kt22cliff

Deciding that you won't be getting any more bmw b/c run flat is too loud makes as much sense as gw bush attacking Iraq after osama attacked US from Afganistan.

SLegacy99

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kt22cliff

You will spend $1000 everytime you get new runflat tires whether your car is BMW, Lexus, or Yugo. If you don't like the particular runflats or runflats altogether, you can buy different tires. Tires are consumable last time I checked.

SLegacy99

Yeah, but its not the run flats. BMW service told my dad that its the setup of their suspension. Its designed to be more athletic and thus tire wear is affected, runflat or regular. So the only advantage would be that the regular tires are cheaper, but supposedly they won't work with the existing wheels. Only runflats.

kt22cliff

You can put non-runflat tires on the wheels. There are no such wheels that only run-flats fit in.

CK6Speed

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Then basically your saying higher performance RWD cars are not an option. ON some of my true sports cars tires were rated to last less then 10K miles. My current BMW is an older E46 so a lot may have changed, but even with the sports suspension the tires will last 30K easy. I see what you are saying. A lot of higher performance RWD cars run more toe out up front, more toe in at the rear and slightly more camber than your typical car and that all together can dramatically affect tire life but with razor sharp steering and rear end stability. It is a trade off. There is a reason why most other cars have more of a numb feel to them. Party of that is the alignment.

PS. Most of the time when the Corvette, BMW guys or other High Performance Car guys have run flats from the factory, the first thing they do is swap them out for regular High Performance Radial tires and put those crappy hard stiff run flats on ebay. I guess you can chalk this one up to poor BMW dealership information. Unless you misunderstood him. The BMW's suspension are set up more aggressively than your typical car, thus accelerated tire wear, but it is not unlike any other higher performance RWD car, and you can run whatever tires and rims you want.

DRE1615

My friends dad has that same car, 330i or xi. He has had the same problem with the run flats and how noisy they are.

I have personally experienced it myself as well and it is the most nauseating low tone drone I have ever heard. The BMW dealer didn't want anything to do with him for quite some time. Even wrote to BMW headquarters, and they didn't want anything to do with him.

So finally when bringing the car in for service he told one of the techs to take it for a spin just to hear for himself. The tech got back and was floored at how bad they were. They contacted BMW headquarters and in the end they gave him 4 new tires and install and everything for free. So I guess they tried to screw him but he succeeded in the end.

Good Luck with your car.

STIG

Run Crap tires are horrible.

SLegacy99

Its AWD. We don't really do 2WD in my family anymore. My dad doesn't invest in aftermarket or performance parts. Why BMW claims these wheels can't run regular tires, I have no clue. But, with a year left on the lease there is no reason to buy new wheels.


Oh yeah, I could hear it coming before I could even see the car.

kt22cliff

Forget what the idiot BMW stealership guy told you or your dad. And it doesn't matter whether it's AWD RWD or FWD, the wheels will take non-runflat tires as long as you get the size right.

SLegacy99

Its a moot point anyway, he's already got the new runflats.

SLegacy99

Unhappy owners.

http://www.bmwclassaction.com/pages/blog.php

SilverBull

This is helpful info as I am looking at purchasing a 335i over the next few weeks. Well, at least it was in running as top dog until I read this. The main thing I am concerned with is the service plan should take care of this if all required maintenence is done. I just read that blog. That is nuts. This I need to print this out and bring it down to the dealership. What a load of crap. If they won't help you out than they are in the wrong as well.

SLegacy99

Good luck.

geko29

If you're still interested in the car but you don't want runflats, arrange in advance at a Discount Tire or Just Tires to have them swapped when you purchase. Many of those places will give you full retail (or whatever their regular price is) trade-in value on tires if the car has less than 50 miles on the clock. Then you can get whatever you want for only a few dollars at worst.