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Originally Posted by E61Silver

Seems like a excuse, when you buy a $60,000 + truck should be able to get it with Michelin's.

I can remember when I had Bimmers back in the 1970's and 1980's, it was sometimes possible to request certain tires. But then BMW bought part of Continental, and everything came through with them. Luckily, my dealer at that time was nice enough to swap out the Conti's for Goodyear Eagles, which were the best all around tire at the time.

The current situation, as was told to me by my dealer is this: BMW has signed a large contract with Bridgestone for them to supply rft's to specific vehicles in the fleet...but not all. Of course, no one seems to know exactly which vehicles will get what. However, I have ascertained that all 3 and 5 (non M) series are getting the Bridgestones. I saw a 2010 X5M with Bridgestone low profile performance tires (go figure). However, I believe that the X6 with the 5.0 engine is getting the Michelins, but am not so sure about the X6 3.5 (probably due to the different 19" rims). I do not think this has anything to do with whatever tires the factory seems to have in stock at the time. Remember, Michelin has a facility just a few miles down the road from the BMW plant in South Carolina, and with which BMW has a business relationship. Someone at BMWUSA probably knows what is going on but sure isn't talking.

If anyone can get better info that that, I would be interested. The Michelins that came on my 2010 X6 5.0 seem to ride pretty well (still have under 200 miles on the machine), but since my technician put 41/42 PSI front/rear nitrogen in the tires, there is a bit more road feel than what I experienced when test driving other similar X6's.