyres aren't something you want to cheap out on, but if I can get decent quality used ones for what will be at most 3,000 miles then that's preferable. If it was a car I owned and not leased I'd buy a new set of winter wheels and tyres, no question.
The concern isn't so much driving in Tuscany, it's more what we may encounter on the way there/back, particularly the return leg as plan is to come back through Switzerland and western side of Germany. A cold snap over those couple of weeks and I suspect we'd be fucked, even in Tuscany. Although the Conti tyres are admittedly in very good condition, the compound is utter shite in cold conditions and I've got 300bhp through the front wheels.