06-08-2012, 06:40 AM | #397 |
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Guys Im in the middle of placing my order on the F30 with the M sports package and he is giving me the option of all season tires or performance summer tires. Both are run flat but wanted to know which one is best as far as mileage, ride, etc??????
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06-08-2012, 07:29 AM | #398 |
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Summer tires are going to give you a harder ride with a shorter tread life compared to all season tires. However, performance tires are going to give you better performance handling. Given your location, you can get by with performance tires year-round. So you need to decide if the softer, more isolated ride with all season tires is what you want. Does the dealer have a demo of each you can drive?
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06-08-2012, 07:53 AM | #399 |
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thanks but I'm in Afghanistan in the military and ordering without being able to see a real car other than in the pics. I live in Louisiana so don't really need ice/snow tires. How many miles are we expecting to get out of each types?
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06-08-2012, 08:13 AM | #400 | |
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I wouldn't expect too much more life out of the all seasons vs the summer tires. really it depends on how you drive and maintain the tires (pressures primarily). but if you want a shot in the dark I'd say both should go 30-50k. Thank you for your service, and be careful over there. |
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this sucks ... they prolly just figure "us rich americans" will pony up for M performance brakes.
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But if you do go back, you'll note grey metal calipers on the M sport w/ leather interior and no fog lights (as would be equipped in the US). I was sad when I finally noticed. I really hope I'm wrong, but I doubt it. |
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ya i know, i pointed that out in another thread earlier. all the US car spec photos are seen without blue brakes but all the photos of other euro and other spec cars are shown with ... sigh
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oh right on. I'm kinda sad that I'm not the only one who noticed. Was hoping maybe my computer was broken not showing the blue brakes on US cars just out of spite
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06-08-2012, 04:12 PM | #408 |
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The brakes are an option for ROW, and we're still unclear about their availability in the US. The bmw.co.uk M Sport and F31 configurator is up, if you'd like to experiment with setup options, albeit different than what the US will offer.
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UK configurator has M-Sport models. http://www.bmw.co.uk/bmwuk/ecom4/fra...tSource=topnav
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Does anybody know if there is/will be a sunroof-delete option for the '13 335i M-Sport? I know the sunroof is STD on the 335i for '13. Maybe it could be deleted through the "individual" program?
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Summer performance tires may have harder sidewalls which will hurt the ride quality, but this is a separate issue from the rubber hardness. |
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