Thoughts/recommendations on tyres for BMW 20" wheels

Del Lardo

Del Lardo

Del Lardo

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Some daft sod specced 20" wheel on my 5GT so I need a couple of 275/35 R20 102Y XL run-flats.

Couple of questions I'm hoping wise heads can comment on:
Currently on run-flats, I've heard a lot about swapping them out for non-runflats but with no space for a spare I'm a bit concerned about doing it, tyre foam could be an option but as the car is in warranty, recovery is with BMW and would they recover a car not on run-flats?

Assuming I go with run-flats I have a few options, I want premium tyres.
Pirelli P-Zero, currently fitted - £268/tyre
Bridgestone Potenza S001 - £243/tyre
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2 - £219/tyre

Pirelli and Bridgestone both appear to be BMW 'spec' tyres and I've had good experience with Eagle F1 on other cars in the past and is the cheapest.

Anyone have any tyre experience they can share on BMW 5/5GT/7 running on 20" wheels?
 
Recovery isn't actually with BMW, it's with Mondial Assistance and is effectively a paid breakdown service separate to the warranty thats included free with it (You can pay for it separately once your warranty expires). So, anecdotally at least, people seem to have said they don't really care, though I've no personal experience.
 
I ran Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2 on my 5 series for about 6 years with no issues. Always went to eventually change to NON RFT but never got round to it.
 
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