Tire Mileage?
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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......
Cheers,
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,
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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,
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,
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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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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.
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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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.
