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> snip
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> > The wheels were likely upgraded to get rid of the dreaded TRX tires. > > You're
> > lucky it was done for you to save you the expense.
> >
> snip
> >
> > -Russ.
> >
> >
>
> What's the problem about [Michelin] TRX's apart from the cost and lack of
> alternatives (only Avon).
Apart from the cost and lack of alternatives, nothing. Why have tires that cost $300 when you can have the same performance for $150? Why have one make of tire when you could have dozens?
At the time they out performed many other tyres
and were safer if punctured at high speed. I had them on three different
> 735i's and the did very well apart from one new one that got a screw in the
> sidewall about a week after fitting.
>
> My current 740i has a regular wheel size so a wide choice of what to fit,
> and the tyres are about half the price.
>
>
> BTW I live in Manchester England, where legendarily it rains a lot - so now
> I have Uniroyal on the grounds that I am far more likely to
> [unintentionally] find the limit in the wet than the dry.
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