[vladinecko]

at 9,000 miles of grandma-style driving, my dealer tells me i need three (3) new tires!!! what the f*ck??? how long do those f*cking RFT tires last?!?!? not even 10,000 miles??? can this be?? now they're making me put on some generic Continental tires at $180 each + plus some other fees.

is this normal???

[Snakeii]

yes very normal i need 4x new tyres i got my friend who works at a dealership to pass my car its on 18k miles now and the rears are 3/4 slick and fronts 1/4, runflat tyres use alot softercompoud than normal tyres to try and keep the vibration down and road comfort up, due to the solid sidewalls the tred is extreemaly soft (makes abasloot amazing drag trye in the dry heat) your lucky that your not having to forkout over $300 per corner 235/40 R18 Y fronts and 265/35 R18 Y rears =/ (need to be speed rated at 170+ mph =/)

[JSpira]

9000 miles is not normal wear. (Notice the post following yours cites 18.000 miles... - which makes sense)

Also, it is odd that 3 need replacement, not 4.

I would not let this go without escalation.

[Snakeii]

depending n the runflatn they can be up to 6=8x softer than an average tyre i seen them go in 6k miles on my friends, sure he drove fast somtimes but not much diff than me, same mitchlin tyre just a diff compound

[bronco]

Heheheh depends what you consider a "grandma" driving...
And you may have some alignment issues - most likely

[Snakeii]

Heheheh depends what you consider a "grandma" driving...
And you may have some alignment issues - most likely

this would cause uneven wear not 3 striped tyres lol, alignment will cause high unvene wear, you would still pass on that

[vladinecko]

so what do you guys recommend to for me to do?

JSpira, how should i escalate this? I think it's completely ridiculous! is there a partial warranty on the tires themselves? something like premature wear?

[txusa03]

9,000 miles only. I have 29,200 miles on 050AE and still rolling with them.

[Snakeii]

i recomend get new runflats, just go for a diffrent compound, you will not be able to claim on "premiture" wear as it is not, ive seen runflatsa go in 1000 miles with hard driving on a track, and on roads in 6, mine were gone by 10-11k but ive still done another 7k on them w/o worries new ones have been orderd and are on the way

[MakoBimmer1]

Something must be wrong. We have gotten 30K miles out of both sets of our RFTs on the Z4s.... No track days, no drifting, just regular driving.... You might want to make sure the tires are balanced and the wheels are in allignment as well. If these are off, premature tire wear will occur. We had to have both of our Z4s tire balanced and wheels alligned within the first 6K miles of driving. Dont assume that they are perfectly balanced and the wheels are alligned from the factory. Trust me on this one....

[krafty04]

In the glovebox, in the owners manuel binder, there should be a phamplet on the tires with a 1-800 number. Call it and they should be able to give you a location near your residence that you can bring your car to have the tires evaluated. Even a worse case scenerio, you should 70-80% reimbursement towards the purchase of new ones.

Best of Luck.

[Visedar]

Originally Posted by vladinecko

at 9,000 miles of grandma-style driving, my dealer tells me i need three (3) new tires!!! what the f*ck??? how long do those f*cking RFT tires last?!?!? not even 10,000 miles??? can this be?? now they're making me put on some generic Continental tires at $180 each + plus some other fees.

is this normal???

That happened to me once, but it was only one of the tires, and the morons at the BMW dealer which I never visit again (I should have taken it to some gas station) didn’t even ask me if they could put on the full-size spare tire, instead of slapping me with a “Failed Inspection” sticker which they reported to CarFax – and what’s even worse is that CarFax simply said “Inspection Failed” without any reason; now try to convince the prospective buyer when selling the car with that on file that the reason was a lousy tire.

[PSUBALL10]

Originally Posted by vladinecko

at 9,000 miles of grandma-style driving, my dealer tells me i need three (3) new tires!!! what the f*ck??? how long do those f*cking RFT tires last?!?!? not even 10,000 miles??? can this be?? now they're making me put on some generic Continental tires at $180 each + plus some other fees.

is this normal???

Vlad what tires do you have on it? Im a little over 9,000 miles now and my tires are ok. I know the city streets are bad, but they cant be that bad When i talked to my CA he said that most people in the area were getting around 15k on the RFT.
Did you try taking it to another dealer and see what they said?

[Carnage]

Originally Posted by vladinecko

at 9,000 miles of grandma-style driving, my dealer tells me i need three (3) new tires!!! what the f*ck??? how long do those f*cking RFT tires last?!?!? not even 10,000 miles??? can this be?? now they're making me put on some generic Continental tires at $180 each + plus some other fees.

is this normal???

I would tell them not to do shit with the tires, take it to another place for inspection and see if you get the same response. If you do, then you know you probably need to replace them. At that point, shop for tires yourself, get the best price and the tires you want (all 4 not just 3).

[HereAgain]

I've got 15,000 on mine and the tires are hardly worn at all. I drive very conservatively though. What is your definition of "grandma" driving?

[knight]

probably a stupid question, but how long do rft last on avg?? then what's a good way to check the amount of thread left?

[whippersnapper]

To the OP, ever checked the tire pressures? What tire pressures do you run?

[hunt55]

Check out the posts under wheels/tires for runflat issues. If they have feathered or cupped, then you need to take it up with your dealer or Bridgestone. Many of us who have had the tires feathered/cupped and the tires wore prematurely have had the tires replaced either by the dealer or Bridgestone with some adjustments depending on mileage.

8K miles is definitely not a lot a miles for a tire. All four of my tires showed the feathering issue around 18K miles.

[davhern]

Originally Posted by vladinecko

at 9,000 miles of grandma-style driving, my dealer tells me i need three (3) new tires!!! what the f*ck??? how long do those f*cking RFT tires last?!?!? not even 10,000 miles??? can this be?? now they're making me put on some generic Continental tires at $180 each + plus some other fees.

is this normal???

What do you mean they're "making" you put those Continental tires on at that price? If you really do need new tires, take the car to a tire place. Why would you let a dealership rape you on tires (especially crappy ones)? Why would anyone even go to their dealer to get their tires replaced?

[Carnage]

Originally Posted by davhern

What do you mean they're "making" you put those Continental tires on at that price? If you really do need new tires, take the car to a tire place. Why would you let a dealership rape you on tires (especially crappy ones)? Why would anyone even go to their dealer to get their tires replaced?

Just ask the dealer, it's convenient and you're already at the dealership so why not get tires there. Besides, they're experts on tires.

Most dealers wouldn't know a good tire if it grew teeth, bit them on the ass and screamed, Hi! I'm a good tire!

[BMW0]

There should be a tread line between the treads, every foot or so. If the face of the tire meets this notch line, it usually means your going to see the steel belted part of the tire soon.

[citkane]

Originally Posted by vladinecko

how long do those f*cking RFT tires last?!?!?

The Bridgestone RFT tires on my E60 lasted round about 38k miles, which I thought was fair. With granny-style driving, I´m sure they would have yielded at least another 10k miles. We do have very tire friendly tarmac in Germany, which I think helps a lot.