Michelin Pilot Sport

[Average Jae]

Why do you have to buy the pilots again next year? What's wrong with the ones you have?

i'd imagine worn out treads..

 

[Average Jae]

am I the only one that got the crappy 18" Dunlops??????

well i got crappy bridgestone re40

and yea, the dealer told me it's whatever bmw has on hand at the tiem of manufac, and so it's a matter of luck. at least i'll rid of em soon, as like rest of the tire, the tread life is supposed to suck too..

 

[Tweet227]

Why do you have to buy the pilots again next year? What's wrong with the ones you have?

i'd imagine worn out treads..

Yup. Treads will porb be shot by next summer

 

[MrElussive]

WHAT! How many miles do you have on your car Tweet? The Pilot Sport's are expensive, but you get your money's worth...they are known for being a great-performing tire with excellent tread life. I drive ultra-hard every day and my tread life is still great after almost 3,000 miles. I have a feeling they will easily last for 30,000+ miles.

 

[Wadula]

actually i would take a high end dunlop over over a conti almost any day. they are more quiet and deliver good grip, too.

what is it that makes you complain about them harley?

 

[Bryan330i]

I have the Pilot Sport on mine and tomorrow I may get to try them in the rain! I have not driven my car in the rain yet because rain seems like only a semi-annual event here. I have 255/35 ZR18 on the back and I hope they last a while at something like 400.00 each, but I can see how they can go quick, I have this favorite off ramp that I use everday and get a little rear slide, I am sure this is not too good for the tires.

 

[MyHarley]

they are more quiet

They are so loud......................

 

[Bryan330i]

Some of the best tires that you can buy, but they will disappear a bit quicker than other brands.

Hey Vlad, I know Z is a high speed rating, but what is ZR? What do you have for speed rating on your M3?

Or anyone that knows about speed rating.

 

[Tweet227]

Mr E - I'm nearing 10,000 miles and I have read a lot about these tires that once they hit 15,000 road noise increases and come 20,000 the tread is pretty much shot (especially on the back tires). I just figured that some time next summer I will have to replace the back (if not all 4) tires because I have already noticed a significant decrease in the rears tread and an increase in road noise at higher speeds. Hmmm maybe im wrong - i hope so for my wallets sake

 

[MrElussive]

Oh man, that sucks. I wouldn't mind the road noise because the G35C produces an assload of road noise already (the road noise is surprisingly loud on this car), but it sucks that my tires won't last that long.
Oh well, I think I will go with Potenza S-03's for my next tire purchase.

 

[bmwrocks]

Yup. Treads will porb be shot by next summer

Tweet your signature says you have a 2004. How many miles are you expecting when you plan to replace your tires?

Our high perf tires will last 20K miles or so with average driving. That means no peeling out. So if you drive 20K + miles in a year then what you say is certainly accurate.

Also it sounds like you use snows, so it will be even longer before you wear them out I think.

With our electronic brake proportioning and DSC, tire life is further extended. I am hoping to get 25K out of my Conti Sports, which should be early 2005 when I hit 25K.

Maybe I am the exception, but I only put 11K-13K miles a year on my car.

Am I way off on this?

 

[Wadula]

They are so loud......................

did you ever listen to conti's sport contact? those are loud. my inlaws have them on their e-class and sandras uncle had them on his passat. at 150+ kph you could barely hear the music anymore.

 

[bmwrocks]

Or anyone that knows about speed rating.

Check this website for an explanation of speed ratings on todays tires.

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/general/speed.htm

Basically, Z rating is given for speed rating of 149+ mph. Now tires come with an additional rating telling the upper limit over 149. And also the load rating. Just look on your sidewall and you will see the load and max speed rating (i.e. 86W)

 

[bmwrocks]

at 150+ kph ....

Wadula, we live in the USA, we don't use kph, in fact we wish it didn't clutter our speedo.

Or do you have your temp set in degrees C and your odometer set to kilometers and your fuel consumption in liters/kilometer?

I can hardly comprehend that last one (liters/kilometer). Maybe 5 generations from now Americans will be using that one.

 

[Wadula]

geeez, aren't you able to use a calculator and second be a little bit more open minded? you guys are the last species that really works with imperials.....how old fashioned i'm just kidding here, right?!

150 kph equals approx. 94 mph.

 

[Tweet227]

bmwrocks: I do have an '04 and I am planning on replacing my tires when I near 20,000 miles because I do a lot of driving, between 18,000 - 20,000 miles a year. I am planning on putting snow tires on my car, but here in Jersey we really don't get that much snow. I am hoping to keep my Pilot sports on until the last possible moment because I'd rather drive on dry pavement with my PS's than with snow tires. I got my car May 1st, and I figured that I will probably only have the snow tires on 2-3 months max (hopefully) so after all of my calculations I should be hitting 20K on my pilot sports sometime around late July/early August (with 3 months of driving on snow tires figured in ) Thats why i figured that I will be seeing a tire purchase next summer. Does that help?

 

[bmwrocks]

Yes Tweet, thanks. Hopefully I didn't sound too obnoxious.

And Wadula, we also don't use words like "imperials". And you are referring to us as "you guys". Where are you from?

 

[Wadula]

imperials is the equivalent for metrics, which is what europe uses, and the rest of the world . why i say you guys? because i am a german fellow!!! now don't tell me you didn't know that? didn't you recognize the crappy english and my accent

 

[bmwrocks]

I am now applying a german accent to all your posts. Now your posts create a whole new vibe.

I hope you know I am just kidding you about all the kilometers/imperial/celsius stuff.

What is an Avus Edition 323i???

 

[Wadula]

what is sold as sports edition in the US, carrys names in europe. due to the color combination i have, the car is a Avus Edition. It is nothing that ultra special, just a series they did once. Avus btw, is a very old racing course in berlin. in the middle of the city they were racing officialy.

i would love to hear what you consider my accent to be like.....hihihi.....i hope it's not too rough