BMW E36 320i Tires

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Tire Reviewed Dry Grip Wet Grip Feedback Handling Wear Comfort
Continental Premium Contact 2 (198) 84% 77% 75% 73% 62% 73%
Achilles ATR Sport (56) 62% 41% 54% 48% 62% 56%
Rotalla F105 (29) 64% 31% 45% 41% 58% 58%

BMW E36 320i Tire Review Highlights

Writing about the Continental Premium Contact 2 given 69% (195-50-16-V)
Driving on a combination of roads for 6000 spirited miles
Mounted as fronts on E36 which is driven as track / daily car, no ABS or ASC, car is set with -3,5 camber up front. Contis lasted around 9000km, half of which was track style driving, drifting. Tires tread depth from new 7mm went down to about 2,5-3mm. Tire is rated 280AAA, fairly soft and grippy, tho its not semi slick. Gave good overall balance to car, as rears usually were not so grippy :) On dry a lot of feedback, you can really throw car around with confidence. A lot of information what is going on with front wheels grip. No understeering with proper pressure, usually lower from typical 2,2 to 2,0-1,9bar. When cold, around 4-7deg C, lack of temperature is showing, you need few laps to get heat into tire, as understeering is obvious. Wet grip was very good for the first 4000km, turn in felt really secure. On the limit very progressive, easy to control. Car would follow easily where I intended to turn, mostly sideways. After 4000km on entry of the corner or braking: understeering, sudden slip or locking one of front wheels occured, that meant these tires are done. I can't comment on noise, tracking tire with no abs means flat spots. Overall good tire, giving a lot of information to driver, just keep in mind wet grip deteriorates FAST.
tire reviewed on 2021-02-24 14:21:25
Writing about the Continental Premium Contact 2 given 69% (195-50-16-V)
Driving on a combination of roads for 6000 spirited miles
Mounted as fronts on E36 which is driven as track / daily car, no ABS or ASC, car is set with -3,5 camber up front. Contis lasted around 9000km, half of which was track style driving, drifting. Tires tread depth from new 7mm went down to about 2,5-3mm. Tire is rated 280AAA, fairly soft and grippy, tho its not semi slick. Gave good overall balance to car, as rears usually were not so grippy :) On dry a lot of feedback, you can really throw car around with confidence. A lot of information what is going on with front wheels grip. No understeering with proper pressure, usually lower from typical 2,2 to 2,0-1,9bar. When cold, around 4-7deg C, lack of temperature is showing, you need few laps to get heat into tire, as understeering is obvious. Wet grip was very good for the first 4000km, turn in felt really secure. On the limit very progressive, easy to control. Car would follow easily where I intended to turn, mostly sideways. After 4000km on entry of the corner or braking: understeering, sudden slip or locking one of front wheels occured, that meant these tires are done. I can't comment on noise, tracking tire with no abs means flat spots. Overall good tire, giving a lot of information to driver, just keep in mind wet grip deteriorates FAST.
tire reviewed on 2021-01-10 18:31:07
Writing about the Achilles ATR Sport given 54% (225-35-19-W)
Driving on mostly town for 10000 spirited miles
Overall it's an alright tire considering the price I paid (got a free alignment too!) Have never really had issues with grip in the dry or wet, but I don't push the car when its wet as the roads are terrible here. In terms of feedback, you can feel the tires take a second to catch up after going over some bumps, apart from it not a lot. They've still got a bit of tread on them at the moment, will see how long they last. But worst thing overall is the noise. I had crappier tires on the car before, and somehow these are worse for noise than the other tires put together.
tire reviewed on 2015-09-25 21:49:45
Writing about the Rotalla F105 given 49% (225-35-19-W)
Driving on a combination of roads for 11000 spirited miles
Overall you get what you pay for. On my car they did alright at best, but I have a feeling it was more the car helping the tires out. Wouldn't want to know what they are like on other cars. Don't really feel that confident throwing the car into corners at high speed, they wear terribly if even slightly out of alignment. Luckily they've worn out so a good excuse to get new tires!
tire reviewed on 2015-09-25 21:45:43
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