Best Tyres f30 335i run flat choices

[SBN]

Need x4 tyres, only considering rft as i believe they are 100 times better on the f30 than the e90 versions

I have 19inch staggered set up with pzero rears and s001 on the fronts (came with these when I bought it)

Looking at good year assymetric f1 and they are £150 cheaper in total compared to a Pirelli pzero setup or Bridgestone s001

Are they that good. Is anyone using them and have they previously moved away from the s001 or pzero to these?

[JNW1]

From what I've heard the Goodyears are the pick of the bunch when it comes to the run-flats BMW fit as standard so I don't think you'll go far wrong with those. My F31 came with Bridgestones and in fairness the ride quality was pretty reasonable; however, I did find them quite noisy and following a puncture on one of them I switched to Goodyear AS2's (albeit conventional tyres rather than run-flats). I did consider the run-flat version of the Goodyear as well but suffice to say I've no regrets whatsoever with the choice I made!

[smashy]

I am going to go back to Run Flats to try what I guess could be called 4th Generation they are Bridgestones and called Drive Guard.

http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Article/Bridgestone-D...

Honestjohn liked them as well

[SBN]

Thanks don't think they do that in a 19 version?

[SBN]

Anyone got other recommendations or insight to these three tyre choices on the f30

[JNW1]

smashy said:

I am going to go back to Run Flats to try what I guess could be called 4th Generation they are Bridgestones and called Drive Guard.

I don't doubt that run-flat technology is improving all the time but at the moment I still think the best you can hope for is they'll be almost as good as a conventional tyre in terms of performance whilst being more expensive to buy. Therefore, the likelihood is you'll end-up paying more for an inferior tyre so unless you've developed a concern about picking-up punctures I'm not sure I see the reason to return to run-flats?

[smashy]

JNW1 said:

I don't doubt that run-flat technology is improving all the time but at the moment I still think the best you can hope for is they'll be almost as good as a conventional tyre in terms of performance whilst being more expensive to buy. Therefore, the likelihood is you'll end-up paying more for an inferior tyre so unless you've developed a concern about picking-up punctures I'm not sure I see the reason to return to run-flats?

oh look im agreeing all the way with that ,thing is I do 800 miles a week sometimes a 1000 at the moment my Tyres are full of ultraseal a product put in normal tyres to prevent punctures if a nail goes in the tread or work like runflats if a nail goes in the shoulder.

Couple of months a go it got me out of trouble with a big nail in the shoulder allowed me to drive 80 miles home,Thing is its a pain to go to the place in sussex to get them done which I did again after my two rears were changed,So ill see how it goes.

[GTEYE]

SBN said:

Anyone got other recommendations or insight to these three tyre choices on the f30

I'm on my second set of Goodyear Eagle F1 RFTs (19s) on a 4 Series which were factory fitted and they seem pretty good.

I also have an E93 on Bridgestone Potenza REO2s (also on 19s), and again factory supplied.

The Bridgestone has a much harsher ride, but I wonder how much of that is down to the older E series cars having 30 profile on the rear tyres - the newer F series cars have higher 35 profile which much account for some of the difference.

Personally, I'm happy to stick with the runflats as normal tyres would give me the following problems:

1) There's no spare wheel if you did have a puncture
2) In any case, there's no spare wheel well to store either a spare or the original tyre
3) BMW don't supply either a jack or a wheel brace either

Basically, too much hassle!

Edited by GTEYE on Wednesday 24th August 12:21

Edited by GTEYE on Wednesday 24th August 12:23

[JNW1]

GTEYE said:

Personally, I'm happy to stick with the runflats as normal tyres would give me the following problems:

1) There's no spare wheel if you did have a puncture
2) In any case, there's no spare wheel well to store either a spare or the original tyre
3) BMW don't supply either a jack or a wheel brace either

Basically, too much hassle!

I sort of get that but in over 30 years of driving I've had two punctures (ironically one of which was on a run-flat!) and therefore it seems to me that with run-flats you accept a compromise 100% of the time just to guard against something that happens once in a blue moon. Perhaps I've been lucky (no doubt I'll get a puncture tomorrow after typing this!) but to my mind it just doesn't seem a worthwhile trade-off.

Having said that I agree the latest generation of run-flats on the F3x chassis work far better than the originals did on the E9x and, had my car been fitted with Goodyear run-flats rather than Bridgestones, perhaps I'd have stuck with them. However, they would have still been notably more expensive for (in all probability) inferior performance so is the piece of mind from having run-flats worth the downside? Don't think it is in my book but each to their own!

[GTEYE]

JNW1 said:

GTEYE said:

Personally, I'm happy to stick with the runflats as normal tyres would give me the following problems:

1) There's no spare wheel if you did have a puncture
2) In any case, there's no spare wheel well to store either a spare or the original tyre
3) BMW don't supply either a jack or a wheel brace either

Basically, too much hassle!

I sort of get that but in over 30 years of driving I've had two punctures (ironically one of which was on a run-flat!) and therefore it seems to me that with run-flats you accept a compromise 100% of the time just to guard against something that happens once in a blue moon. Perhaps I've been lucky (no doubt I'll get a puncture tomorrow after typing this!) but to my mind it just doesn't seem a worthwhile trade-off.

Having said that I agree the latest generation of run-flats on the F3x chassis work far better than the originals did on the E9x and, had my car been fitted with Goodyear run-flats rather than Bridgestones, perhaps I'd have stuck with them. However, they would have still been notably more expensive for (in all probability) inferior performance so is the piece of mind from having run-flats worth the downside? Don't think it is in my book but each to their own!

You've been very lucky! I do a fair few miles and I've had 2 punctures in just the last year, and possibly 6 or so in the last 5 years. On each occasion the RFT has allowed me to complete the journey and limp through until the tyre could be replaced (and more than likely ordered in) as you can never find the right tyre in stock!

Yes, there is a compromise, but in my experience, it's kept the car mobile which if you do a lot of miles is worth it for me.

But you're not wrong, they are expensive - £1,000 for a set of four from Sytners - glad its a fleet car!

Edited by GTEYE on Wednesday 24th August 15:00

[JNW1]

GTEYE said:

JNW1 said:

GTEYE said:

Personally, I'm happy to stick with the runflats as normal tyres would give me the following problems:

1) There's no spare wheel if you did have a puncture
2) In any case, there's no spare wheel well to store either a spare or the original tyre
3) BMW don't supply either a jack or a wheel brace either

Basically, too much hassle!

I sort of get that but in over 30 years of driving I've had two punctures (ironically one of which was on a run-flat!) and therefore it seems to me that with run-flats you accept a compromise 100% of the time just to guard against something that happens once in a blue moon. Perhaps I've been lucky (no doubt I'll get a puncture tomorrow after typing this!) but to my mind it just doesn't seem a worthwhile trade-off.

Having said that I agree the latest generation of run-flats on the F3x chassis work far better than the originals did on the E9x and, had my car been fitted with Goodyear run-flats rather than Bridgestones, perhaps I'd have stuck with them. However, they would have still been notably more expensive for (in all probability) inferior performance so is the piece of mind from having run-flats worth the downside? Don't think it is in my book but each to their own!

You've been very lucky! I do a fair few miles and I've had 2 punctures in just the last year, and possibly 6 or so in the last 5 years. On each occasion the RFT has allowed me to complete the journey and limp through until the tyre could be replaced (and more than likely ordered in) as you can never find the right tyre in stock!

Yes, there is a compromise, but in my experience, it's kept the car mobile which if you do a lot of miles is worth it for me.

But you're not wrong, they are expensive - £1,000 for a set of four from Sytners - glad its a fleet car!

Edited by GTEYE on Wednesday 24th August 15:00

I've absolutely no objective evidence to support this but I do wonder whether run-flats are more susceptible to punctures than conventional tyres? Going back a few years a colleague at work bought an E60 530d and from never having had a puncture he picked-up several in the space of a couple of years (none of which could be repaired and hence he needed a new tyre on each occasion). As I say, prior to a puncture in a run-flat at the start of this year I've only ever had one before and that was when I dropped a wheel into a pothole coming in to our village and sliced a hole in the sidewall; other than that I've never had a problem with a conventional tyre and historically I've probably averaged 15k-20k miles/annum.

When I looked I'm pretty sure run-flats for my 18" wheels weren't as much as £250 a corner but unless you're talking something exotic that's getting towards silly money IMO!

[smashy]

The last nail that went into a run flat the fitter reckoned would have bounced off a normaltyre..I had about 5 punctires in 7 years on runflats ...silly really