Need good input on tires

"Eeyore" wrote

How laughable, coming from this troll!

Floyd

Yeah; you *can* go wrong with Michelin. Ask anyone who ever had them about TRX tires ...

I'm not too enthralled with Bridgestone's quality, although I've had some very good ones. I do like Yokohamas a lot. Both are available through Tire Rack, which is my #1 choice for all tires on vehicles I really care about. Go shopping (lotsa' tools like specs and consumer surveys as well as independent tests there) at

and then pick up the phone to order. Tell your sales rep that a BMW E28 guy - who was there at South Bend last summer - sent you.

-- C.R. Krieger Been there; done that - for years

I'm running Yokohama AS430 in 235-45-17 and love them. Far better that the pirellis they replaced for handling, ride and noise.

Were you there for the One Lap or just because? I remember either last year or the year before I happened to be in SB for the annual Studebaker swap meet and saw lots of pretty go-fast machinery driving around, apparently the One Lap was kicking off that weekend. I'll be up there again next week; this year the SDC International meet is being held in SB, but I won't be there all week (got this nasty Real Job thing, you know...)

nate

I was there for BMW "5er Fest" over Memorial Day weekend. A celebration of all things E28 ... and E12 for those few diehards who still like the original 5er. Tire Rack was and is a sponsor of our event. We may welcome later series 5ers in the future, but I'm in no hurry. We had ~130 cars in Chattanooga last month.

-- C=2ER. Krieger Been there; done that

Get round ones.

We put Bridgestone Potenzas on in November, and I really like them. They were a little greasy for the first 200 miles, but now they're fine. Very good in the rain as well as the dry.

....Bridgestone Potenza G009! Man, the car drives like a dream. I paid about $488 at Big 10, and this included a 4-wheel alignment; also lifetime balancing. I also get a $50 rebate from Bridgestone.

Hey guys, thanks for the input...to the trolls: dudes, how 'bout getting a life.:)

E28 Guy© said in rec.autos.driving:

What do you guys who choose nyms based on the car you currently own do when you trade that car in on a new one? Will you still be "E28 Guy" when you're driving around in that Toyota Sienna youe wife made you buy because you had another kid? :)

If you knew anything about BMWs or the newsgroup you would know that an E28 is already a very old "5 series" model (4 models past) and that it isn't likely that "E28 Guy" will *ever* get rid of his car.

The other notable thing is that not every man is a slave to his wife as you apparently are. I for one never let my wife dictate what cars I bought and we raised 3 kids. Maybe if she actually knew anything about cars I may have included her in the decision making.

The idea that one *needs* a minivan because they have 2 or more kids is ludicrous. Kids are small and pack up quite compactly. Oh, and my wife doesn't get to tell me to lay off the malt either... ;-)

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I was wondering how long this would take to show up. There's always one in the group. My wife bought a BMW BECAUSE I had one. I drive the older one, too. She got a 5er with the intent of having rear seat space for a child, which we don't have. Screw the minivan/SUV in this age of high gas prices. The cost/benefit and "perceived" safety just isn't there, either. It's just American "I need a big honkin' ride to obstruct other driver's view" thinking. Don't get me wrong, there are times when these vehicles are useful, but single-passenger, daily-driver is NOT one of them. Get a BMW and enjoy it. They get better gas mileage than you think, for the 6 cyl, and still have a lot of pep. Get one a couple of years old, drop the heavy insurance and car payment, and enjoy the $40k car for less than the price of a new car. If done right, it's a no-brainer.

Bill in Omaha '86 535i

Fred

I agree - Why buy a dog and bark yourself.

True. Some men are single.

Don't get laid much, eh Fred?

R / John

Eh! Don't quite get that bit John. Either you have had a bad experience or you haven't met someone as randy, sexy and gagging for it as my wife (#2 I add as the first was a bit like the subject in question so --------- bye bye miss awful pie hello Ferrari Testrarossa..............................

Scott, I think you've known me for years in R.A.D (this crossposted to alt.autos.bmw, too), so you should know better than to ask - at least of me. This is my *fourth* E28, and the newest one yet (an '88 ... and they didn't build 'em later than that). I can't see me loving any other car as much as I do the E28 535is. Even after driving my wife's '02 Jag X-Type 3.0 Sport 5-speed (a *really* fun car in itself!), when I climb back into my BMW, I am 'at home'. So, there won't be a 'new one' in my foreseeable future unless it's another E28.

As you can see by what she drives, my wife would be the last one forcing me into a Toyota *again*. We drove them for the 14 years we needed dead reliable economical transportation and now - well, life's too short to drive boring cars. My last Toyota was an FX-16 - a pocket rocket disguised as a little black 3-door Japanese snotbox.

Finally, we won't be having "another kid". And my 10-y-o daughter loves the old BMW because she gets to sit in the front. No air bags.

That cover it for ya?

-- C=2ER. Krieger Been there; done that

I guess you love and respect your wife an awful lot, if you tell the world about her in those terms.

It takes all sorts, I suppose...

More than I want, John.

Fred W said in rec.autos.driving:

LOL!!! Yeah, my Corvette has a kiddie seat in the rear hatch area. :)

Surely you know that you're the exception and not the rule.

One doesn't NEED a minivan - an SUV will also work. :)