Bridgestone Turanza's

golf4501 · 04-17-2010, 06:05 PM

Just bought a set of 230's, and put them on today. They came with Bridgestone Potenza's and am absolutely shocked at how much smoother the car rides and feels with these wheels. I always assumed it was the nature of the car, but now relaize how absolutely shitty the Turanza's are.

MassBimmer · 04-17-2010, 06:10 PM

Turanza is one of the worst tires out there...why BMW puts these on their cars is beyond me

johnsonz1122 · 04-18-2010, 01:00 AM

turanza has no grip at all. they make my car's handling like shit.

golf4501 · 04-18-2010, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by johnsonz1122

turanza has no grip at all. they make my car's handling like shit.

Agreed the grip was crap, but the biggest difference I'm feeling is now the car rides much smoother. The Turanza's made they car ride stiff, now it's much more of a refined feel. It's similiar to how my E46 sport rode with the factory PS2's, which I really liked. I wish Michelin made a PS2 RFT in 19". It seems like BMW is going away from the Bridgestones now. I know some of the M sports are shipping with Michelins, and a guy I work with got a new E93 that came with Continetals

Gary@TireRack · 04-19-2010, 05:29 PM

Keep in mind that the name Turanza does not refer to a specific tire, but rather is the family name for Bridgestones 20+ different touring tires. Same for Potenza, which is a family name for all of Bridgestones performance tires. There are very good and sub par tires in each line.

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golf4501 Lieutenant 105 Rep 587 Posts Drives: 2020 M2C Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: chicagoland iTrader: (0) Garage List 2020 BMW M2C [0.00]	Bridgestone Turanza's Just bought a set of 230's, and put them on today. They came with Bridgestone Potenza's and am absolutely shocked at how much smoother the car rides and feels with these wheels. I always assumed it was the nature of the car, but now relaize how absolutely shitty the Turanza's are.
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MassBimmer Major General 306 Rep 7,433 Posts Drives: 2023 i4 M50 Join Date: May 2009 Location: MA iTrader: (6) Garage List 2009 BMW [9.24]	Turanza is one of the worst tires out there...why BMW puts these on their cars is beyond me
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Gary@TireRack Moderator 369 Rep 4,745 Posts Drives: Formerly 1995 M3 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: South Bend, IN, Tire Rack HQ iTrader: (2)	Keep in mind that the name Turanza does not refer to a specific tire, but rather is the family name for Bridgestones 20+ different touring tires. Same for Potenza, which is a family name for all of Bridgestones performance tires. There are very good and sub par tires in each line. __________________ Gary. Tire and Wheel Forum Moderator. Tire Rack Sales Rep Gary@Tirerack.com http://www.tirerack.com/a.jsp?a=AH8&url=index.jsp Please refer to 'Gary/E90 Post' as your previous contact when you order online to help support this forum.
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