Best Tyres for the BMW X1 X Drive

The grip and braking distance are excellent on both dry and wet surfaces. I can't comment on snowy and icy conditions as I haven't used them there. The quietness is better than any tire I've ever used. I can also say they're excellent in terms of comfort and appearance. I've been driving for 36 years and I change my winter/summer tires every year. This time I took off my summer tires for the last time and from now on I will always use Ion Flexclimate. It's a perfect choice for both summer and winter.

*this is for the RT45, but that's not an option on the site.

These are the worst tires I've ever had. They're SO loud--went from RFs, which everyone complains are so loud, to these, and these are 5x as loud. The road feedback is terrible, I can't feel where I am and it feels like the car is hydroplaning all over the place in dry weather, especially at highway speeds. They're better in snow than they are on dry pavement, which sounds insane, and they're still not that good. I live in a place that gets a good amount of snow, which I told the salesman, and they swore by these tires. Never again. If you go over 55mph, it rains where you live, or it's ever icy where you are, just save yourself the trouble and buy something else.

I've had these tires for a little over a year now. I've put maybe 30k miles on a tire with a 65k warranty in a small SUV and the fronts are already worn down to about 2mm and almost killed me in icy conditions the other day. I wanted different run flats--as these have worn down, the noise increases, but I didn't find them a harsh ride, especially coming off pirellis. I'm probably not going to buy these again, though their grip lasted a long time.

These Bridgestones came fitted to a second hand BMW X1 in 225/50 R18 size, and after 2.5k miles I can honestly say they have nothing to recommend them. While they are OK if its warm and dry, they seem prone to tramlining, and feel overly firm on uneven roads, plus once it becomes wet you lose confidence in the level of grip they have, even experienced some slight aquaplaning. Have now switched to 17" rims and Vredestein winter tyres, and the car feels much more sure footed and comfortable to drive. So I will probably replace these tyres with ones from another brand before changing back to the 18" rims next summer.

Good tyre. I would definitely buy it again if it was on sale but I feel like for the price. It doesn't last long. My car is mainly forward wheel drive and the front ones lasted like 15k miles.. the back will probably last up to 20k miles.

tires are part of a "cold season" set up, on 19" wheels on an X1. For the most part, they perform well, I have not yet pushed the car hard on the tires since the weather is very cold now, but during one session of fun, the tires did slip out slightly on dry road, the temp was low, 37F, but on dry road it should not have given in that easily during a semi aggressive lane change at 80mph.

Dry grip average Wet grip - pretty good Snow grip: excellent Ice grip: excellent Wear: excellent Comfort: very good Noise: quiet - know 69 dB

For my 2011 BMW X1 E84 X-Drive I bought a new set of 4 of these run-flat tyres. The fronts are 225/45/18, the rears 255/40/18. In the 2 years of use I can say they are an excellent, but not exceptional, tyre. My driving is a mix of inner city urban, open road highway and rough unsealed gravel roads. They perform fine in the city, nothing really negative to report here. On the open road/highway I find them noisier than I'd hoped and the ride is firm and at times unforgiving over bumps, so much so that at speed I have to have two hands on the wheel so as not to be thrown off-track! This is probably my biggest criticism of what I assume is the characteristic hard and lumpy ride of these run-flats. On the positive side, they handle in and out of corners at speed well. I'm considering changing to non run-flats, probably Michelin Pilot Sport 4 front and rear as a well-reviewed, quieter and more comfortable alternative.

Love driving with this tire. Predictable drift performance in snow and great snow grips in straight lines. This tire gives me so much confidence in the snow that I actually look forward to having snow on the road first time in my life! Was able to keep around 70 to 80% of my dry speed in the snow with this tire and pull off some crazy tight drift U turns and drift thanks to it’s predictability. Dry and wet performance when there’s no snow are really good as well.

Low profile 22545 r19 run flats; rough ride, slightest road imperfection rattles the entire X1. They do corner well, hope they wear fast like other reviews, can't wait to replace with a more comfortable (non-runflat) all season tire. Summer tires won't work at all even in light snow.