Bjonne

My local tire-shop has these tires for 245/40/R18 and I would like to hear your opinion about them ?
Any of them thats better/worse than the rest ?

Continental SPORTCONTACT 3
DUNLOP SP3000A
DUNLOP SP9000
DUNLOP SPMAXX
DUNLOP SP01
Michelin PILOT SPORT PS2
Michelin PRIMACY HP

Thanks in advance
Bjonne

luigi524td

#1 - where are you located; weather conditions?
#2 - Is this your daily driver?
#3 - what are your tire/driving priorities (handling [dry/wet/snow etc], tread life, NHV, price, etc]
#4 - RFTs or conventional

I have Dunlop MAXX UHP Summer tire on my roadster. But it's driven only on nice days. On my e60 I have Bridgestone RFT's in the same size. I previously had Michelin Pilots on my last 740 - didn't like them at all. Tire wear was OK but at 1/2 tread life they were terrible in the rain.

Bjonne

Sorry should have been more clear:

#1 : Denmark: rain, rain, rain, sun, rain, rain, sun etc.
#2 : Yes it is my daily driver
#3 : Summertires, safety and noise is my main priorities.
#4 : Hmmm well I have read alot of bad things about the RTFs and think I will prefer a spare tire that I can change in 10 min and get home instead of being stranded somewhere because the RTFs breakup. But please correct me if Im totally mistaken.

Thanks once again.

luigi524td

RFT's are a "relatively new" product and while they are currently very expensive (until they become more widely adopted I think) they offer a slight edge in safety. eg, Several months ago hitting a pothole damaged my wheel and broke the tire sidewall ... but it didn't deflate and I was able to drive to my dealer two days later to have tire and wheel replaced. A high quality conventional tire would probably have cost 1/2 as much to replace but I don't think it would have made a difference in the damage caused by the pothole. http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=...&hl=Pothole

I've had tires start to go flat but even with road service plans I don't relish being stranded on a road in bad weather or at a late hour. At this stage of my life I'd rather drive out and have any repair effected at a more convenient time and place.

That said, I went with the Dunlop MAXX for the roadster because they had good overall reviews (TireRack) and were priced right. They are very quiet with predictable break-away. I have not driven them in the rain - Roadster is a sunny day car!

///Marco.it

Runflat: DUNLOP or GOOD YEAR
Conventional: MICHELIN or CONINENTAL

I am dryving RFT since I got my first E60 and I am pretty happy about them. Might be a bit less comfortable and more noisy but safety first.

Bjonne

Thanks for the replies.

Marco you say safety first regarding the RFT but I have read some threads about blowouts on them ? In which way are they safer ?

/Bjonne

///Marco.it

Hi Bjonne,

In the way that generally they are not blowing out. I remember that have read a thread about a member who punched a tyre at high speed and kept the car on the road just because of RFT.

Rgds
Marco

Bjonne

Hmm I might reconsider RFTs ...

LW78

Definetely Michelin PS2 NON-RFT.

Just changed the Bridgestone RFT's for Michelin PS2 non-RFT on the company car (530d) and it's a BIG difference. The e60 is originally designed for non-RFT tyres (so not like the e90) and drives far better without the RFT's.

Btw, don't buy the Bridgestone RFT's. After several km's they will make a lot of noise (don't now the English word for it, but the tyres get 'bumps' on the tread).

narvselius

Agree with LW78 insofar that Bridgestone tyres are not to be recommended.

The PS2 tyre is an excellent tyre on dry tarmac - it outgrips any tyre and it has a wonderful "feel". But, for an all weather tyre, I'll go for the Conti Sport Contact 3 which I believe is the best tyre when adding water (=rain) to the recipe...

Dunlop is another excellent tyre; they started to win tyre tests a couple of years back, but they are not that easy to find in Scandinavia and thus sometimes more expensive.