Interesting discussion, as soon as days meetings are over I’m going to tyre shop to pick my car (F31) with new tyres, this time without RF tyres.
My car is dad-sport version with 16” wheels so if the new tyres have too soft sidewall this might have been a downgrade.
Happy to report that my 318d drives well in the MPS4’s.
driven ~75 miles and it’s a so much more relaxed drive now.
Now after 2000km I can say that 16" non-RFs (205/60) make the car more quiet but at the cost of some steering feedback. Not a bad compromise for everyday driving, but not ideal if you want keep up with reputation of Beemer drivers.
F31 330d XDrive M Sport here, ditched the run flats after a 1000miles and grip has improved no end, ride is not as 'crashy' as it was on the runflats but still evident (a consequence of the xdrive suspension setup), ACS springs are on order to correct that issue and the understeer that the xdrives suffer from, will then be able to enjoy the true potential of that awesome straight 6 on my commute 😀
