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Oct 31, 2015 | 10:54 AM

monwen

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bmw 535i xdrive

Tread life

Getting ready to pull the trigger on a '16 s550 4matic non sport. Having BMWs for my last 5 cars with run flats, I have experienced great tread life with original equipment getting up to 50,000 miles per set. There is a disclaimer in the MB brochure indicating that there may be accelerated tread wear on all stock tires. Anyone have any experience with this? Dealers & MB customer service have been useless.

Nov 3, 2015 | 03:33 PM

rnpalmer

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2024 E350

Tread wear

Don't expect to get much more than 20000 miles on the Continental tires. Even less with AMG sport models. Heavy car and soft tires = rapid wear.

Nov 3, 2015 | 03:37 PM

monwen

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Nah .. just getting the standard 18" - not anything low profile.

Nov 3, 2015 | 04:59 PM

Wolfman

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It's a big car. We had Goodyear runflats on our 750li. Also a big/heavy car. We switched tires at 10k miles and they were about half done.

20k miles sounds about right...

Nov 3, 2015 | 06:14 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by rnpalmer

Don't expect to get much more than 20000 miles on the Continental tires. Even less with AMG sport models. Heavy car and soft tires = rapid wear.

very true, I've also heard it mentioned that 4matics eat tires faster too.....I always seem to get a pro rated set, as they never live up to their mileage