They are all seasons with both the inner and outer sidewalls reinforced with carbon fiber. Pretty cheap too. Any thoughts?

 

I have not tried them on a G, but I had a chance to drive a couple BMW Z4s with the F1 All Seasons and the Michelin Pilot Sport A/S. The Goodyear's hands down the best of those two. It felt like alot more grip in the wet and was really responsive. I think they are going to be my next set of tires. I just have to decide what size I want to go with since they don't have the OE 19" sizes.

 

Me. It's kind of early to tell, but they seem to stick pretty well in dry and wet.

Take a look at the tirerack.com tests in the link I post. Sounds like they hold up with the best of them (high performance all seasons).

-john


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What size did you go with? I'm about to order a set for my 2003 RWD sedan and was looking at 235/50-17 however I'm concerned about clearance at full steering lock. Anybody know if there will be any issues with that?

 

I saw that you put 245/40/18 on the front instead of the standard 225/45/18 but have stock rims. What's the difference? Why did you choose this over the stock size?

 

I used 245/40R18 front, 245/45R18 rear. But this is a 6MT coupe with the stagger. Don't know how that relates to the sedan.

It works out so that it's basically the same as stock except wider in the front. The same stagger is retained (1" taller in rear). See this post.

Some suggest more neutral handling. Some like the looks better.

Regardless, it provides a bit more protection from curb rash.

-john

 

Well, my rears are about gone, so time to replace again.

I think I'm going with Continental ExtremeContact DWS this time around.

The F1s were better in the dry than the Continental ContiExtremeContact I ran before, and I think worse in the snow. Sounds like the DWS are better than the CEC, which, admittedly were a bit squirmy.

I did end up running the F1s all year round (instead of swapping them out for summers in the summer time). I don't have any real complaints, but they haven't gotten under my skin either.

Right now, my rears are about down the the last wear bar (pretty worn), although the fronts have quite a bit of tread on them (in comparison). I don't recall that from the other tires I've tried. My guess is I'm getting a bit more wheel slip since they aren't quite as grippy as the summers and thus more wear.

The rears also look like they are worn a bit more in the center than the outsides which surprises me a bit, although maybe it is an illusion. It made me think I'd been running over-inflated, but I checked and was about 36 all around.

Well, in any case, it is a pretty solid tire, but the quest for the Grail goes one...

-john

 

The centers were more worn because technically a 245 width tire on a 18x8 wheel like the OEM coupe 18s is oversized and despite tire pressures causes a bulge in the middle of the tire. On a 18x8 rim, a 235 width tire is ideal for max width. I have 245s all around too for winter use, but I plan to ditch my OEM coupe wheels and find some 18x9s all around instead.

 

We have found that unless that tire is rotated every 3K miles it may exhibit uneven wear and excessive noise. Even keeping up on the rotations the tire could still end up with issues. If you can deal with the potential wear issues it's a decent tire.

 

Actually, I checked my posts on the ContiExtremeContact, and actually, the rears wore out before the fronts on them too.

My DWSes are on order.

-john

 

Thanks for the followup, good to see how a tire works over time. I have these on the rear: 255/35-19 and I will say they are an okay tire, nothing special about them except they pick up and throw rocks and gravel like a MFer. S'okay, keeps the tailgaters at bay.

Mine seem to have worn fairly quickly, too, surprising for their 420 rating, and more in the center as you've observed. They will probably do me one more summer, then I may get Falkens to match the front or replace all four. I'll probably go up to 245/40 on the rears, though, I find I'd like something with just slightly more sidewall, though I do like that full ten inches of width on the 255s.