Tires (Summer/Winter/All-Season)

Discussion in 'Cooper SE' started by Puppethead, Sep 7, 2020.

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  1. bmartinez028

    bmartinez028 Active Member

    Wear is about even between the two. Both cars have about 15k miles. My main gripe with the P7s would be the ride. Seems spongy and exaggerates every road imperfection. The Goodyears just seem to roll down the road so much smoother.

    Hoping for some feedback on Michelin Pilot Sport 5 before the time comes to replace the Pirellis.
     
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  3. SameGuy

    SameGuy Well-Known Member Subscriber

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    I find the F1s surprisingly loud. Like dodgeball-noise loud.
     
  4. SameGuy

    SameGuy Well-Known Member Subscriber

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    I can get them in 205/45-17 in Canada. Anybody have the Euro-label?

    ETA: C for efficiency like the PS4...

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  5. Rexsio

    Rexsio Well-Known Member

    Iā€™m on Hankooks factory OM Summer high performance they not loud at all I advise you to check tire pressure some people on forum inflat them 40 / 35 rear inflate them to factory front 35 rear 32 and you see a difference also if they 17 ā€œ the wall of tire is narrower than 16ā€ as I read everywhere a 16ā€ have a bigger range and more comfortable ride if you overinflated tires they like riding on stones and if is hot from 35 PSI you have 40 at least PSI always inflate tires as they COLD
     
  6. sousvide

    sousvide Member

    I'm on my 3rd set of tires with 37K miles in just over 2 years 2 months with the SE.

    Original Hankook only lasted around 12K miles.

    Oct 2022 switched to Bridgestone Ecopia EP422 Plus. These are not run flat tires with 70K mile tread warranty.

    Apr 2024 I noticed the tread pretty low when rotating tires on the Ecopia with around 36K miles.
    Discount tire said Bridgestone would give me credit towards new tires from the Ecopia since I wasn't near the 70K mark.
    Switched to Bridgestone Turanza QuietTrack sized 205/55 R16, slightly wider tires with 80k mile tread warranty.

    I noticed the cabin slightly quieter and less road noise but this could be because of new tires. Car feels more planted but feels a little bit sluggish.

    Once thing I noticed was when I would drive through a school zone that has a speed indicator, my speed was always 3 mph lower than indicated in the car with the OEM size tires. Now with the slightly wider tire the speed is identical now in the same speed indicator.

    I also noticed that since I've been on these new tires for a month, my GOM has been lower than previously indicated. I always go by % anyways but did notice this was interesting. I know in my previous Model Y Performance that I could choose rim sizes to recalculate range but the SE you can't.

    I wonder if the ECU some how compensates this with different rim/tire sizes.
     
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  8. Puppethead

    Puppethead Well-Known Member

    That's standard on MINI (all BMW?) vehicles, every MINI I've owned has been like that. Except my SE, which seems to match the actual speed. But I seem to be in the minority on that.
     
  9. ghost

    ghost Active Member

    I'm still running the stock size 195/55 on r16 rims. Always about 2 mph under the speedometer. 37k after 2 yr 6 months. On the Firehawk Indys after wearing down the stock Hankooks. I'm looking for a new set of tires. Think I got about 19k out of the kooks.
     
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