Tom Suddard
Tom Suddard GRM+ Memberand Associate Editor
4/1/15 10:15 p.m.
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Our BMW M235i only had a few thousand miles on it, but this being GRM, we'd already worn out its first set of tires.

The hunt was on for a new dual-duty tire, one that could survive lots of miles and lots of abuse on track. Oh, and Florida's rainy weather, too.

We think we've found it: The Continental …

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chuckles
chuckles HalfDork
4/1/15 10:19 p.m.

My experience with a set, on a '94 325is, has been excellent. 13,000 miles. One track day.

drdisque
drdisque Reader
4/1/15 10:27 p.m.

That car will chew those tires up.

evildky
evildky SuperDork
4/2/15 11:29 a.m.

I thought this would be about one of JG's MR2's.

Furious_E
Furious_E GRM+ Memberand New Reader
4/2/15 11:43 a.m.

I am curious to hear what kind of mileage others are getting out of these tires as well. These are in strong consideration for being my do-all auto x/dd tire (see my post in the 2015 auto x tire thread), but only if I can get at least 20k street miles and a full season of auto x events out of them.

chuckles
chuckles HalfDork
4/2/15 4:33 p.m.

In reply to Furious_E:

Mine are still good and will exceed 20,000 tread life easily.

sergio
sergio Reader
4/4/15 8:36 a.m.
drdisque wrote: That car will chew those tires up.

+1 And the soft sidewall makes for some funny handling. Works great in the rain, just not a good track tire.

Opti
Opti Reader
4/4/15 8:18 p.m.

Bridgestone S04s, had really good luck with them on the street, no experience with track use though.

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