Runflats.....

[mustard]

Anyone else find them nothing short of useless in the snow?

Got other RWD cars up my drive (fairy steep uphill tarmac)in the past, but the 1 Series combined with a full of fuel plus additional ballast was a joke, I thought with the relatively heavy 2.0 diesel block upfront and a well loaded boot would ensure decent enough traction, but the hard run flat tyres just would not grip (only 16inc wheels too)

[crox]

Had to dig mine out of the drive today, ( 118d sport, 142 wheels 225/45 17 on the rear!) took about 1hr to get it up a small slope onto the main road. My wifes mercedes was even more usless ( ESP does not disengage ). Once out though I had a great time and couldn't find much to stop it until I got to the work car park tonight for Night Shift. Cue an audience laughing and a BMW going nowhere ( sideways )! Sorted in the end though, looking forward to the morning....ice.

(two new Runflat Eufori@'s were fitted last week on the rear)

[plowy]

I dtched the RFT's on my Z4 3.0i within two weeks of getting it, what a transformation !!, my car is alive all of a sudden, how the hell BMW passed off this car with RFT's baffles me, i'm sure it's the same for other models too

[Catherinej]

Before we bought the 3 series, I had gone in with the intention of buying a 120D M Sport.

The car was excellent in every department, apart from one. The quality of the ride was dreadful.

In the end I went for the 3 series and the demo car was an SE spec one with smallish wheels. The ride and handling were much better, but of course I wanted an M Sport model. The M Sport with 18" wheels and Sports suspension is Ok, but that is all I can really say.

Although having said that we drove a 325D M Sport yesterday and the ride and handling on that car was much better than my own, but other than additional weight of the engine I don't know why it felt better.