That's interesting... pepople have been claiming that 20" Dunlop runs less than 20k miles. At 27k miles, was the Dunlop sport maxx comletely worn out or still has more to go? BTW, How about ride comfort between Dunlop and Michelin since Michelin is Non Run Flat...

My neighbors were worn out at 15,000 miles.

Craig

At 11,600 the inner band of my rears is down below tread depth (inner band is gone...like having slicks) and fronts are getting close (they are both at or just below tread depth indicators evenly across the tires). I think our roads here (high coral content and heat factors) combined with my "spirited" driving have made them go this fast, but none-the-less they are very noisy and I'm playing with replacements. 3rd row seating so no spare for me and barely storage enough room below for a can of goo, air pump and plugs!

My 20 in Dunlop Sportmaxx tires are close to done at less than 14000 miles (fronts more so than rears). I am looking at Continental Extreme Contact DWS. Anyone with any experience with this tire. Gets good write up and reviews. I will have to get mobility kit as have third row.

Any thoughts?

I don't understand the correlation of the mobility kit and the 3rd row? Which mobility kit are you talking about?

Well since I have the third row, I don't have a spare. So if I get non RFTs I will buy one of those tire repair kits (compressor, tire slime, etc). It won't fix a blow out, but would give some piece of mind.

I see, that's actually what I thought. BMW's mobility kit doesn't list any specific limitations unfortunately (though I'm sure they exist), but you should be aware that a similar kit made by Continental Tire (ContiComfortKit) does so and the 20" tires on the E70 fall out of their recommended range. See link. Maybe it has to do with the quantity of goo, or maybe they just think above a certain size is unsafe to patch with such a kit. I dunno. So just be careful, I'd hate for you to get stuck and find out the hard way. Also keep in mind that the goo can't be great for the tire pressure module mounted on the inside of the rim.

Accessories - Continental Tire ContiComfortKit Fitments for 20" Sizes

Thanks. I haven't looked into any brand of kit yet. I will look at the BMW one.

The OE Michelin Latitude HP Tour 255/55/R18 RFT tires in my 07 X5 3.0 were almost done (@ 41,500 miles). The michelins, as well as Bridgestone Duelers HL 400 RFTs are in back order (nationally, as they've said) right now. The tire shop is offering me a Continental Cross Contact UHP SSR instead. There's only one feedback (review) from Tire Rack and sad to see that the person is not happy with the tires (he's in Europe i think). So anyone can advised whether these tires are okay?

Wait for the Michelins or find some in stock elswhere.

Chuck