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Filip, they use these crappy tires because
The tire are speced at the factory by some a-hole that most likely gets paid under the table for buying a crap tire at a cheap price .
This make BMW happy because they spend less, but some intelligent buyers like yourself have knowledge about autos and what works.
Oh well, I feel the need for speed.
Hi, Don
By: AlexSunrise : June 26th, 2015-08:35
I had a set of them in my Mini Cooper S installed a few years back. In fact, I went trough two sets, as the first one were OEM. I found them hard, noisy, not really durable, expensive, and not to forget, really prone to punctures. After a while I decided ...
Good luck!
By: patrick_y : June 29th, 2015-14:59
I also want to add, Run Flat tires on today's BMWs is much better. The suspension is tuned to accept Run Flat tires, and thus suspensions are softer to accommodate the harsher ride characteristics of the tire. It's possible that if you drove a new or very...
Runflats suck !
By: bimbeano : June 26th, 2015-14:52
I have to pick up my new BMW 120 d next week, it's equipped with runflats and the dealer doesn't want to change them for normal tyres :-( .... So i'll wait and see, i guess it won't take long before i'll take them off and burn them (or do some massive don...
experience with run flat tires
By: ED209 : June 28th, 2015-14:07
Hi Don, I've had 16 years of daily driving in Corvettes with run flat tires ranging from Goodyear F1 EMT, Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 ZP, and the Michelin Pilot Super Sport ZP. I had flat tires twice and able to make it home safely so I'm happy with them. Ot...