Continental Sport Contact 6
Discussion
Has anyone fitted/run a set of Conti Sport Contact 6's on a heavier BMW (5 series and upwards)?
I'm looking to buy a new set of summer tyres and feedback / reviews on the 6's are generally very good. I've run a wide variety of tyres in the past and previous experience of Contis (SP2's) has been very positive from my perspective, however anecdotally later models of Conti's seem to suffer from excessive wear so I was wondering if this is a valid trait that's carried over to the 6?
FWIW these will be fitted to an e61 M5.
I'm looking to buy a new set of summer tyres and feedback / reviews on the 6's are generally very good. I've run a wide variety of tyres in the past and previous experience of Contis (SP2's) has been very positive from my perspective, however anecdotally later models of Conti's seem to suffer from excessive wear so I was wondering if this is a valid trait that's carried over to the 6?
FWIW these will be fitted to an e61 M5.
CSLchappie said:
Has anyone fitted/run a set of Conti Sport Contact 6's on a heavier BMW (5 series and upwards)?
I'm looking to buy a new set of summer tyres and feedback / reviews on the 6's are generally very good. I've run a wide variety of tyres in the past and previous experience of Contis (SP2's) has been very positive from my perspective, however anecdotally later models of Conti's seem to suffer from excessive wear so I was wondering if this is a valid trait that's carried over to the 6?
FWIW these will be fitted to an e61 M5.
Obviously a really late reply, and not directly related to a BMW but.....I'm looking to buy a new set of summer tyres and feedback / reviews on the 6's are generally very good. I've run a wide variety of tyres in the past and previous experience of Contis (SP2's) has been very positive from my perspective, however anecdotally later models of Conti's seem to suffer from excessive wear so I was wondering if this is a valid trait that's carried over to the 6?
FWIW these will be fitted to an e61 M5.
I have been through 4 sets of Continental Sport Contact 6's on my VW CC. Wear rate is excessive (as it was on the Sportcontact 5's before it, best tyres for wear rate were SC3's). But the grip both wet and dry is beyond anything I've previously used. I burn through tyres and despite my car being a FWD cruiser rather than anything more fruity, it has more than enough torque to get the TC going but not with the SC6's. Strongly recommended if you're happy to change frequently (approx every 10-15k on my car).
To answer my own question, I ran the car on CSC6's for around 7 months / 7k miles. Grip in dry and wet was excellent, tyres were down to 5mm all round when I traded the car in so I guess budget to change every 12-15k.
The one thing that did surprise me was front wear was almost like for like with rears, previous experience with other brands on the same car was lighter wear up front than on the rear.
The one thing that did surprise me was front wear was almost like for like with rears, previous experience with other brands on the same car was lighter wear up front than on the rear.
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