Got new shoes for my BMW- Goodyear Eagle GT's

[Fritzo]

I've said too much already... :ninja:

[looks over shoulder] :ninja::ninja::ninja:

Back to the tires. How long has Goodyear been producing tires under that name? I remember having a set on a muscle car back in the 80s... they had raised white lettering on them. Pretty good tires in the dry, decent in the wet, horrible in the snow.

Yeah, they've been out since the mid-80's. They were a hot option on the Thunderbird and Mustangs back then. White letters were in style at the time, so anytime a car guy saw the Goodyear letters on a car, they would go "OOOOO! EAGLE GT'S!"

 

[phucheneh]

Do infinitis have completely separate suspension subframes like BMW or are the control arms bolted to the unibody itself?

There is a subframe, but it doesn't entirely contain the front suspension. The front shocks and springs mount to the unibody in typical strut fashion; but they're not struts. Attached to the front lower control arm. The rear lower control arm (it's a 'two lower balljoints' setup) attaches between the subframe and body. Upper A-arm attaches to the general 'shock tower' area, as well.

So, I guess no, not really at all, heh. I've seen the same tire wear on BMW, but not enough to really be an accurate sample. There seem to be plenty of complaints out there about tire noise, though. I'm a firm believer that spirited driving helps. The worst cars are always the one driven by women and old people, that you know go around turns slower than I could push a dilapidated Yugo. The new cars (<10k miles) with destroyed tires were always the same ones where I'd go around the first turn at normal speed, and hear a mountain of crap topple over in the back seat and/or trunk. I could never figure out how they even got the car to the dealer with those Jenga heaps intact.

jlee - You'd hear it with open pipes. Sounds like the tires are made from concrete. Especially on the 19" wheels.

 

[Midwayman]

I had the GT's before My DWS. I'm onto my 2nd set of DWS if that says anything. The GT was a good fair weather tire, and superior in transient response to the DWS. However it was fair in the rain, and terrible in the snow.

 

[Midwayman]

I loved the ExtremeContacts...you stuck to the road like glue. If felt like you could take a hairpin at 120mph if you had to. Rain traction was nice as well (no idea what snow would be like). The problem is they're a 30000 mile tire and close to $200 each, and the reviewers said to basically garage your car in the winter as they're useless below 45F.

Horse pucky.
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/testDisplay.jsp?ttid=147
The DWS is class leading in snow.

 

[ViviTheMage]

i was going to say max performance summer tires like Michelin Super Sports or Dunlop Direzza's but then i realized you live in ohio...

MY Michelin SSP only lasted me 15k on my 135i, LOL ...and I was down to the bars....but man, did the HOLD.

 

[ballmode]

I never had any issues in colder weather with the DWS, although I felt the first cold stop on the tires required a little more braking than usual... but after that fine.