Tyres Tyres Tyres!
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B21 is being a tad alarmist, and whilst what he's saying isn't exactly untrue, for 99% of people for 99% of the time it really won't make any difference. Seriously B21 are you feeling okay? chronic understeer, are you saying that the car will just understeer at every corner....Nanu said:
and the G29 is fitted with MPSS....
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sars said:B21 is being a tad alarmist, and whilst what he's saying isn't exactly untrue, for 99% of people for 99% of the time it really won't make any difference. Seriously B21 are you feeling okay? chronic understeer, are you saying that the car will just understeer at every corner....Nanu said:
and the G29 is fitted with MPSS....
The problem is that when cold /wet the MP4SS don’t grip..the rears will…with that knowledge please proceed as you wish..
So it’s not a 1% event by any means…
I just find it utterly perplexing that someone with a £30k+ sports car even entertains the concept…
If it was a ‘yoof’ in a beaten up Corsa…
If you keep asking peoples view for approval then you can’t blame someone for pointing out the foibles of such a decision..
https://www.continental-tyres.co.uk/b2c/tyre-knowledge/mixing-tyres/#:~:text=For%20optimal%20safety%20and%20performance,the%20front%20and%20rear%20tyres.
Why not just get a fresh pair of MP4SS?
Then all wheels will slide the way it was intended
Why they fitted MP4SS is a mystery
Shocking when wet and cold
Great for summer blasts in Europe
Then all wheels will slide the way it was intended
Why they fitted MP4SS is a mystery
Shocking when wet and cold
Great for summer blasts in Europe
Thanks for all the input guys. Very much appreciate the discussion.
B21 has posted a link which the headline is don't mix brands, however if you read further on in that article it states,
'However, if mixing becomes unavoidable due to a lack of availability or budget constraints, then it’s possible to mix tyre brands and tread patterns – but only so long as drivers fit a pair of tyres with the same tread patterns and brands across the same axle. That means installing a pair of identical tyres on the rear axle, or a pair of identical tyres to the front'.
This was also the advice from my local BMW dealerships tyre specialist.
If money was no object, I would fit the same as currently on, Michelin PSS but these are at best £40 per corner more expensive than the GoodYears I am considering. I have a service due this month and an MOT along with a holiday to pay for in September to keep STMBO happy. As a pensioner any saving I can make is a bonus.
If anyone can find a pair of Michelin PSS rears fitted for under £500 please let me know.
B21 has posted a link which the headline is don't mix brands, however if you read further on in that article it states,
'However, if mixing becomes unavoidable due to a lack of availability or budget constraints, then it’s possible to mix tyre brands and tread patterns – but only so long as drivers fit a pair of tyres with the same tread patterns and brands across the same axle. That means installing a pair of identical tyres on the rear axle, or a pair of identical tyres to the front'.
This was also the advice from my local BMW dealerships tyre specialist.
If money was no object, I would fit the same as currently on, Michelin PSS but these are at best £40 per corner more expensive than the GoodYears I am considering. I have a service due this month and an MOT along with a holiday to pay for in September to keep STMBO happy. As a pensioner any saving I can make is a bonus.
If anyone can find a pair of Michelin PSS rears fitted for under £500 please let me know.
[ref]Nanu[/ref], I'm really happy with the Goodyears, when I left home this afternoon to drive the 214 miles to Bristol, it was 14 C and raining. With cold rear tyres I decided to give them a little test, accelerating sharply while pulling out of a junction onto a main road, grip was there no shifting of the LSD, no drama, just traction 
What I have noticed is that the fronts always heat up quicker than the rears, this probably explains why I've never had issues with the MPSS fronts and I have never explored the limit of front grip when the tyres are cold anyway.
What I have noticed is that the fronts always heat up quicker than the rears, this probably explains why I've never had issues with the MPSS fronts and I have never explored the limit of front grip when the tyres are cold anyway.
sars said:Hey... I didn't say thatAnyway, I wouldn't put MPSS back on even if they were free
Sorry Sars, bloody wrong quotation thing again. I agree, wasn’t best pleased when the new one came with them and others just beforehand came with contis
Well here is a turn up for the book.
I gave the same challenge to my local BMW dealership, Lloyds of Newcastle via the App. Two Michelin PSS rears, like for like for £500 or under and they said yes. They said they would fit them for that price if I was taking it to them for the MOT which I was anyway.
As a bonus, I got a call from the "expert" saying as the MOT and tyre fitting would take about two and a half hours, did I want to borrow the Z4 M40i currently being used by one of the management for a couple of hours to play with.
Sounds like a plan. They obviously think they can tempt me the demonstrator but they would have to pursued STMBO first as she is coming with me, so it wont happen
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I gave the same challenge to my local BMW dealership, Lloyds of Newcastle via the App. Two Michelin PSS rears, like for like for £500 or under and they said yes. They said they would fit them for that price if I was taking it to them for the MOT which I was anyway.
As a bonus, I got a call from the "expert" saying as the MOT and tyre fitting would take about two and a half hours, did I want to borrow the Z4 M40i currently being used by one of the management for a couple of hours to play with.
Sounds like a plan. They obviously think they can tempt me the demonstrator but they would have to pursued STMBO first as she is coming with me, so it wont happen
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