Continental Extreme Contact tires are terrible for M3 Performance

[srthomas21]

Just picked my car up from the tire shop. I had these tires put on for the winter because the M3 Performance comes with summer high performance tires.

Pushed the car through a turn and the rear end slid out pretty good. I wanted the Michelin tires but they are sold out everywhere. I had a set of these Continentals on my S and really liked them.

Anyone else have these tires on their 3?

 

[Uncle Paul]

Fresh tires need to be seasoned for a bit before they will provide peak traction.

The tires come with some mold release lube and are smooth as can be. It takes 100- miles or so for the lube to be worn off and the tires scuffed up a bit.

 

[srthomas21]

Fresh tires need to be seasoned for a bit before they will provide peak traction.

The tires come with some mold release lube and are smooth as can be. It takes 100- miles or so for the lube to be worn off and the tires scuffed up a bit.

Thanks. I did take it out again tonight and noticed an improvement. Maybe I was a bit premature.

 

[Needsdecaf]

Thanks. I did take it out again tonight and noticed an improvement. Maybe I was a bit premature.

Yes, you were I think. Unless it’s something specific to this car. I’ve had these tires on RWD (5 series BMW), AWD (Volvo R and Porsche Cayenne) and FWD (GTI). They are excellent performance based all-seasons. My RWD BMW got through some pretty severe snow with them. No issues in the dry. Keep scrubbing them in.

 

[srthomas21]

Yes, you were I think. Unless it’s something specific to this car. I’ve had these tires on RWD (5 series BMW), AWD (Volvo R and Porsche Cayenne) and FWD (GTI). They are excellent performance based all-seasons. My RWD BMW got through some pretty severe snow with them. No issues in the dry. Keep scrubbing them in.

Every chance I get I loved these on my S. Just had to run some errands and they are gripping a lot better now.

 

[skitown]

Every chance I get I loved these on my S. Just had to run some errands and they are gripping a lot better now.

As an aside....While I think the AWD 3 is a really good snow car, I think our S is the best car I’ve ever driven in snow. The 3 is a hell of a lot more fun though as I can barely get our S to break loose in corners. The traction control won’t let me have fun. Anyway I had a similar reaction as you with my brand new Nokians. So it’s probaly 2 fold. The tires are new and the Model S is simply bomber in the snow in my experience.

 

[SigNC]

I have DWS 06 on P3 and they are great.