FWI worth I believe the Bridgestones were a great tire. I squeezed 33k out of my original set and they handled everything I threw at them. Snow, rain, curves and they were alwayss sure footed. They were on the other loud as many can attest. I hunted and hunted for new ones and at the time Bridgestone must have been re-engineering or something because no had them and I wasnt about to give Tire Rack a bunch of money. Hence I ended up going with the Michelins and they have urned out so far ok. The X is my wifes driver and she wasnt about to go with a non runflat. We will see how many miles we get out of these and that will help me decide which way to go for he next set.
And by the way--I was speaking to a BMW SA the other day and he seems to thing our good ole Government will mandate that all cars have RFT's on them within the next three years. Get used to them now!