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      10-05-2014, 04:11 PM   #1
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Winter tire storage

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My car was delivered with the Michelin pilot super sports, which I love. But, as winter approaches, I'm trying to work out a winter setup. The problem is that I live in a condo and thus can't store the tires myself. More northern states have services for tire storage, but I can't find anything similar in Maryland or the mid-Atlantic. Anyone have any ideas? I need to get in touch w the dealer too to see if they have any suggestions.

Thanks much!
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Where are you in Maryland?
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When I asked at Towson BMW they said they had an off site provider that stores tires for a monthly fee.
You don't get a storage room in the basement at your condo ?
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      10-06-2014, 08:01 AM   #4
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Find a cheap storage unit outside of the city. Get the smallest one that isn't on the ground floor and you could probably find something for 40 a month give or take. Plenty of those around just have to check online and the key is to find them in not so in demand locations.

Think public storage and all the other competitors
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Hey all,

My car was delivered with the Michelin pilot super sports, which I love. But, as winter approaches, I'm trying to work out a winter setup. The problem is that I live in a condo and thus can't store the tires myself. More northern states have services for tire storage, but I can't find anything similar in Maryland or the mid-Atlantic. Anyone have any ideas? I need to get in touch w the dealer too to see if they have any suggestions.

Thanks much!
do you have a balcony or patio? store them outside. or find a spot inside if you have to. i deffo would not pay for a storage unit!
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      10-12-2014, 03:47 PM   #6
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Hey guys, thanks for the responses and sorry to not have replied. Things got crazy at work.

To answer the various questions:

1. I'm in Baltimore.

2. I had figured the dealer might have some arrangement, thanks for letting me know Towson does. Will look into it.

3. Nope, no basement storage locker/unit, unfortunately.

4. The storage facility out of the city is an interesting idea, but then I'd have the problem of how to get the tires there in the first place.

5. No balcony. Wish we had some outside space, alas. But I've heard that the summer tires are best not stored where it's too cold anyway, as they might be prone to cracking. I don't know if that's true, but probably not worth the risk.

What I've been thinking - I park my car in the garage in the basement of my building, up against a wall. I could probably just line up the off-season tires along the wall. Will be asking the management if they'd have a problem with that. Again, I'd need to figure out how to get the tires there, but I can probably get a friend with a truck to help out.

Thanks again, all.
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I saw an ad for BMW of Silver Spring offering tire storage. Not sure if its handled internally or via vendor, but there's another option.

I know the 2 series is smaller, but do your rear seats fold down? I can easily get 4 rims/tires into my M3.

I may be picking up an M2 one day, so I'd like to know if it would fit anyways.
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