[sittingmongoose]

Originally Posted by JP30

No I have not yet. That’s next on my list when I go in for service

That will make a profound difference. Way more than the tires. It's not just suspension changes either, it's transmission, throttle, active safety features. All of it.

[weez]

I just put on PSAS4s like 50 miles ago. Initial impressions are that they’re quieter and surprisingly better dry traction. They don’t look as sporty as it has a more pedestrian tread design, and although I got stock sizes, I swear they’re narrower.
I live in the Phoenix area, and while I don’t have much need for all season tires, I’m also not into replacing them every 9k miles. The Contis are downright scary when it dips into 40 and below. With family up in Flagstaff, I wanted to be able to drive up there and other mountainous areas in the winter. My wife drives a Tesla, and while it’s great around the city and work commute, I’m not into charging on road trips.

[GFK007]

Originally Posted by weez

I just put on PSAS4s like 50 miles ago. Initial impressions are that they’re quieter and surprisingly better dry traction. They don’t look as sporty as it has a more pedestrian tread design, and although I got stock sizes, I swear they’re narrower.
I live in the Phoenix area, and while I don’t have much need for all season tires, I’m also not into replacing them every 9k miles. The Contis are downright scary when it dips into 40 and below. With family up in Flagstaff, I wanted to be able to drive up there and other mountainous areas in the winter. My wife drives a Tesla, and while it’s great around the city and work commute, I’m not into charging on road trips.

Agree on the look. Way more pedestrian, as the conti's performance tread is office (and far more visually appealing). Definitely nags at me.

To your point though, the Conti's in the winter border on the verge of terrifying, so replacing them is money well spent.

[pyo]

Originally Posted by weez

The Contis are downright scary when it dips into 40 and below.

Originally Posted by GFK007

To your point though, the Conti's in the winter border on the verge of terrifying, so replacing them is money well spent.

I'm in Northern VA and its been pretty cold here, but I don't think the stock Conti's are that bad in the cold...I just take it easy and monitor the tire temp/pressure until it increases before I drive hard. Luckily, we haven't had any snow...

I got mine in September so hoping to make it thru this winter before swapping to All Seasons next year.

[Parnishka]

Originally Posted by sys64738

Got a set of Michelin Pilot Sport 4 All season tires fitted to my X3M last week (in stock sizes).

So far, seems like a big upgrade over the Conti's that the car came with. I notice no reduction in dry handling performance and wet traction is excellent. Tire Rack tested the tires in light snow, and they outperformed "best in class" AS tires by a wide margin:

https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests...y.jsp?ttid=257

Initially the ride was a bit harsh with 33 psi front, 38 psi rear, but after reducing to 32 psi front, 35 psi rear the ride seems much better.

I got 265 295 setup. 33fr 39rr cold. when warmed up 36 41psi. very soft and smooth ride. day and night difference compared to stock conti tires

[The5rivers]

I also just got the AS4's installed, and a brief ride already shows an improvement over the stock Contis.

I went with stock setup and current psi is at 35 and 40 which is comfortable for now!

[weez]

Another thing of note, tramlining seems to have been reduced quite a bit. Don’t know if that’s due to tires or alignment as my alignment was pretty far out of wack for 9500 miles.

[airboss]

In reading this thread some are concerned about how these perform but MICHELIN® Pilot® Sport All Season 4 is the first all-season tire chosen by Chevrolet for the Corvette.

They are also standard on the Porsche Macan GTS.

I doubt Chevy and Porsche wouldn't use them if they didn't perform very well.

[Ice9]

I had Toyo R88's on my '08 Supercharged V8 R8, and replaced them with Michelin 4S's. Although not quite as sticky as a hot R88 on a track, for very hard mountain driving, with patches of wet, the 4S's were superb! They are very quiet and smooth, not at all harsh or darty. A great ultra high performance tire for everything but the track. As soon as my 2022 X3 M40i comes (week 7 production), I am going to put on 21" 4s's on new rims. I ordered the 20" non RFT with the car, which I will dismount, sell, and use the rims for snow tires. I needed to order this way so that I got a spare and a place to put it (don't care about the loss of cargo space. My '16 X5M also rides on 4S's, where I am very satisfied with the ride, noise and performance.

[FBF01]

I hate these Continental SportContact 6, the car is just so god damn twitchy with them, to the point where I feel I cant enjoy a back road blast. The grip on my R and RS3 was significantly better, need to look at the MPS4S pronto

[Nick_2019]

Originally Posted by FBF01

I hate these Continental SportContact 6, the car is just so god damn twitchy with them, to the point where I feel I cant enjoy a back road blast. The grip on my R and RS3 was significantly better, need to look at the MPS4S pronto

Where are you located? I have a set of takeoffs MPS4S available within a week. Putting on all seasons before I drive up to Chicago. (I’m in Tampa for the next 4 ish weeks)

[FBF01]

Originally Posted by Nick_2019

Where are you located? I have a set of takeoffs MPS4S available within a week. Putting on all seasons before I drive up to Chicago. (I’m in Tampa for the next 4 ish weeks)

Ahhhh that would have been ideal if I wasn't in Edinburgh lol.

You'll get shot of them no bother

[Mak135i]

Originally Posted by Nick_2019

Where are you located? I have a set of takeoffs MPS4S available within a week. Putting on all seasons before I drive up to Chicago. (I’m in Tampa for the next 4 ish weeks)

I'll be in Tampa week of January 17 with the x3 coincidentally (usually take the f83). What are the sizes it eh PS4S? How many miles on them?
Thanks