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Jan 15, 2006 | 05:28 PM

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Hobart

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From: Washington, DC; Living in TAIWAN

My Ride: 2005, E61 525i Touring, Black Sapphire Metallic, Dakota Leather, Steptronic Automatic, Pneumatic Self Leveling Rear Suspension, Panorama Glass Roof, PDC (Parking Distance Control front & Back), Navigation, HDTV, Bluetooth Voice Control, RunFlats, Electronically Retractable Side Mirrors, Xenon Adaptive Headlights, Autodim Rearview

Good point Bob Kare. If you put on low profile relatively large tires, then I am sure it would be worse than runflats. Anyway, I must say the roads in Taiwan are not that great either and I would say that the ride is better than my X5 with non-sport suspension and regular 18 inch tires.

Again, once you get your first blowout and you keep driving without a need to pull over until you get to the tire plugging place, then you will see that the future is for runflats.

Jan 16, 2006 | 12:43 AM

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My Ride: MY 2004 545i Touring, High Executive Line, Comfort Line II, Vision Line II (Dutch specced Packages), Color: Oxford Green. Interior: Black/Black leather. Trim: Dark Popular wood. Gear: Steptronic 6-speed Other options not incuded in above packages: M-Sport aero kit, sports suspension, heated steering wheel, rear side-airbags, front screen with green upper part, panorama roof, electric foldable and dimmed mirrors, dimmed interior mirror, cupholders, styling 123 18" wheels with Dunlop RFT's, HiFi Pro/LOGIC7, alarm class 3, heated seats rear and voice recognition. Waiting for february delivery of 325i Touring and 130i

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Originally Posted by idoru' post='221360

To all future buyers I would recommend runflat without hesitation!

Not if you live in the UK... the quality of most of our roads is too abysmal.
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this is really one reason why Audi are testing their cars in the UK !!

RFT seem all a matter of personal taste with clear advantage AND disadvantages.

Having both Dunlops RFT under our Bimmer (18") and Mini Cooper S Works (17") my verdict is that I would still opt for RFT but NOT Dunlops ! They are famous for their noise - especially when cold - and their harsh ride. Also 18" is 1" too much for me. Both our new 325i and 130i definitely get 17"

Jan 16, 2006 | 09:40 AM

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63strat

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Originally Posted by Bobkare' post='220891' date='Jan 8 2006, 07:34 AM

I believe it all comes down to what your prior experience is, and what expectations you have.
You cannot order a M-spec car with low profile 18" tyres without expecting direct feed back from tyres/suspension. If its comfort you are after then go for 16" and non M-spec.

To me the M-spec suspension and 18" feels perfect.

To all future buyers I would recommend runflat without hesitation!

That's exactly what I was wondering -- prior experience and expectations. Right now I have an E36 M3 with low profile tires, and sure, I do feel a lot of the road coming through, but wouldn't have it any other way. I'm about to place an order for a 530xiT and so far have not been able to find one with runflats here in California. Will test drive a regular 530i with runflats instead.

Jan 18, 2006 | 11:23 AM

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Having just replaced Bridgestone RE050's with Goodyear GS D3's the difference is considerable.
The ride is much smoother, without any real loss of feel from the road. There is a differnce between feel and jarring !
They also seem to stay in contact with the road better through bends, the RE050's RFt's were skittish and skipped when hitting drain covers and imperfections.
I run 225/50 /17's so how RFT's must feel on lower profiles I can only guess.