Surely this is some sort of record

apollo · 07-21-2016, 03:20 PM

My friend has just come to the end of his 3 year ownership of a Z4 2.0i and brought it back to the dealer to have it checked over before handing it back and changing to a new X1. The car had 28000 miles on it, and here is the impressive part when dealer checked the tyres (and these are the original tyres from new) rears still had 4mm and fronts 7.5mm. Needless to say he drives like a granny but still 7.5mm still left on the fronts and 4mm on rears after 28000

sabin · 07-21-2016, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by apollo

My friend has just come to the end of his 3 year ownership of a Z4 2.0i and brought it back to the dealer to have it checked over before handing it back and changing to a new X1. The car had 28000 miles on it, and here is the impressive part when dealer checked the tyres (and these are the original tyres from new) rears still had 4mm and fronts 7.5mm. Needless to say he drives like a granny but still 7.5mm still left on the fronts and 4mm on rears after 28000

So are you gonna tell us which tyres they were??

AWSAWS · 07-21-2016, 03:27 PM

What a waste of a good car and good rubber

Needbmwpartzz · 07-21-2016, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by AWSAWS

What a waste of a good car and good rubber

abeardo83 · 07-22-2016, 04:34 AM

Those tyres must now be like crisps!!!!

apollo · 07-22-2016, 06:09 AM

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Originally Posted by sabin

So are you gonna tell us which tyres they were??

Bridgestones

borinous · 07-22-2016, 08:42 AM

Z4 2.0i does that have enough power to pull the skin off custard? ;-) might be an additional factor to prolonged tyre life

mojobmw_e90 · 07-22-2016, 08:46 AM

My rears lasted 25k before getting swapped out. Fronts are at almost 30k and still have thread..

Dace64 · 07-22-2016, 02:45 PM

My rears lasted 20k. My fronts are on 30k with 4-5mm left. I've done two track days too!

lightmanek · 07-23-2016, 07:32 AM

Bridgestones RE050 run flats are quite hard and therefore last long. On my 335i rears were lasting 20-25k (not bad for the 550Nm torque they had to cope with) and fronts are @40k miles and still have about 10-20k left on them.
Now I'm running softer Pirelli P0 non RT tyres on the rear so I'm expecting a bit less miles from them, but so far they covered 14k miles and look very likely to double that!

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apollo Second Lieutenant 30 Rep 210 Posts Drives: F82 Sakhir Orange Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: N Ireland iTrader: (1)	Surely this is some sort of record My friend has just come to the end of his 3 year ownership of a Z4 2.0i and brought it back to the dealer to have it checked over before handing it back and changing to a new X1. The car had 28000 miles on it, and here is the impressive part when dealer checked the tyres (and these are the original tyres from new) rears still had 4mm and fronts 7.5mm. Needless to say he drives like a granny but still 7.5mm still left on the fronts and 4mm on rears after 28000
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AWSAWS Colonel 283 Rep 2,343 Posts Drives: E92 GC Turbos, FBO, 335i DCT Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Valhalla iTrader: (0)	What a waste of a good car and good rubber __________________ GC Turbos, FBO, JB4, DCT, Port Meth injection, BMS Charge Pipe, NGK plugs. EBC brakes and pads, LED Angel lights, LED foglights, LCI rears OCC, Braided brake lines. Custom Diff Lockdown Kit, VTT inlets, TMAP, stage 2+ fuel pump 11.79@119mph (stock turbos) 11.74@129mph (GC Turbos)
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abeardo83 Captain 96 Rep 828 Posts Drives: E92 M3 Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Cheshire iTrader: (2) Garage List 2008 BMW M3 [0.00]	Those tyres must now be like crisps!!!!
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borinous Captain 38 Rep 686 Posts Drives: E90 320d SE Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Essex iTrader: (2)	Z4 2.0i does that have enough power to pull the skin off custard? ;-) might be an additional factor to prolonged tyre life
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mojobmw_e90 Major 380 Rep 1,497 Posts Drives: 2014 E63S Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Chicago IL iTrader: (3)	My rears lasted 25k before getting swapped out. Fronts are at almost 30k and still have thread..
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Dace64 Second Lieutenant 20 Rep 204 Posts Drives: E92 335D Join Date: May 2015 Location: Up North iTrader: (0)	My rears lasted 20k. My fronts are on 30k with 4-5mm left. I've done two track days too!
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lightmanek Private First Class 117 Rep 143 Posts Drives: BMW E92 335i N54 MT ST PI FF Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: Torquay iTrader: (0)	Bridgestones RE050 run flats are quite hard and therefore last long. On my 335i rears were lasting 20-25k (not bad for the 550Nm torque they had to cope with) and fronts are @40k miles and still have about 10-20k left on them. Now I'm running softer Pirelli P0 non RT tyres on the rear so I'm expecting a bit less miles from them, but so far they covered 14k miles and look very likely to double that!
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