[robby818]

Has anyone switched over from RFs to non run flats? I am curious about whether the ride is noticeably better with regular tires. The G05 already rides so compliantly, it is hard to imagine it being even better than it currently is, but I understand that the stiffer sidewalls of run flats does diminish comfort. I have 20" wheels with Bridgestone tires.

[dream54ing]

Im pretty sure most of us havent had enough miles on the RF to switch over, but I will be leaning towards switching when our RF are older. We got the spare tire option, so definitely consider it. we have 21", but at 20" i wouldnt if your comfortable with them

[Smithcinema]

Originally Posted by dream54ing

Im pretty sure most of us havent had enough miles on the RF to switch over, but I will be leaning towards switching when our RF are older. We got the spare tire option, so definitely consider it. we have 21", but at 20" i wouldnt if your comfortable with them

I would only drive a vehicle with run flats today love how the stiff sidewalls corner and no spare to take up space and todays cars all have low profile tires one pothole your changing your tire on side of road , my wife's e class sucks , changed at least 1-2 tires a year and my challenger had 2 blowouts since I owned it , never had a problem with any of my bmw's I don't notice any loss in ride quality and if I did easy tradeoff

[rmorin1249]

I have runflats and still ordered a spare tire. If you ever had a catastrophic failure even a runflat may not get you home or to a garage. Well worth $150. The newer runflats do perform well and do not cause a significant deterioration in ride comfort.

[dream54ing]

Originally Posted by Smithcinema

I would only drive a vehicle with run flats today love how the stiff sidewalls corner and no spare to take up space and todays cars all have low profile tires one pothole your changing your tire on side of road , my wife's e class sucks , changed at least 1-2 tires a year and my challenger had 2 blowouts since I owned it , never had a problem with any of my bmw's I don't notice any loss in ride quality and if I did easy tradeoff

Well, i know of 2 people, 1 recently on a road trip, hit a pothole hard enough to rip the RF tire. He was stranded for 5 hrs in the dark out in the boonies waiting for the tow truck. Had to wait another day to get trying to get the RF replaced since its not readily available out in boonie land. Stories like that kind of scares the crap out of me if that was to happened to me and my family, so I included the spare tire option (with or without RF tires)

[dream54ing]

Originally Posted by rmorin1249

I have runflats and still ordered a spare tire. If you ever had a catastrophic failure even a runflat may not get you home or to a garage. Well worth $150. The newer runflats do perform well and do not cause a significant deterioration in ride comfort.

yep..l total agree. plus the incident mentioned above had the same P-Zero RF!!

[jimv03]

Originally Posted by rmorin1249

I have runflats and still ordered a spare tire. If you ever had a catastrophic failure even a runflat may not get you home or to a garage. Well worth $150. The newer runflats do perform well and do not cause a significant deterioration in ride comfort.

This is exactly what I did. For $150 why wouldn't you?!

[dream54ing]

Originally Posted by jimv03

This is exactly what I did. For $150 why wouldn't you?!

If you got 3rd row or luggage pack, you dont have that option. With that said, most I've seen dont, so option would be available agree, no brainer to get it

[wrickem]

Switching to can-go-flats is something I immediately do the day after I get a new car with RFTs. I ended up really liking the Bridgestone RFTs that came on it and haven't changed them yet 4 months in. It's very unlike me.

[Jgc650i]

Originally Posted by dream54ing

If you got 3rd row or luggage pack, you dont have that option. With that said, most I've seen dont, so option would be available agree, no brainer to get it

Correct on the third row, but you can have the spare with the luggage package. Mine has both.

[dream54ing]

Originally Posted by Jgc650i

Correct on the third row, but you can have the spare with the luggage package. Mine has both.

dang, i was told one or the other, oh well, saved money. haaha

[AndroidRobot]

I will most likely go non-RFT when mine ate ready to be replaced. I'm still waiting on a good tire option for the 21"s.

[mnx5er]

I always swapped out my RFTs on my F15sand the difference was very noticeable. So far the Bridgestone RFTs on the G06 have been great except for a little too much noise on some concrete. If they wear fast I will not put RFTS back on it.

[gtank]

I swapped out my run flats within the first 1k. Not sure I'd consider these 'regular' tires though for an X5

[ScottMZ3]

Just remember that if you leased your X5, you can’t have any other tire on it besides the OEM ones or you will get charged at turn in.

[Hendoo]

Originally Posted by Smithcinema

I would only drive a vehicle with run flats today love how the stiff sidewalls corner and no spare to take up space and todays cars all have low profile tires one pothole your changing your tire on side of road , my wife's e class sucks , changed at least 1-2 tires a year and my challenger had 2 blowouts since I owned it , never had a problem with any of my bmw's I don't notice any loss in ride quality and if I did easy tradeoff

You make a good case for avoiding hi-profile tires altogether...

But many like the look.

I would get an X5 with 18” tires if I could.

Getting stranded in the boonies is no fun...

[dream54ing]

Originally Posted by AndroidRobot

I will most likely go non-RFT when mine ate ready to be replaced. I'm still waiting on a good tire option for the 21"s.

Please do post options and what you go with when that time comes. I should be a few month behind you

[Stinkyxy]

Originally Posted by ScottMZ3

Just remember that if you leased your X5, you can't have any other tire on it besides the OEM ones or you will get charged at turn in.

Just has to be run-flat, summer, with the correct speed rating, and within a certain list of brands (no Chinese tires).

Still restrictive but it does not need to be exactly the same.

[AndroidRobot]

Originally Posted by dream54ing

Please do post options and what you go with when that time comes. I should be a few month behind you

my dream is 7/32 right now so I have about 8k more miles based on current wear trends I'm hoping for a Michelin AS option

[Marty in NY]

Here's my story.. ..

I bought a 2011 X3 that came with Pirelli P Zero staggered run flats. Because they were staggered, rotation was not possible and they wore to the point of causing harsh vibration at highway speed within 900 miles. The dealer was kind enough to replace them at their cost but of course I was still stuck with run flats.

I removed them and put on a set of non run flat Continental Extreme Contact DWS. I loaded up the storage area under the cargo floor with an air pump, jack, socket wrench, vise-grips, tire plug kit, spray water bottle and drove the car from New York to Florida, then to California, back to Florida and finally back to NY. In fact, I put 30K+ miles on the Continentals over the years and loved them. I them put them on two other cars, loved them on those cars too. I did have to repair a puncture in one on the X3 from a screw and I was lucky enough to notice it when the car was parked. Took 1/2hr to fix and about 15 more minutes to refill the tire with air and I was back on my way.

So, I went from a new set of P Zero's run flats to a new set of the Continentals within the same day. Man, what a ride improvement they were, not to mention the increase in gas mileage as an added bonus. The Continentals were very quiet and very smooth. Loved them. However, I was always freaked about getting a flat and not having a spare. If the run flats have sidewall damage, you're down and out anyway.

This year I was going to drive back down to Florida, in looking at my Continentals, I saw they were pretty much worn out so decided to put those P Zero's back on that I initially took off and make the trip. I took them out from under the bench, put them on the X3, topped them off with air and went for a short ride. Those tires had about 150 miles on them.

My first impression was...wow these are loud, I had forgotten how noisy they were. Now that I'm back from Florida I can attest to the difference once again. The P Zero's make for a hard and noisy ride. They grip like glue, they look good but I would never buy them.

For me, I would order my next X with the spare tire option and put non run flats on it. Optionally, if you did have the spare tire option, you would have a choice of running run flats or non run flats.

Just go to Tire Rack and look at your options for run flats vs non run flats and read the owners reviews. That alone may lead you to non run flats. Now all that said, it is highly possible that todays run flats are a marked improvement over what I had but I have always done well by regarding the Tire Rack owner reviews which still point unfavorably toward run flats.

[BMWPenPen]

Originally Posted by gtank

I swapped out my run flats within the first 1k. Not sure I'd consider these 'regular' tires though for an X5

I really love that rim choice (wheels too). It looks so classy and great for 20s.

[sygazelle]

Originally Posted by wrickem

Switching to can-go-flats is something I immediately do the day after I get a new car with RFTs. I ended up really liking the Bridgestone RFTs that came on it and haven't changed them yet 4 months in. It's very unlike me.

I'm loving the Bridgestone RFT too. I never thought that could ever happen. I'll probably switch to go flats when the Bridgestons wear out, but they are too good to ditch early.