BMW 520D M Sport Touring Tires

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Tire Reviewed Dry Grip Wet Grip Feedback Handling Wear Comfort
Michelin Pilot Alpin 5 (23) 93% 92% 90% 91% 91% 80%
Vredestein Quatrac Pro (39) 89% 91% 86% 79% 78% 92%
Avon ZZ5 (93) 90% 83% 83% 86% 70% 82%
Hankook Winter i cept evo2 (25) 86% 79% 82% 82% 85% 86%
Hankook Ventus V12 evo2 (80) 87% 81% 78% 79% 74% 77%
Hankook Ventus S1 evo (44) 81% 73% 76% 73% 75% 72%
Bridgestone Turanza T005 RFT (8) 88% 79% 83% 80% 57% 69%
Goodyear Excellence (126) 79% 70% 72% 71% 72% 74%
Jinyu YU61 (46) 80% 65% 68% 63% 73% 75%
Winrun R330 (31) 79% 64% 68% 68% 74% 78%
Bridgestone Turanza ER300 RFT (11) 66% 57% 67% 67% 70% 65%
Bridgestone Potenza RE050A Run Flat (143) 72% 54% 55% 48% 55% 32%

BMW 520D M Sport Touring Tire Review Highlights

Writing about the Michelin Pilot Alpin 5 given 100% (245-45-18-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 25000 average miles
No comments left
tire reviewed on 2024-03-31 02:45:14
Writing about the Hankook Ventus V12 evo2 given 86% (275-40-18-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 18000 average miles
I really liked these tires on my BMW. They gripped really well, and never slipped even at end of life. I would have preferred to get a little bit more miles from them but at 18,000 miles, but they are now on the minimum wear markers. The only down side is the cost to replace them. I would love to get them again, but they have shot up in price in the last 2 years.
tire reviewed on 2023-03-16 09:29:31
Writing about the Bridgestone Turanza ER300 RFT given 80% (275-40-18-)
Driving on mostly motorways for 30 average miles
I'm using them on my BMW 520d G31 M Sport, quite happy with those tires and maybe because I drive a lot on the motorway (normal driving) lasted over 50k miles on the front (245/45/18) and over 30k on the rear (275/40/18). Pretty noisy on the road (run flat...) and not very good on wet, but I'm definitely going to use them again.
tire reviewed on 2022-10-16 14:09:49
Writing about the Bridgestone Turanza T005 RFT given 89% (245-40-19-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 7500 spirited miles
No comments left
tire reviewed on 2021-11-21 15:19:26
Writing about the Goodyear Excellence given 76% (245-40-19-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 10000 spirited miles
Runflat version. These are probably the most comfortable runflat's I've driven on. Dry and wet handling are both tidy, nothing too sporty but safe and predictable. Seem to wear pretty well too.
tire reviewed on 2021-04-30 08:56:14
Writing about the Vredestein Quatrac Pro given 48% (245-40-19-W)
Driving on mostly country roads for 4000 average miles
WARNING! If you've got a RWD car and are looking to buy these in order to keep you moving in winter, DON"T. After a light snowfall I tried to climb a very slight incline in my 520D, I couldn't. The car just ran out of momentum even with a run up. Never had this issue with either Bridge A005s or Goodyear V4 G2 in similar cars. I ended up reversing up the incline. Terrible tires for snow. They're fine in other conditions but that's not why people buy all weather tires.
tire reviewed on 2020-12-24 03:59:01
Writing about the Avon ZZ5 given 61% (245-45-18-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 19000 average miles
A good all rounder grip wise, but really noisy at speed and under braking. Noise aside they a quality lost-lasting tire. Trying a set of Cooper CS-Sport next.
tire reviewed on 2019-08-19 18:08:01
Writing about the Jinyu YU61 given 24% (275-40-18-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 5000 average miles
Bought the car with these tires on. I can safely say these are the worst tires I have had the displeasure of driving. The 5 series is a big car but to lose the front of the car on roundabouts with your family in is not funny. We don't drive the car hard and with these tires even less. I will be swapping them as soon as possible. Very poor performance and boarder line lethal in the wet. Would not recommend for anyone with a big car.
tire reviewed on 2019-06-30 08:35:18
Writing about the Hankook Winter i cept evo2 given 97% (255-35-20-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 18000 average miles
I bought a second hand BMW 520D automatic 185ps and wanted to put a nice set of 20" wheels...but didn't want to swap it for the standerd wheels in winter...I didn't want to change the great looks in winter...So I started reading and searching the internet for a performance wintertire I could use summer AND winter. I was aware that a lot of wintertires are horrible noise makers...so I searched for a profile that I know that would be silent. After my search...I bumped into these Hankook W320 tires...and finally bought them and fitted them on my nice new AXE EX30 wheels. These tires needs a bit running in for about 500 km...but once that passed...WAWWW !!! Hankook did here an excellent job with these new W320 wintertires. I have them now for exact one year and drove 30.000 km with them. The wear is excellent and now changed them front to rear...still plenty of mm's left. These tires are also very quiet and almost as good as summertires. Also the handling in summer is really very good even when it's very hot...and in winter-wet conditions excellent. Heavy snow we didn't have last year but in those winter condition I also felt very secure with my RWD car. I know for one thing...I recommand these tires VERY MUCH...do not hesitate...and are in my opinion as good (or better) than some all season tires that are being sold...for much higher price...What is also a very good point on these Hankook...very good in pricing, even for big tires like my 255/35R20.
So in case you didn't get it....BUY THEM !!!
tire reviewed on 2018-10-10 17:27:29
Writing about the Bridgestone Potenza RE050A Run Flat given 37% (225-45-18-W)
Driving on a combination of roads for 50000 average miles
When buying from previous owner 3 of 4 tires needed changing due to the sidewalls collapsing and bulging. I put this down to potholes and spirited driving from the previous owner. I wrongly assumed that BMW supply cars with these tires because they're good quality and work well on the car!

In my experience ( a few very long motorway journeys and many short ones on country roads) they wear well, but are prone to damage. 1 x Side wall rupture and 2 x side walls bulging on tires with at least a year's life left in them. So an expensive tire becomes even more expensive. I've had no punctures though.

The driving experience is abysmal. Driving on new tires is scary. Once bedded in, the tires are noisy, harsh, crashy, and tramline in the dry. In the wet there is very little grip. Feedback is poor, going from grip to slide and grip again in an instant. In a big heavy car, this seriously sucks away your confidence when turning into a corner, especially in the wet.

With my latest two tire replacement, I'm switching to Continental SSRs. Roughly the same price. Hopefully better performance.
tire reviewed on 2016-09-22 05:12:40
Writing about the Winrun R330 given 95% (245-40-18-W)
Driving on a combination of roads for 3000 spirited miles
When first I bought my car a few months ago, I was very disappointed with the ride and feedback from the whole car, heavy steering/unresponsive, heavy gear change and clutch, like driving a tractor after an Audi A6. Being 'Runflats' they were extremely hard and due to ware gave little or confidence. With the change of rubber and after 1500 miles running in, its transformed the feedback from the tires and suspension. Steering is slightly lighter, now to work on the indents on the gearbox and maybe a new clutch. Then it will be a nice car to drive. Pete the auto engineer.

tire reviewed on 2016-01-03 11:05:46
Writing about the Hankook Ventus S1 evo given 50% (245-40-18-W)
Driving on a combination of roads for 5500 spirited miles
Having seen good reports on the Hankooks I managed to source some run flats to replace the disappointing Michelins on the rear axle. The Hankooks are impressively quiet, as comfy as the Michelins and appear to grip as well in a straight line. In snow they were an absolute revelation!
Unfortunately they have made the car really, really nervous, feeling twitchy and positively unsafe on the motorway. I've played around with pressures, which has got rid of the odd "slip then grip" sensation when faced with even the slightest steering movement, but find the stability system cutting in almost every day at very moderate speeds on constant radius curves like motorway slip roads. Overall, I love the silence, and the fact that I am getting more MPG, although that is because I am having to drive more slowly. Cannot recommend these tires, and can't wait to get rid of them. They have effectively ruined what was a very decent drive, and my wife flatly refuses to drive the car now- it really is that bad.
tire reviewed on 2013-03-01 08:06:43
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