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#86 of 188 Re: TIRE ADVICE M35 NON-SPORT [james27] by golfgod2 Oct 13, 2007 (10:09 am)
Replying to: james27 (Oct 12, 2007 5:31 pm) sounds like good advice. so i think i'm looking for good handling (performance skew) reasonably priced all-season tires.
#87 of 188 Re: Best All-season tires for M35 [bobicg] by bobicg Nov 17, 2007 (7:42 am)
Replying to: bobicg (Oct 01, 2007 4:55 am) Put Michelin Primacy's on my 06 M35x about 3 weeks ago. After 1000 miles these seem to be a very good fit for this car. They are quite, handle well (I drive relatively aggressively), great in heavy rain and I will report on snow shortly since I live in the Chicago area and drive the midwest.   Paid $1100 for 4 tires, 4 wheel alignment and 2 year road hazard from the dealer.   The OEM Goodyear RSAs lasted 33k miles (2/32) doing 7.5k rotation. For the last 10k miles they were terrible.
#88 of 188 Bridgestone Potenzas by turley99 Dec 01, 2007 (6:19 pm)
With 22,000 miles on my M35x, I got rid of the OEM Eagle RS-As and replaced them with Bridgestone Potenza RE 960 a/s. With 1,000 miles on them, they are an impressive replacement. Softer ride with dramatically better cornering ability. Much quieter and vastly superior handling and braking in wet and snow conditions. I have never had a better set of tires on any car I have owned (BMW 530, 740, X5 4.6i.....). Replies to this message: tsol (Dec 02, 2007 8:17 am) dark_katana (Dec 03, 2007 10:05 am)
#89 of 188 Re: Bridgestone Potenzas [turley99] by tsol Dec 02, 2007 (8:17 am)
Replying to: turley99 (Dec 01, 2007 6:19 pm) I agree with turley re. the RE 960s ... mostly. I replaced my RS-As a few months ago with the 960 as one of my favorite tires ever was the Potenza RE940. The 960s did not disappoint. They are much more damped and quiet over rough roads, expansion joints, etc. and do not have side-wall-rollover in hard cornering like the RS-A.   That said, they do have a serious flat-spotting problem in cold weather, and I'm talking 50 degree temps, hate to think what sub freezing will be like. My commute is 12 miles one way, and for 10 miles the tires thrummed pretty bad ... it gets better after about 10 minutes so if you commute a high speeds for the typical 30-60 minute commute, brobably not a real problem.   I just traded my early '06 for a close-out '07 (both M35x) and the new RS-As reminded me how rough they are, but they don't flat-spot and I don't miss that "feature" of the 960s. But, I still went back yesterday to see if I could get my 960s back! Replies to this message: dark_katana (Dec 03, 2007 10:05 am)
#90 of 188 Re: Bridgestone Potenzas [tsol] by dark_katana Dec 03, 2007 (10:05 am)
Replying to: tsol (Dec 02, 2007 8:17 am) Wow, another complaint about flat spotting on the 960s! Somebody else had the same complaint over at Tire Rack.   Starting to lean more toward the Yokohama ADVAN S.4 as immediate swapouts for the horrific Goodyear Eagle RSAs on the M45X.   My commute isn't long enough for the Potenzas to warm up.
#91 of 188 Re: M35 tracking on highway [stmech] by wise_henry Dec 26, 2007 (8:10 am)
Replying to: stmech (Jun 23, 2006 12:18 pm) I thought that I was crazy but I experience the exact same thing in my 07 M35x. My vehicle is less then three months old and I noticed it about a month in when I really started to evaluate the ride. If I am on a good piece of road, everything is great. If there are slight, and I mean slight, non-visible, road grooves or imperfections in the road, it can get a touch scary.   Changing lanes can be an adventure. It seems that the grooves in the road just snatch the car over. It can be so pronounced that sometimes when changing lanes, I just grip the wheel and hold on because the car seems to be driving itself.   Straight line driving can also be a challenge depending upon the road. If it is a smooth surface, it is a pure joy to drive. If there are imperfections in the road, the car tends to want to go where the road directs it, which is usually too close to another vehicle, and not where I want the vehicle to go. So I get into this battle with the road. I can feel the road pull the car in one direction and I am trying to steer in the opposite direction to compensate. This is just not what I want to do driving at high or low speeds and like you, I have not experienced problem, to this degree, in any other vehicle that I have owned.   Since you e-mail confirms that this is not my imagination, I am anxious to get this corrected. Everything else about the car is just about perfect but this handling problem ruins the driving experience for me. What I read seems to point towards tires but before I do anything, I want to be sure. Please post what you discover and I will do the same.   Mykal56 Replies to this message: tsol (Dec 26, 2007 5:37 pm) barryend (Jan 16, 2008 6:54 pm) barryend (Jan 18, 2008 5:33 am) obab905 (Jan 25, 2008 3:54 am) barryend (Jan 25, 2008 5:05 am) barryend (Jan 25, 2008 5:16 am) obab905 (Jan 25, 2008 8:48 am) barryend (Jan 25, 2008 12:58 pm) barryend (Jan 25, 2008 1:04 pm)
#92 of 188 Re: M35 tracking on highway [wise_henry] by tsol Dec 26, 2007 (5:37 pm)
Replying to: wise_henry (Dec 26, 2007 8:10 am) well, you're not dreaming and from what I've read, and been told, many cars with very tight turning circles (the M35 is close to 36') tend to be twitchy on the road. Tires may help as the RE960s I put on my '06 were less twitchy than the stock RS-As are. I doubt it's going to go away completely.   I have to look at it this way ... every car I've ever owned has been a compromise in one way or the other. I'd love for the M35x to have the road-feel and feedback in the steering wheel of an early 90's BMW or the dead-on-center feel of my Audi A6 4.2 (actually sort of numb-on-center) but it just doesn't. As imperfect as it is, the M35 has too many positives and they outweigh the negatives, IMHO. Having driven German cars for over 20 years I have to say that Infiniti is not quite there yet, but close enough, and given the current aesthetic appeal (well '06-07' anyway), reliability and ergonomics they are hard to beat. As they say ... YMMV.
#93 of 188 Re: M35 tracking on highway [wise_henry] by barryend Jan 16, 2008 (6:54 pm)
Replying to: wise_henry (Dec 26, 2007 8:10 am) I have the same problem. The dealer is changing the steering rack. Then the 28,000 mile RSA's go. The G35 loaner is sweet. No steering problems. Be back next week the my report.
#94 of 188 Re: M35 tracking on highway [wise_henry] by barryend Jan 18, 2008 (5:33 am)
Replying to: wise_henry (Dec 26, 2007 8:10 am) The dealer replaced my steering rack. I drove to the NYC theater district in the rain which is over 20 miles. The steering is greatly improved. It no longer deflects with road surface irregularities. Anyone with M35X steering problems should visit the dealer ASAP. RECALL??????? 2006 M35X loaded, Nav, 15 speakers, a/c seats. 28,000 mi. Goodyear RSA OEM-next to go. Replies to this message: obab905 (Jan 25, 2008 3:54 am) barryend (Jan 25, 2008 5:05 am)
#95 of 188 Re: M35 tracking on highway [barryend] by obab905 Jan 25, 2008 (3:54 am)
Replying to: barryend (Jan 18, 2008 5:33 am) I have a 07' M35x that is less than one(1) month old and its doing the same thing. My car goes in on Monday... I'm curious, did the dealer you went to admit that they were seeing this problem often or that yours was an isolated case? I'm from NY as well and I think I know your dealer... How's the car been acting since the new rack was installed.   2007 M35X DG w/CHARCOAL , TECH & AERO PACKAGE--500 miles Replies to this message: barryend (Jan 25, 2008 5:05 am)

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