Difference between these bridgestones?

Bradmax57 · 8 Oct 2015 at 21:19

http://www.blackcircles.com/catalog.../Y/92/f?returnurl=/order/tyres?&tyre=25464687

and

http://www.blackcircles.com/catalog...turnurl=/order/tyres?&runflat=1&tyre=11343875

I know the second is listed as Run Flats which is what I have on my car now, but there both RE050A surely that's the same thing?

I've got one front that needs replacing now and the rears probably within a couple of k, so am toying with the idea of getting rid of the RF completely on my 330d e90

[TW]Fox · 8 Oct 2015 at 21:28

The difference is one is a runflat, one isn't.

Do not mix runflat and non runflat.

Bradmax57 · 8 Oct 2015 at 21:38

[TW]Fox;28661469 said:
The difference is one is a runflat, one isn't.

Do not mix runflat and non runflat.

Yeah I know it just seems daft there both called the same part number? I would never mix them as I know id end up in a hedge!

[TW]Fox · 8 Oct 2015 at 22:14

Bradmax57 said:
Yeah I know it just seems daft there both called the same part number? I would never mix them as I know id end up in a hedge!

They are the same model of tyre though - with the same performance characteristics. Just one is RFT and the other isn't, in the same way that some are 17" and others are 18".

pepsilol · 8 Oct 2015 at 23:10

Don't rate Potenzas personally.

xs2man · 8 Oct 2015 at 23:38

Neither do I. Never liked them myself.

They also have different load and speed ratings though. It is not just that one is RFT.

Personally, I'd get these : http://www.camskill.co.uk/m61b0s134...Eff_:_F_Wet_Grip:_C_NoiseClass:_1_Noise:_67dB

Ran them on my 335d for 16k and still had 5mm on the fronts and 5.5mm on the rears when I sold them. Excellent tyres.

Or these would be another contender : http://www.camskill.co.uk/m61b0s134...Eff_:_C_Wet_Grip:_A_NoiseClass:_2_Noise:_70dB

But by the time you get them delivered, then fitted they will be a little more than the bridgestones.

Or Continentals, but again a bit more expensive : http://www.camskill.co.uk/m61b0s134...Eff_:_E_Wet_Grip:_A_NoiseClass:_2_Noise:_72dB

pepsilol · 9 Oct 2015 at 18:07

Indeed, PSS much better.

Potenzas were crap on the XK, XJ, 911, DB9 and 330i. Always crap in the rain, no idea why my cars always turn up with them.

Marvin · 9 Oct 2015 at 22:07

Despise the RE050A that I'm currently having to use whilst waiting for a new Goodyear to come from Italy (it's a weird size apparently). They're especially harsh riding, but are no more precise than said Goodyears, tramline like crazy and have less grip, particularly in the wet.