another snow tire posting

[Dave Michael <Dave.Michael@quantum.com>]

Its that time of year again.

I need to buy 4 for snow tires. Not for my 200qw, which already has a set of
4 pirrellis. Nope, this is for the new, ack, bmw m3 sedan we just bought. I
have narrowed it down to the following choices:

Michelin Arctic Alpin - Supposed to be very good dry handling, but the tread
looks very un-aggressive. Cheapest of the choices
Michelin Pilot Alpin - looks like a more aggressive tread. Next cheapest.
Pirrelli Asymetico Ice - had very good experiance with the 190 direzionale
ice. same price as the pilots
Nokian NRQ - supposed to be the "non plus ultra" of snow tires, but I have
heard that they can overheat easilly on dry pavement. most expensive.

All will be 205-55/16

Does anyone out there either have DIRECT EXPERIANCE with any of these tires
or know of any european magazines that have tested them?

Thanks!!!!

Dave

1990 200 qw 153,00
1998 m3/4 25,000