Tires MICHELIN or RIKEN

I have had the Michelins on the E46 for the past year and have no complaints. They're fairly quiet and grip really well in whatever I've thrown at it so far. Prior to that it was yeeeeeears with the same Conti DWS06. The only thing I can say is that with only a few thousand miles on the Continentals, my mechanic discovered they were de-laminating. The inner sidewall of the driver's rear tire had about a 12" long, 1/2" wide window straight to the cords. I wasn't happy when I saw that, so I switched to Michelin. There was A LOT of tread left, so I was pretty disappointed.

Had some S3 Evo, for 65000kms (2 sets) and really happy about them ! Very quiet (nothing to compare with the stock Michelin), very good handling on dry and wet roads.

40k+ miles on the evo’s. They have been great, and they were a few decibels quieter than the factory Michelins.

I like Michelin defenders. Quiet, good road pattern, excellent grip on snow and ice

Yeah, I got tired of this happening. Went to Michelin's, and I find them to be much better.

In my opinion, they are the perfect tyre for all of the UK.

Replaced the OG Michelin all season tires around 46,000 miles.

Not an apples to apples comparison per se, but we have a set of Michelin Defender LTXs on our '24 Sierra. Absolutely love them due to low noise, good comfort, great handling in dry/wet/light snow. Like them so much, had them switched over from our previous Silverado as we did not want the OEM Dunlops. No regrets.

I noticed some articles say they were designed for wet weather and where I live is very dry, so I am going to get Michelin Defender 2s this time.

I had X-ice i3’s and was really unhappy with the snow performance.