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[matty231]

Driving to the horse races on Friday, it's wet, and I drive off from a light a little to heavy footed, the as slides out slightly, I'm thinking oh crap!

Don't think anything of it, pull up 2 minutes later to the car park and hear a 'tap tap tap' sound as I drive.

I think 'f**k i've got a flatty'... then I remember I had RFT (old ones that is, ones from Japan that the car original had)...

I find a big piece of tread (well a long corded piece coming off the wheel)... not major, the tyre was fine but cautiously I drove home that night.

Then Saturday, looked for tires, had to have the tire pop on a Friday night! (No ones ever open usually on the weekend over here).

But luckily I find a tyre shop who cuts me a deal on some Nitto Invo's... I originally wanted non-rft RE050A's but the guy said these Nitto's are good.. (Never heard of 'em personally).

So $1400 later, they're cool tyres! Nice look, BUT NOT as reactive as the RFT in terms of high speed jerking of the wheel, the body seems to respond slightly later than the input... I.e. the runflats sidewalls obviously gave good lateral stability.

But other than that, they GRIP, no more wheelspin in 1st They actually do handle better than the RFT... Originally on my drive home I thought they handled worst than my Subaru Outback, but I quashed that quickly

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Also hooked up some BMS DCI the other week, they're mint too... Only a small power difference (being on a stock car)... but I love the noise they make, totally worth it.

[derryck]

$1,400 for a set of Invos seems a bit on the high side...could have got a set of Michelin PSSs for less then that and they are superior tires.

[Underground6t9]

I think you overpaid, Nitttos are ok you should have gone with michelin for that price.

[NormE91]

$1400 Australian dollars = $1280 US dollars. About the cost of run flats in the states.

Tires are more expensive in many countries than they are in the states.

[theblackmamba]

Tyres!

[AzureHaze]

Sounds like someone needs to hit the track and REALLY put those tires to the test!

[matty231]

Originally Posted by AzureHaze

Sounds like someone needs to hit the track and REALLY put those tires to the test!

Haha oh oh, I had a big cruise with a few other fellow 335i's today and we put them through their paces I believe

Originally Posted by theblackmamba

Tyres!

Tires in NZ pal, we write the UK version of english not the US.

Originally Posted by NormE91

$1400 Australian dollars = $1280 US dollars. About the cost of run flats in the states.

Tires are more expensive in many countries than they are in the states.

Yea, we pay $$$ for tires, $600+ for a single OEM Runflat, thats in NZD.