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Originally Posted by bcredliner
Looks like I should have been more clear. There was no intention of even implying the results of the controlled test are applicable to an X5. It was purely to post the difference between anecdotal opinions and a professional test.
What adjustments would you make if the tire you choose results in too much understeer?
If I had a Camaro I wouldn't go to a X5 forum to ask about the best tire for a Camaro. And I pay little attention to what tire works best on a Camaro when my interest is solely getting input on the best tire for an X5 on this forum.
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You are radically over-indexing for differences between cars. If you look at conepacking, in the street tire classes where cars have lots of choices, the competitive people all end up on a very small set of tires (or even the same tire) on very different vehicles.
Yeah, if you have a set of fairly similar tires, direct experience is going to help differentiate. But that's at a point when you're talking subtle differences.
The fact is that most people haven't even used enough different sets of tires to have a valid opinion on whether a tire is good or bad. At best, they can say that the tire meets their expectations. But what is their expectation reference? Do they even know what understeer is? If they know what understeer is, how much of that understeer is caused by their driving style?