What did you do to / for your E53 today??

[StephenVA]

Thanks He has been my best buddy for the last 8 years.We are at 50 degrees now and dropping. 30 predicted tonight. Welcome to the MidAtlantic State's winter.

[OrangeFurious]

Looking for tread depth advice.

Last night I enjoyed the warm, caring embrace of a blowout on my 4.8is. There's nothing quite as charming as changing the tire on the side of a busy freeway at night, kids in the car, 24 degrees out, without the benefit of a proper jack or even gloves. It was magical.

I've spent a good part of the morning chasing a replacement tire and need some guidance. I'm running 275/40/20 Michilen Lattitudes. They're the only tires I've had on it so I don't have a lot of basis for comparison. They seem fine. Bit noisy, not ideal in snow but such is a summer tire.

Only one shop in the area can get a replacement for me, and only new. My other tires are at a ~6/10th tread depth, so about ~50% worn. If I replace just the one am I going to run into any risk of harming the AWD system, or is this a tolerable variance?

[srmmmm]

Originally Posted by StephenVA

A another clean one!
Mine went out for a drive for a State safety and emission inspection. Back home for a exterior detail and a quick duck back under the cover as snow/sleet/rain is on it way tonight. 1,200 miles last year! No summer vacations trips as we took the minivan as the watch dog came with us to see Charleston, SC

Always great to see the four-legged kids going along for the trip. And I know ours always do a good job of protecting their ride!

2002 X5 3.0 315,500 miles
2014 428i 24,400 miles

2004 325i sold at 123,600 miles
2001 325i sold at 66,000 miles

1970 Firebird - Under restoration

[Joshdub]

Originally Posted by OrangeFurious

Looking for tread depth advice.

Last night I enjoyed the warm, caring embrace of a blowout on my 4.8is. There's nothing quite as charming as changing the tire on the side of a busy freeway at night, kids in the car, 24 degrees out, without the benefit of a proper jack or even gloves. It was magical.

I've spent a good part of the morning chasing a replacement tire and need some guidance. I'm running 275/40/20 Michilen Lattitudes. They're the only tires I've had on it so I don't have a lot of basis for comparison. They seem fine. Bit noisy, not ideal in snow but such is a summer tire.

Only one shop in the area can get a replacement for me, and only new. My other tires are at a ~6/10th tread depth, so about ~50% worn. If I replace just the one am I going to run into any risk of harming the AWD system, or is this a tolerable variance?

I think that difference is out of spec. If I were in your shoes I would not run a brand new one. I would search for a used one on Ebay that is much closer in tread depth.

275 40 20 michelin latitude | eBay

Also tirerack can shave tires. You could have a new one shaved down to match your other 3.

[itsbrokeagain]

Originally Posted by dannyzabolotny

I finally got to drive my X5 4.6 again after two days of gnarly food poisoning keeping me home. I never thought I'd be so happy to commute to work again.

Oh, and I got to test drive an Estoril Blue 4.6 today, and that's all I'll say

Just recovering from this myself. Food poisoning sucks the big one.

[OrangeFurious]

Originally Posted by Joshdub

I think that difference is out of spec. If I were in your shoes I would not run a brand new one. I would search for a used one on Ebay that is much closer in tread depth.

275 40 20 michelin latitude | eBay

Also tirerack can shave tires. You could have a new one shaved down to match your other 3.

Thanks for the suggestion. I've done some hunting and don't really like my options. I can shave a new one from Tire Rack and be about $400-$450 out the door on one tire, 50% worn. Alternately I can buy a set of new Conti Extremecontact DSWs for $1200. It's a 300% price jump, but it puts me on new all-season tires in a day or two rather than used summer tires in a week. EDIT/UPDATE: Ordered the Contis.

Cars suck.

[bcredliner]

Great photo StephenVA, great depth of field and also a very cute little guy!

[Joshdub]

DWS' are a much better choice. Good call

[Dutch1]

Lost our Driver side rear upper trim molding piece over the wheel on our 4.6is... Such a bummer! now the search begins...She looks very bad without it.

Also, this week the random ghost rear tailgate opening started. Looking for links now.

[X5UK88]

I drove mine today. I loved it.

Ha.