02-26-2017, 09:16 AM | #45 | |
First Lieutenant
342
Rep 394
Posts
Drives: 2015 MW M4
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: NE
|
Quote:
|
|
Appreciate
1
///M4ster Yoda4602.00 |
02-26-2017, 09:48 AM | #46 | |
Captain
256
Rep 928
Posts |
Quote:
__________________
Gone but not forgotten:
2007 E63 M6 SMG, 1999 996 Carrera Cab AT, 2007 & 2008 E90 335xi AT, 2011 E93 M3 DCT, 2X 2002 E46 M3 SMG & 6MT, 2016 F80 M3 DCT |
|
Appreciate
0
|
02-26-2017, 09:45 PM | #47 | |
Banned
354
Rep 1,986
Posts |
Quote:
Furthermore you have to pay sales tax on the purchase, plus title fees and then recoup it taking a huge cut into that profit that the Dealer doesn't have to pay. |
|
Appreciate
0
|
02-27-2017, 08:08 PM | #49 | ||
Colonel
1125
Rep 2,564
Posts |
Quote:
Mine came with the 5P and I wanted to try the MPSS |
||
Appreciate
0
|
02-27-2017, 09:29 PM | #50 | |
Banned
354
Rep 1,986
Posts |
Quote:
If you get MPSS, get the Star Versions as there are reports on forum where poster has had Generic MPSS rejected at turn-in ecen with proper tread depth. Your mileage may vary. |
|
Appreciate
0
|
07-21-2019, 11:10 PM | #51 |
New Member
12
Rep 8
Posts |
Me and my fiance both have M cars. Hers is a leased M3 and I drive a M4 (mine is purchased). Her lease is almost up (3 months left) so she's just going to turn the car in cause she wants to go to dark side (MB GLC 63S) . So I did some digging and came up with this. Hope it helps with any future lease returns.
"I preface this by saying I worked in the tire industry briefly. Normally, OEs exert a tremendous amount of pressure on their suppliers for the smallest margin. What typically happens, is when a supplier has a strong "branded" product, that OE wants to take full advantage of, but do not want to pay the associated prices for the cost to build and market such a valuable product line, they'll ask the suppliers to provide those tires en-bulk using said brand and product name, but at a significantly discounted price. So what the tire manufacturers usually do, is cut a few corners, use a slightly different formulation, skip a few QA steps to meet the OE's specifications for the tire, and still allow the OE to claim that their car came with Brand Name Model Number tires. But they can't really mix the two stocks, because the OE tires are inferior to the actual tires that they sell to the public, the tires that they sell at a higher margin and have spent all that time and money in promoting and marketing. So they put a small marking on the mold, and give it a different part number. From the outside they appear identical, and the idea here is, a vast majority of consumers go to the tire store and ask for what they've got on their car anyway, so even though the OE tires are inferior, they can turn around and make a bigger margin on them in the aftermarket if the consumer asks for and buys the same OE tires, or the same exact tires without the OE "branding" mark. In the mean time they'll tell the public that these OE branded tires are design specifically to "work with their special vehicle" and at the end of the day, the OE makes out by being able to put these so-called higher-end, highly valued branded tires on their cars, and the tire companies get a boost in sales from users who typically just replace with like brand/model when time comes to replace. NEVER buy the OE branded tires to replace when the same model tire exist without the OE brand. The non-OE tires are usually superior. Case in point, the OE ContiSportContact IIs on our MZ4 Coupe. Same private branded tire as what came on the E46 M3. All the M3 guys (as well as most MZ4 Coupe 1st owners) complained that the tires don't last (they're burnt out by about 10,000 miles) and that they grip like sh*t, while the reviews of the non OE branded ContiSportContact II got rave reviews from most of its buyers on TireRack and held its own against Goodyear, Dunlops, and Pirelli's Max Summer Tires in TireRack's own instrumented test." It made perfect sense to me since I've replaced 4 set of tires on 2 different M4s I owned in past 4 years. Mind you I bought BMW approved tires with stars on them (big mistake) and no I don't drift, drag race or track my car. |
Appreciate
0
|
Post Reply |
Bookmarks |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
|
|