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<blockquote data-quote="wglee" data-source="post: 110754" data-attributes="member: 610"><p>The scandalous "exploding tyres" were Firestone SUV tyres of a few years back. </p><p></p><p>Firenzas are apparently made in Japan by Ohtsu (also the makers of Falken tyres) for the Stamford Tyre Group. Firenza is not related to Firestone. Firestone is wholly owned by Bridgestone.</p><p></p><p>I tried Yokohama ES100 on my E46 325i (225/50ZR16) and noted that it was showing signs of stress very early on after just ONE round of blitzing the Ulu Yam roads! Within a week, I changed them to Continental ContiSportContact (CSC) tyres (lost some $ on the trade-in, sigh) which I felt were better than the Yokohamas.</p><p></p><p>The CSCs has covered 70,000km so far and the wear has yet to reach the TWI mark! The CSCs are quiet (and comfortable when new-ish). However, the CSCs are only so-so in the wet. In the dry they're OK.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wglee, post: 110754, member: 610"] The scandalous "exploding tyres" were Firestone SUV tyres of a few years back. Firenzas are apparently made in Japan by Ohtsu (also the makers of Falken tyres) for the Stamford Tyre Group. Firenza is not related to Firestone. Firestone is wholly owned by Bridgestone. I tried Yokohama ES100 on my E46 325i (225/50ZR16) and noted that it was showing signs of stress very early on after just ONE round of blitzing the Ulu Yam roads! Within a week, I changed them to Continental ContiSportContact (CSC) tyres (lost some $ on the trade-in, sigh) which I felt were better than the Yokohamas. The CSCs has covered 70,000km so far and the wear has yet to reach the TWI mark! The CSCs are quiet (and comfortable when new-ish). However, the CSCs are only so-so in the wet. In the dry they're OK. [/QUOTE]
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