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Old 12-01-2005, 04:19 PM
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Today I had to put new tires on the X5 3.0i that my wife drives and she got 49,850 miles on the OEM Michelins, which I though was pretty amazing.

So it got me wondering what I would get on the E60?

With both my M3 and M5 I averaged about 20,000 on the rears and about 25,000 on the fronts and thus would exptect the same or slightly better on the 545i/6

Obviouly the style of driving has a huge impact, but I would image that most of us are pretty normal drivers


Anyway, just interested......

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Bokke, your wife's tire mileage is outstanding and yours isn't bad. My wife can find too many things to run over to ever wear out a set. She never has really worn down a set. I get tired of hearing her wondering out loud and replace them long before I would on my car.
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Originally Posted by Bokke' post='205884' date='Dec 1 2005, 08:19 PM
Today I had to put new tires on the X5 3.0i that my wife drives and she got 49,850 miles on the OEM Michelins, which I though was pretty amazing.

So it got me wondering what I would get on the E60?

With both my M3 and M5 I averaged about 20,000 on the rears and about 25,000 on the fronts and thus would exptect the same or slightly better on the 545i/6

Obviouly the style of driving has a huge impact, but I would image that most of us are pretty normal drivers


Anyway, just interested......

Cheers,
I would expect about 20K on high-performance tires before they become too loud/de-treaded. But, then, my diriving is somewhat spirited.
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Best I expect is 20K. On all prevoius cars with ultra high performance tires thats the best I ever got.I
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My car tire is still OEM and in good condition. 40K miles so far. I'm an aggressive driver
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Roads in the USA must be far better than here in Yorkshire!

Although I have to admit I've been enjoying the car's 271bhp performance, I've only just reached 13k miles from the OEM Michelins and it's time to change.

I shall be fitting Dunlop Sport M3 winter tyres until spring time, then switch to summer tyres again.
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Originally Posted by RW535d' post='206005' date='Dec 2 2005, 09:49 AM
enjoying the car's 271bhp performance
Where did you lose the 1bhp?
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I'm still on my original set of run flats, and I have 23k. It doesn't look like I need to change them anytime soon...

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RFT - replaced at 15k. I drive <5% of the time with DSC off. Probably have spun tires (or slid them) <15 times. I had developed a leak and I would have kept them for a little while longer if that wasn't the issue.
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I will be really happy if I get 30k kilometres from mine.

On my E39 with Conti Sport Contacts, I got 25k kilometres from the rears.


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