BMW E91 325i Tires

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Tire Reviewed Dry Grip Wet Grip Feedback Handling Wear Comfort
Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 (5) 86% 88% 82% 84% 78% 80%
Pirelli P Zero Runflat (41) 83% 69% 76% 74% 58% 66%

BMW E91 325i Tire Review Highlights

Writing about the Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 given 49% (-45-17-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 5000 average miles
I am not driving that spirited, especially on winter tires - thus take my grip specifics with a grain of salt. In the grip category i don't see reason to complain. Sometimes i am in the mood to take an on-ramp near the limit of grip - behaviour here seems normal to me, the car tends to understeer. The previous winter tires i bought the car with were 8 year old Marangoni Meteo HP and those sometimes tended to oversteer and had quite bad wet grip, so i replaced them with these. After one winter season the front tires are severely more worn than the rears, i dont expect more than two seasons, so ca. 20000km out of these. On the inside of the car the tire sounds fairly loud with a repeating growling which feels a bit like a outgoing wheelbearing is described. My eagle f1 asymmetric 5 summer tires are far better in noise and comfort, which is important to me. The tires performed very well in the heavy snow we had this year. My car is lowered a bit and even with loose snow around the 10 cm mark i didn't get stuck while having a short donut session in a parking lot. I suspect with the immense wear now on the rear tires i would have more trouble in a similar situation. All in all i do not like these tires a lot but they are not horrible - for my next set of tires i will try another model in hopes of improving wear and noise.
tire reviewed on 2021-10-28 13:06:09
Writing about the Pirelli P Zero Runflat given 71% (255-40-17-W)
Driving on mostly motorways for 6000 easy going miles
Positive: they wear evenly as compared to other run flat tires I used (Michelin Pilot Primacy ZP, Continental Sport Contact 2 SSR), thus generating less noise due to the irregular wear. The grip on dry and wet is excellent, the braking distance is short. They are also slightly cheaper ("only" Euro 200 each before installation).
Negative: they are hard as other run flat tires. I check tire pressure once each month, but they still wear out fast. After 6000km easy going driving on mostly highways, half of the tire depth is gone. The tires may last around 12000km in total, which are expensive for the price.
At this tire size, there are not many run flat tire choices. At least these tires have much newer technology and have better reviews compared to others (Bridgestone RE050A run flat and Continental sport contact 2 SSR). Sometimes I am thinking of replacing them with normal tires, but it doesn't seem safe and interesting to use either spare wheels or tire sealant on the highway shoulder especially in dark. So probably I will stay with these tires.
tire reviewed on 2011-11-13 01:31:21
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