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

-- 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. :)