09-15-2014, 10:15 PM | #1 |
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For all those who have driven their new M3/4 for a couple of thousand miles already - how is your tire wear? I have been pushing mine quite a bit (for 1,800 miles), but all in the city, so its all in short bursts, and the tires still look almost new.
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09-15-2014, 11:01 PM | #3 |
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PSS were pretty astounding on the M5. A track weekend will crush them (with 4400lb M5 heft), but with hard street driving folks were racking up 12-15k miles plus.
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I put a new set of PSS's on my S4 in May'13 before a full track day at VIR (south course). I'm impressed with how well the tires have worn. Definitely need a new set, which has been priced in to my trade... A lot less road noise vs. the Conti's I previously had.
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Mine are done... abt 7k was what it took. And it most certainly was not the fault of the tires.
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well.... I figure the front ones could last an other set of rears so I'm thinking of getting 2+4 set.
I told my husband that my tires are getting renewed for free, they were faulty set. He wanted to believe me, and I didn't want more shit about my beloved Peter. Also, tuning parts are going to be a gift from X, still haven't decided if father Christmas or someone else is getting the bill with those. Marriage to a non car dude: lying becomes a hobby.
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So, let's help Lups come up with some more excuses why tires are not lasting long: 1) Darn it, second set were faulty too! 2) BMW must have chosen tires based on EU spec roads - these Michelins wear out faster on American asphalt 3) Looks like the odom-a-limiter app is working like a charm - only half the driven miles are getting registered! That should hold ya for a little while! |
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Darn Lups, even for you I had a tough time understanding that one....
I expect 20-25k on the front and 12-18k on the rear, but the difficult thing is it is SOO easy to spin the rear a little bit in just everyday driving. It's not even drifting, smoking, or hard sideways action that I think will wear these suckers - it's the fact that a solid stab of the throttle makes them stutter-step and grab.
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I expect to get more bad sets. There is a nice site in the lovely internet which will have all my money forever. I think its a good deal, since I don't like money, but I love my personal road map I keep painting all over this boring area.
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My experience is with an e39 m5 running 275/35/18 and 100% power through the rear, weighing about 500 pounds more than my m3 but about the same as your S4, and I got 15k miles out of my rears in MY style of driving. So, given the weight differential and the fact the M3 runs a slightly taller 275/40/18 rear tire, but accounting for the fact the M3 puts down significantly more torque, I'm expecting 18k miles to be a good run out of the rear tires and 15k to be the minimum. P.s. All of this is premised upon the Michelin PSS on the M3 being the same as I've run on my e39 m5. Obviously the compound for the BMW-F80 specific M3 PSS might be softer and wear faster.
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