Hi, what brand and characteristics of tires come stock on the new 2006 530i?
What is a good all season (wet/snow/hot summer) tire in lieu of the stock tire? Any experience in getting the dealer to trade out the stock tire for an all season with a difference in tire cost?

 

Here dear boy, Mistress assigns you some homework to do on your own.

http://www.tirerack.com/

With Love
Mistress BMW

 

Well, Mistress junior member...thank you for the url...I had already been there prior to posting the question.

The purpose of the posting was to gain opinion based on experience. Also, there were a couple of other questions in the initial posting the url doesnt address. I am not sure if someone woke you up from your afternoon nap to early...your response sounds a bit pompus and condescending.

If you would like to share your experience with different (non-stock) tires operating in various conditions, I would like to hear them. If not, I would appreciate hearing from others.

 

 

in response to you post.... i have all season continentals...... very low road noise... nice ride.... no complaints at this time... never had to trade or exchange my tires.... hope this helps oh yeah i live in cali... so all the weather is experience is rain and heat....

 

The sport comes with 245/40 18" Dunlop SP Sport 01 DSST (runflat).

http://www.dunloptire.com/dunlop/display_t...rea=Performance


In the past, these tires were sub-par and were replaced gratis by BMW NA due to unacceptable wear and road noise after a relatively short amount of use. The tires that are being produced now are said to be much better, but I don't think anyone has driven the new ones long enough to say for sure how much of an improvement was made.

I have these tires, and they seem fine but a little hard. Lateral acceleration seems fine, but then there was never much of a problem in this area with the old tire.


If you're going to swap them, my personal recommendation would be Toyo Proxes T1-R tires. You won't find them on the Tire Rack.