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Sedans BMW 3-Series BMW 3-Series Run Flat Tires
2421 messages, Last post on Dec 02, 2009 at 1:06 PM
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Replying to: wiggling (Aug 14, 2008 6:41 pm) Regards, OW |
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Replying to: lilhawk (Aug 14, 2008 7:33 pm) Ciao for now Larry |
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Replying to: circlew (Aug 15, 2008 2:47 am) I think you know that I am about to buy a 2008 328xi. Unfortunately, the car comes "equipped" with the Bridgestone Turanza RFT SL42s. I know there were a ton of complaints about the early versions ('06 primarily), but I haven't heard too many complaints lately. Do you (or anyone else) know if there have been significant improvements since then? I'd heard they re-formulated the rubber, but was it enough? I have the ContiProContacts on my '07 335xi and I'm happy with them even through last Boston's winter. They only rumble at slow speeds, and it's not intrusive. Let me know. |
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Replying to: teeeye (Aug 18, 2008 3:20 pm) The rubber compound was changed in 2006 after the onslaught of complaints. I have not seen 2007/2008 3'er complaints with the BS tires. I assume they are OK now but welcome anyones comments on experiences to the contrary. They should be OK but some posters demanded the Conti's and got them on their new cars. You might want to try that also if you are happy with the Continentals. Regards, OW
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Thanks. By the way, I used to be xeye. For some reason, now I'm teeeye (as is '95 318ti, my wife's current mode of transportation). I'm trying to get to Pat but my LookOut! e-mail is down thanks to Microsoft and a botched attempt to upgrade Vista. Pat, If you're reading this, I'd like to be xeye again. Can you swap the e-mail registered for teeye and make me xeye again? Thanks. xeye
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Replying to: teeeye (Aug 18, 2008 3:20 pm)
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Replying to: densmith1 (Aug 19, 2008 3:30 am) Regards, OW |
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Replying to: bizunit (Jun 29, 2008 5:51 pm) I had two sets on my 2006, they were crap. Dealership replaced them once for free with the same BS, then I replaced them for lease turn in. Replaced with Continentals and it rides like it's brand new! I hope they have changed the composition with the Bridgestones. I'll definitely bring it in as soon as they start making that awful noise! I was so surprised to look at cars at the dealership still with Bridgestones. Funny, I wasn't looking at the cars as much as the tires! BMW really screwed up on that one.
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Replying to: bmwtxgal (Aug 19, 2008 6:30 am) If you do not have the SP, I suggest rotating the tires ever 5-6K with the new car. Regards, OW |
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I have the 2008 BS Runflats on my 328i (Please see my post above). They're no more noisy than the Michelin Pilots that I had on my 2003 325i. I have about 10K on them and they still look OK, but when I bought the car the sales rep told me flatly and honestly that I wouldn't get more than 25K from them. They weren't a deal-breaker for me... I do miss the better performance from the Pilots (particularly in the wet, as I mentioned above), but to be fair, the Pilots are exceptional summer tires, while the RFT's are not only RFT's but all season as well. The honest opinion would be that if you're not pushing the car that hard, the RFT's won't be an issue at all. Regretably for me, I like to push the car. It's not an M3, but for me the whole point of having a BMW is to drive [only a little, for all you lawyers watching] too fast. The electronics seem to make up for some of the lost cornering capability, but I'm not used to feeling the rear end slide and then jump into line- and I'm not used to hearing the squeal in a turn. Never happened with the Pilots. Densmith1 - I'm a little confused by your story - were the go-flats just the wrong tires, or were they deemed incompatible with the rims? I'm still musing about changing the BS RFT's out for some Pilots. As I've tried to say above, there's nothing wrong with the BS RFT's on my 2008 - I just miss the better Michelins. Oh, and I'm on my 4th BMW and I've never rotated the tires on any of them. It's never become an issue with accelerated wear at one end or the other, at least for me. Keep the rotation money, and use it to buy better tires the next time.
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