Goodyear Eagle F1s not available in 245/40 R17??

[NiceCupOfTea]

Hi all,

Running staggered 17" BMW wheels on my e46 330i - for the last 6 years or so I've had 225/45 R17 on the front and 245/40 R17 on the rear. Pretty standard stuff. Tyre of choice has been Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 5 or 6.

The fronts have lasted well but the 3rd set of rears are now on the wear markers. Just went to replace them and can't see them on black circles in that size. Just checked Camskill and they are showing the same.

Have they been discontinued in that size? What's my best option? I don't really like mixing brands, and I'm not changing the fronts as they have plenty of meat still on them. Any other sizes that would still fit?

So pissed off, just another thing in a litany of st for me at the moment.

[NiceCupOfTea]

Replying to myself now - neither oponeo or etyres do them - however Goodyear still list is as a valid size but F1 auto centres seem to be the only people who do them. Odd, such a normal sized tyre...

Edited by NiceCupOfTea on Wednesday 27th May 21:32

[Dr Nookie]

It’s a supply issue.

They are all shipped in obvs, and apparently (these are not my words) this is due to shipping channel issues - Hormuz etc.

I had to get PS5’s last week instead.

So they still make them, you just can’t get them atm.

[stevieturbo]

NiceCupOfTea said:

Replying to myself now - neither oponeo or etyres do them - however Goodyear still list is as a valid size but F1 auto centres seem to be the only people who do them. Odd, such a normal sized tyre...

Edited by NiceCupOfTea on Wednesday 27th May 21:32

Tyres are a funny thing.

On one of my cars I've changed from 16's, to 17's, to 18's, and partly because what was once a very common size with dozens of options, they just got thinned out.
So I moved up to what was then common at that time, then again, options got smaller and prices got higher.

245/40 sounds like a fairly normal, size, but guess not so much

Michelin offer their PS5 though which would be a great tyre.

[ren41]

Post MOT, I've just discovered the very same thing. So frustrating and I wonder why it seems to just be the 245/40; I can find the front tyres easily. The MOT showed some perishing and cracking so although they are all legal with a reasonable amount of tread on the front tyres, I think I'd like to replace them all. The only other thing, if possible, is to get recommendations from people who love the F1 Asyms and have gone onto something else that they also love.

It's pretty depressing that this has been going on since May, at least.

ren41

[E-bmw]

I would also consider.

Conti PC7
Michelin Primacy 4
Pirelli Cinturato C3

If looking for Premium brands.

[Ed Boon II]

ren41 said:

Post MOT, I've just discovered the very same thing. So frustrating and I wonder why it seems to just be the 245/40; I can find the front tyres easily. The MOT showed some perishing and cracking so although they are all legal with a reasonable amount of tread on the front tyres, I think I'd like to replace them all. The only other thing, if possible, is to get recommendations from people who love the F1 Asyms and have gone onto something else that they also love.

It's pretty depressing that this has been going on since May, at least.

ren41

Top lurking sir, excellent

[trevalvole]

I think they were popular 20ish years ago, on staggered set-ups on BMWs and Mercs, but less so now. Certainly few manufacturers list tyres in that size, and even fewer the latest versions. I'm also not aware that you can get any all-season tyres in that size, for example. Merc, and probably BMW too, did seem to put popular sizes of tyres on the fronts of their cars and far-less-popular ones on the rears in their staggered set-ups.

[ren41]

I have the same problem and they are apparently on back order. If anyone has bought the PS5 instead, how are they finding them compared to the F1 asymmetrics?