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As I work at a BMW Dealership, my advice is , stick with the original fitted tyres. The reason being that we have so many warranty issues for transfer box judders when people start chopping and changing tyres.

No, other STAR RATED brands are acceptable, just make sure they are compatible with vehicle. BMW’s stipulated tread depth deviation across the axle is a max of 2mm .. see attached, hope this helps

This was hand-built

Non-Star rated tyres on X-Drives: My advice on using non-star rated tyres on an X3 is be very careful. I used to own a 58 plate X3 from new, which had Dunlop star rated tyres on, got about 25k miles out of them and changed them to a set of Michelin Pilots (not * rated). Noting that the tyre sizes front to back on that vintage of X3 were different as standard. Had loads of rumbling & hesitation from what I thought was the transfer box, so took it back to the BMW dealership, who changed the transfer box and rear diff oil, made no difference. To cut a long storey short it went back lots of times over a fair amount of miles whilst changing quite a few bits to fix the problem. The rumbling noise/hesitation was still there. I eventually replaced the Michelin's to Bridgestone's & it made the problem even worse. At that time, I'd had enough and took it back to the same dealership yet again. Ended up with their master tech. looking at it. Straight away he swapped my wheels for a an identical set from another X3 they had in the workshop (with star rated tyres on) and the problem went away, it drove like it did when I first bought it, unbelievable difference! He then measured the rolling circumference of the Bridgestone's and they varied hugely from front to back & wheel to wheel. In summary, he advised me that the differences in rolling circumference were out of tolerance for the spec. of the x-drive electronics/transfer box and told me I needed to put a set of star rated tyres back on. Reluctantly I did and the problem went away for good. He measured the rolling circumference of * rated tyres and I could see they were much tighter in tolerance. I ended up doing another 40k+ miles and had no issue before I sold it at about 100k miles. There is a link here: X Drive Transmission Wind Up | BMWLand Runflats: Following on from the above, I had a 4series (non x-drive) on Bridgestone run flats, hated them, handling was awful. Just before I sold it I put non-run flats on and it transformed the cars handling.

I've removed the runflats off every BMW and Mini I've owned.... Transforms the ride and handling and saves a fortune! Just need a can of tyre foam in the boot. I'd not worry about star marks, it's just a "manufacturer approved" tie in to drive sales. All the major car companies do it. If you follow the EU tyre label for best wet grip, fuel economy and noise for your budget you won't go far wrong in my experience

Ian has been known as "Bagpuss" for many years now. Inquiring minds want to know when he's going to upgrade to a Dyson and become "Baglesspuss". Thanks in advance.

Hi. What’s the lowest you’ll go on this please? Message me on 07841043108. Many thanks.

Now£14250 which really is a bargain

Please find below the 2024 Speed Series Calendar, it's taken quite a while to get to and there has been a lot of discussion about which events to go to as a Championship. We need to ensure that we get a reasonable number of our competitors attending any specific event for it to remain on the Calendar ie 5 or more competitors. For 2024, some events that didn't reach that have still been included, but they will be up for review at the end of the Year if we have a poor attendance. If you favourite event is not on here, then you should still be able to go as membership of WSCC and our Motorsport UK membership / affiliation with Regions means that you have a good chance of your entry being accepted by the Event Organisers. There is a PDF with the dates you can download. Date Circuit Club 23/03/2024 Saturday Cadwell BARC Midland 24/03/2024 Sunday Mallory Park S&H MC 30/03/2024 Saturday Loton Park HDLCC 31/03/2024 Sunday Loton Park HDLCC 06/04/2024 Saturday Anglesey 1 LDMC 07/04/2024 Sunday Anglesey 2 LDMC 27/04/2024 Saturday Gurston GDSH 28/04/2024 Sunday Gurston GDSH 18/05/2024 Saturday Blyton 1 LDMC 19/05/2024 Sunday Blyton 2 LDMC 15/06/2024 Saturday Barbon LMC 16/06/2024 Sunday 3 Sisters 1 LDMC 23/06/2024 Sunday Mallory Park S&H MC 29/06/2024 Saturday Curborough NSCC 30/06/2024 Sunday Curborough NSCC 21/07/2024 Sunday 3 Sisters 2 LDMC 10/08/2024 Saturday Blyton 3 S&H MC 11/08/2024 Sunday Blyton 4 S&H MC 24/08/2024 Saturday Snetterton 100 BARC Midland 25/08/2024 Sunday Snetterton 100 BARC Midland 31/08/2024 Saturday Aintree LMC 01/09/2024 Sunday 3 Sisters 3 LDMC 07/09/2024 Saturday Knockhill KMSC 08/09/2024 Sunday Knockhill KMSC 08/09/2024 Sunday Hethel Borough 19 21/09/2024 Saturday Harewood 1 Harewood 22/09/2024 Sunday Harewood2 Harewood 05/10/2024 Saturday Anglesey 3 LDMC 06/10/2024 Sunday Anglesey 4 LDMC No of Events = 29 Speed Series Dates Final.pdf