"Azrek" (azrek) 04/18/2019 at 12:14 • Filed to: None

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Azrek has to get rear tires for his E92 M3. Rims are 19in.
Tech: Oh, yeah odd number tires are more expensive. You should get 20in tires as they are cheaper! Just like 18 are cheaper than 17.
Azrek blinks: Are left handed gloves more expensive?
Tech looks puzzled: No?
Azrek: This just seems odd.....or off?
*2 Ford Raptors pull in *
Azrek: Well, I am gonna guess my tires will be cheaper than those poor bastards...

vicali > Azrek 04/18/2019 at 12:28

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Staggered sizes? That’ll cost ya.

Azrek > vicali 04/18/2019 at 12:38

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My rears are just fatter than the fronts, but both 19s. 

vicali > Azrek 04/18/2019 at 12:47

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Don’t forget the stem lube, winter is coming...

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Azrek 04/18/2019 at 12:53

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Dropping about $600 on 2 front tires (255) tomorrow morning...

Azrek > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 04/18/2019 at 12:54

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Funny...my rears are shot, but my fronts are apparently super good?

I got the Super Sports again, but they offered me a decent deal on Continentals for $255 a piece. I almost jumped on it. 

E90M3 > Azrek 04/18/2019 at 14:04

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“ Funny...my rears are shot, but my fronts are apparently super good?”

Oh so you do own an M3. Rears go twice as fast as fronts. 

Azrek > E90M3 04/18/2019 at 14:18

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Did you ever doubt me? But usually my tires all died at once...

E90M3 > Azrek 04/18/2019 at 14:24

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Never doubted you, it was more of a sarcastic comment. Everywhere I’ve read online about tire wear is that the rears go twice as fast as fronts. This has been my experience on all three BMWs I’ve owned; the last rears on the M3 were toast after 20k miles, the fronts are now on the 3 after ~15k on the front of the M3 and have a lot of life still. 

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Azrek 04/18/2019 at 14:28

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I definitely wear through rears quicker than fronts, but backroadtrips and the occasional track day are hard on the fronts. I’ve got PSS out back, but swapping out to  4Ss in the front. 

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > E90M3 04/18/2019 at 14:29

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The OEM camber setup on these cars is not friendly to tires. Inside shoulders always take a beating. 

Azrek > E90M3 04/18/2019 at 14:37

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Mine start dying around 17k which is silly. But I drive like I want. I start getting a lot of road noise and I know it is getting close. So I had them checked and they said the rears are cooked...but the left rear could be ok for a tad longer. I got both, obviously, but the left rear grabbed a nail awhile back and may as well be replaced. 

Azrek > E90M3 04/18/2019 at 14:49

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Mine start dying around 17k which is silly. But I drive like I want. I start getting a lot of road noise and I know it is getting close. So I had them checked and they said the rears are cooked...but the left rear could be ok for a tad longer. I got both, obviously, but the left rear grabbed a nail awhile back and may as well be replaced. 

DipodomysDeserti > E90M3 04/18/2019 at 18:05

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That’s pretty much every BMW. My wife burns through rears on her freaking X1 in like 10k miles.