I have gone around in circles ( No pun Intended) looking at various options for wheels and winter tyres and people that can get the Tyres can't get the wheels and vice versa.
I did find one company that could supply both but the cost was £1,600 a set and since I need 2 sets I was in for £3,200, which was so close to the OPCs dicounted price of £3,447.00 that it made sense to order from the OPC.
The OPC wheels also come with the inbuilt pressure monitor sensors. Apparently if you use wheels without the sensors and have pressure monitoring fitted you will get a constant error message on the dashboard display.
I wish I had ordered them a week ago because they would have been delivered from Germany and on the cars by now[8|]
As a side issue, apparently Pirelli Scorpions are a summer tyre in the UK, but on the Continent you can choose either the Summer or winter versions. The Pirelli Scorpion Winter tyres are not stocked in the UK and are available by special Import only. How true this is I'm not sure but one Tyre specialist said many people buy the Scorpion in the UK believing it to be the winter version.
Anyway, looking on the bright side of life, the Snow will clear and the sun will come out and we will start experiencing the warmest late January once my new 'winter wheels' arrive in the UK.[
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