Our new to us 2015 F31 325D M Sport

[d_a_n1979]

The car played a blinder on the trip to the Highlands yesterday

Easy journey; average of 74 all the way; most of autopilot

259miles from door to door on 1/4 tank! That’ll drop now we’re up hear as more A road driving, more so the The Cairngorms etc

For the first proper long distance drive, it was super smooth & comfy and bags of torque when needed for overtaking on the M6/M74/A74/M80/A9 etc

The 18” RFT winters have surprised me re their comfort; but I’ll still be fitting non-RFTs when it comes to the summer tyres (torn between Conti PremiumContact 6s and the usual Michelin PS4s or PS5s (although the Vredestein Ultrac Vorti’s are available in the 18” sizes I want for the 18x8 summer alloys I’ve bought) - So some thinking & reading to do there

[Ice_blue_tvr]

Had some 18" ultrac sessantas rft's (I know you mention non-rft so they may be better?) on the 530d.. Hands down one of the worst tyres I've driven when temps get below 7'c. No confidence in traction at the front or rear. Performance was much "normal" in the summer though. Nothing to write home about.

[d_a_n1979]

Ice_blue_tvr said:

Had some 18" ultrac sessantas rft's (I know you mention non-rft so they may be better?) on the 530d.. Hands down one of the worst tyres I've driven when temps get below 7'c. No confidence in traction at the front or rear. Performance was much "normal" in the summer though. Nothing to write home about.

I run separate winters, so never use summer tyres over the colder months

[Max M4X WW]

Have you thought about Goodyear Asymmetric 6's? I really rate them.

[Court_S]

Max M4X WW said:

Have you thought about Goodyear Asymmetric 6's? I really rate them.

I like the Asymmetric 5’s on my 335i and the 6’s on my other half’s 125i. Although in the wet, I still prefer the PS4’s I had on my previous 130i.

Dan; glad to hear the car performed well on the recent trip and is now back to working as to should after the hiccup.

[d_a_n1979]

Max M4X WW said:

Have you thought about Goodyear Asymmetric 6's? I really rate them.

I wasn’t a fan of the F1s last time I had them on a car but that was a good while back…

Will look into them again

[d_a_n1979]

Court_S said:

Max M4X WW said:

Have you thought about Goodyear Asymmetric 6's? I really rate them.

I like the Asymmetric 5’s on my 335i and the 6’s on my other half’s 125i. Although in the wet, I still prefer the PS4’s I had on my previous 130i.

Dan; glad to hear the car performed well on the recent trip and is now back to working as to should after the hiccup.

Cheers Sam

The PS4s and PS5s are up there; I’ll do more research re the Goodyears too

[d_a_n1979]

Gone with the Goodyear Asym6s in 235/45/18 XL sizes from MyTyres

[Court_S]

d_a_n1979 said:

Gone with the Goodyear Asym6s in 235/45/18 XL sizes from MyTyres

Good stuff. They seem good from my experience on our 125i.

They review well and are a chunk cheaper than Michelin’s.

[d_a_n1979]

Court_S said:

d_a_n1979 said:

Gone with the Goodyear Asym6s in 235/45/18 XL sizes from MyTyres

Good stuff. They seem good from my experience on our 125i.

They review well and are a chunk cheaper than Michelin’s.

Yup… They are neck & neck with the PS5s on Jons review on tyrereviews.co.uk and that says a lot!

It’s a long time since I ran the Goodyears, so will be keen to see how these go

Prices for comparison were £160 a corner for the Goodyears, £202 a corner for the Michelin PS5s…

That’s a lot of change!

[Ken986]

I must say that I’m a sucker for Michelin but that’s a saving hard to ignore .

[d_a_n1979]

Ken986 said:

I must say that I’m a sucker for Michelin but that’s a saving hard to ignore .

Haha I agree Ken...

I was looking to go down the Michelin route but having done that before, keen to try other premium tyres

The Contis have always interested me and we're a bit cheaper again than the Asym6s...

But having found them on My Tyres, decided to give them a whirl...

Alloys should land next week, same with the tyres. So will get them dropped off at my pals when they do and he can marry them together without damaging the wheels

[Court_S]

d_a_n1979 said:

Yup… They are neck & neck with the PS5s on Jons review on tyrereviews.co.uk and that says a lot!

It’s a long time since I ran the Goodyears, so will be keen to see how these go

Prices for comparison were £160 a corner for the Goodyears, £202 a corner for the Michelin PS5s…

That’s a lot of change!

Yeah, that’s a decent saving. Equally there GY are barely any more than Kumho’s now, so putting a slightly posher tyre on the 125i was a no brainer.

[d_a_n1979]

Court_S said:

d_a_n1979 said:

Yup… They are neck & neck with the PS5s on Jons review on tyrereviews.co.uk and that says a lot!

It’s a long time since I ran the Goodyears, so will be keen to see how these go

Prices for comparison were £160 a corner for the Goodyears, £202 a corner for the Michelin PS5s…

That’s a lot of change!

Yeah, that’s a decent saving. Equally there GY are barely any more than Kumho’s now, so putting a slightly posher tyre on the 125i was a no brainer.

Should have gone for these: https://www.camskill.co.uk/m61b0s2057p208716/Water...

Talk about great saving

[d_a_n1979]

The road trip and week away to the Highlands got cut short unfortunately; we all ended up with a rotten chest infection and it's still trying to wipe me out now...

Should have been back tomorrow, but we came home Wednesday and todays the first day I've left the house (albeit to clean both the cars) That's about as much fresh air as I can take without coughing myself inside out

Anyways; Racing Jazz fully washed and cleaned inside & out; then onto the touring...

Poor bloody thing got covered in all sorts of salty ste on the M6/M74/M80/A9 etc... It's been deep cleaned inside & then it's had a full BH snowfoam session, I've gone over the panels with GTechniq W6 Iron & Fallout remover, rinsed, snowfoamed again, rinsed, hand washed, rinsed, AGs Polar Seal applied and then towel dried...

Tyres treated with Gyeon Q2 tyre gel and parked it up the drive, out of harms way

[Court_S]

Looking good Dan. We actually need some rain to wash the salt away now it’s warmer up a tad. I cleaned my car yesterday and it’s disgusting again and is literally covered in lumps of salt.

[Ruskie]

Good work on the cleaning, BMW silver always looks nice cleaned up.

More than that though I felt the need to reply as when I have posted on my readers thread, no one bothered interacting so what's the point of updating it!

[cerb4.5lee]

Court_S said:

Looking good Dan. We actually need some rain to wash the salt away now it’s warmer up a tad. I cleaned my car yesterday and it’s disgusting again and is literally covered in lumps of salt.

Totally agree Sam. I'm not renowned now for washing cars all that much to be fair(I did absolutely love washing them years ago though). However I washed the M4 today and I dropped my missus off to get her hair done, and by the time I'd got home it was dusted in salt annoyingly as you say! Frustrating for sure.

[d_a_n1979]

Ruskie said:

Good work on the cleaning, BMW silver always looks nice cleaned up.

More than that though I felt the need to reply as when I have posted on my readers thread, no one bothered interacting so what's the point of updating it!

Haha yeah I know what you're saying...

Cheers for the comment. This silvers really nice with a slight hint of blue. Reminds me of a previous Honda Prelude BB8 I owned that was Iceberg Silver Metallic. Was a superb colour

[d_a_n1979]

Court_S said:

Looking good Dan. We actually need some rain to wash the salt away now it’s warmer up a tad. I cleaned my car yesterday and it’s disgusting again and is literally covered in lumps of salt.

Yup. There's grit all over the roads here still, piled up against the kerbs etc... Like you said, we need a few days of decent rain to wash it away...

Think I'll run the winters for a few more weeks unless it really warms up and then fit the new wheels