Kumho Ecsta 4x All Season Ultra High Performance All Season Tires

[kayger12]

Just a quick update.

I'm around 16k miles on these now. Just checked the tread depth:

Fronts are at 9/32 (started at 10.5/32), rears are at 7/32 (started at 11/32). Tires are wearing evenly meaning I'm still looking at plenty of life in these things.

Couldn't be happier with these tires.

[BCS_ZHP]

Wow, talk about resurrecting the dead. I originally put these on an '01 325ci and then a month later an '04 ZHP coupe dropped in my lap. Did a wheel/tire swap to keep the newest tires on that ZHP. Add 13K miles and the rears were worn, like at 4-5/32nds, the fronts were 7-8/32nds. I sold the car in Sept 2012 with those tires to John in Atlanta, I told him he had maybe another 5K left in the tires (I think he has since replaced his tires). Performance of the tires was fine but the quick wear surprised me and soured me on Kumho. Though I have a mixed bag of tires on our vehicles now, through the trials of Kumho, Michelin, Continental DWS, etc., I am now a devoted DWS fan. I put a set of DWSs on the x5 at 23.5K miles, its at 41K now and even the rears have at least another 10K left in them. And my wife GiGi "Mario" has been the primary driver, she's normally not kind to a set of tires.

[kayger12]

Interesting. Apparently I'm a little easier on tires.

I should get 30k+ out of these rears at this rate.

I'm not a hard accelerator. It's all corners for me.

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[BCS_ZHP]

KG,
GiGi has too speeds, full throttle or full brake, no kidding. She calls it "zipping" the kids to sports practices. I have been amazed that the ceramics from Ray have done so well, almost 30K on those pads and they're way above half life remaining. And when I try to tease my wife about her aggressive driving style, either I get the quick single finger salute or she tells me she pays her own speeding tickets so mind my own business. And I do.

[kayger12]

KG,
GiGi has too speeds, full throttle or full brake, no kidding. She calls it "zipping" the kids to sports practices. I have been amazed that the ceramics from Ray have done so well, almost 30K on those pads and they're way above half life remaining. And when I try to tease my wife about her aggressive driving style, either I get the quick single finger salute or she tells me she pays her own speeding tickets so mind my own business. And I do.

Lol, yeah, I'd stick with the "yes dear" approach on that one, haha.

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[Au1994]

Ok, silly question and should be easy to answer...are these Run Flats or not? When I bought the ZHP it had darn near brand new tires on it (rears still had the red stripe on the tread) but have read conflciting reports on the interwebs...some say yes, some say no as to RFT. There is nothing on the sidewall as is on the Bridgestones on my F30.

No donut so I don't want to be without a spare but don't want to replace brand new tires either!

[ELCID86]

The ones on my son's car are not run flat.

Considered a spare for piece of mind?

[Au1994]

The ones on my son's car are not run flat.

Considered a spare for piece of mind?

That's probably what I'll do. Better safe than sorry before I get off on a drive up in the North GA mountains and have an issue. Seem to be good tires but I don't have that many miles on 'em.

Thanks for the info!

[ELCID86]

That's probably what I'll do. Better safe than sorry before I get off on a drive up in the North GA mountains and have an issue. Seem to be good tires but I don't have that many miles on 'em.

Thanks for the info!

In my opinion run flats are no good for some of the damage that can occur and leave you stranded.
Maybe this too: http://jalopnik.com/everyone-hates-r...ires-464884753

[kayger12]

Ecsta 4Xs are not run flats

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