type of tyres on M3

[S.WOOD]

BMW have decided to change the type of tyres on the new M3 from February2008 from Michelin pilot sport to Michelin pilot sport cup + which has half the tread depth and is primarily a track tyre. I have been incontact with Michelin Tec dept and they have told me that I would be very lucky to get over 5000 miles out of these tyres even if I were to drive the car normally. I would be very interested in your views on this subject ie do you think BMW should have given me a choice? Also due to the reduced tyre tread deepth care must be taken on wet roads.:confused0068:

newby:confused2

[fonusbak]

Hey! Thanks for that...I'm picking mine up tomorrow and have to drive back from Hertfordshire to Manchester. I hope it doesn't rain! I'll certainly be asking the dealer about this, I'll let you know what he says.

(unless I get too excited when I see the car and lose all sense of perspective!)

[fonusbak]

I asked the dealer about this. He understood that the new tyres will go on the 19 inch wheels while the tyres for the 18 inchers remain the same.

So...£1,300 for the bigger wheels and £1,200 to replace the tyres every 5,000 miles?

[geesus]

BMW have decided to change the type of tyres on the new M3 from February2008 from Michelin pilot sport to Michelin pilot sport cup + which has half the tread depth and is primarily a track tyre. I have been incontact with Michelin Tec dept and they have told me that I would be very lucky to get over 5000 miles out of these tyres even if I were to drive the car normally. I would be very interested in your views on this subject ie do you think BMW should have given me a choice? Also due to the reduced tyre tread deepth care must be taken on wet roads.:confused0068:

newby:confused2

I got my car late decemeber and i have done about 4500 miles. The tyres are looking pretty warn already. That's beyond crap as I do roughly 12,000 miles a year. (possible 2.5 sets of tyres per year????)

[DonM3]

My cup tyres look battered after only 3k miles. Will be getting the normal PS2 tryes next and they are'nt cheap either

[booforty]

I'm on PS2's and they are brilliant! Highly recommend them! Done nearly 7,000 miles and still got loads of tread

[Phoenix 21st]

I posted about this several times and nobody seemed interested. I will go for ps2's next time but the cups are great for traction.