BMW 330d SE Tyres

This is my 2nd set of these tyres bought on the recommendation of this site. I changed from run flat tyres to these and achieved vastly reduced road noise and increased comfort. My first set of Rain Sport 2s lasted 22000 miles with only one swap, front to back, to even out the wear. BMW drivers will tell you that the 3 series is prone to 'tramlining' as the tyres wear, but i do not experience this with these tyres. Dry and wet grip is very good and I base this on the reduced number of occasions that traction control is called to operate. I have owned five 3 series BMWs and this is the best 'all round' tyre I have ever used for comfort, control, grip and wear.

Great tyres. Reduced the understeer from the nose heavy 330d compared to the michelin pilot sports originally fitted when I bought the car. Very good grip wet or dry and great in combination with upgraded redstuff brakes. Would and have bought again.

Bought the ZV5's all round and have been very impressed, especially with the wear. I had Bridgestones on before these which on the rear lasted 12K miles where as the ZV5's have done 20K and even down the the legal limit give ok grip. They are a good price too (local dealer fully fitted price about £80 each) I would certainly buy these again.

After a back breaking few months on Bridgestone potenzas RE050A(run flats)on my BMW 330d, I changed over to Rainsport 2 after one of my rear runflats got punctured. I did check with my insurance AVIVA and there was no problem as long as the sizes were as for the stock car. Immediately there was a massive improvement in comfort on the rainsports and nearly 8 months later, they are still very comfortable with less road noise. Road feedback was probably 20% down from the potenzas when new, but after a few weeks the feedback improved to an extent, still about 10% down compared to the potenzas. Grip in dry is as good as the potenzas, and clearly better in the wet, able to carry faster speeds through curving roads in the wet. They seem to be wearing well, but time will tell. Overall, very satisfied with purchase, used one of the online companies who fitted the tyres at home, good experience overall. Thinking of getting 4 new ones for my partner's ford focus if I can get a good deal on the net again.

They are okay in my opinion, but using them, i have already damaged a rim, I know this is my fault etc. but the protection on the Bridgestone RE050's that were on it last would have saved them.

Grip from a standstill isnt great - they regularly set the TC light going when starting on even slight hills. similarly accelerating hard into 2nd (40-ish) mph the light can still be flashing.

if the road is even a little damp they let go quite freely

They are quiet though which is nice, and i feel confident braking hard with them, they also dont feel like the side wall moves as much as the bridgestones i had on last but because i know how slippy they are while accelerating i dont feel confident to take some bends as quick as i would have on the old bridgestones

Great tyres. Perfectly capable of dealing with the massive torque of my 330d. Made the car really manageable and fun on the limit. Would buy again if the wear rate was on the better side of 10k miles :P