Bridgestone  Alenza 001 RFT

These tires came on my new BMW. I'd had Bridgestone tires before but not in an RFT. Was I ever surprised!!! I love these tires. Great high-speed cornering along with great stopping. I've driven high speeds in rains and not once did these tires hydroplane. I've stomped the gas pedal at stoplights during the rain and never spun a tire. Tis a shame that these tires are not offered in all-weather RFT tires with the 168mph rating. I'd buy them. They respond very quickly. Wear on them is great too. I am a stickler for tire pressures. I check my tire pressures several times weekly and if they're not at the factory recommended psi when checked cold, I make adjustments so they are. Due to the weather, I am now being forced to remove these tires and buy another tire that is all-weather instead of high performance summer. I'd gladly buy them again.

Tires came on a 2019 BMW X4 M40i. I must say that I am impressed with the car and tire combination. The stability and handling (wet or dry) is some of the best I have encountered to date. They are a little noisy and stiff but they are 20 inch low profile performance tires so I wouldn't expect anything else. All around a very well balanced tire. The only gripe I have about them is the hydroplaning resistance. Puddles about a half inch deep at 40 to 50 mph will send you all over the place. Overall, I would buy again but living in the PNW where it rains a lot, hydroplane resistance is a top priority for me. I haven't tried them in the snow yet but the recent freezing fog we had, they did well. Being that I have only put 2,000 miles on them I won't expect more than another 10,000 miles. You have to pay to play... Can't have a tired that does everything well and I'd rather replace my tires often knowing that the grip is there, vs having a more comfortable ride.

I really cannot complain about these tires since we dont have that many options to choose from. These tires have been great but would like to see some michelin tires available at some point. I did put 25k miles on the first set. I had them balanced every 6-7k miles. Now car has 31k miles total, so the new set has 7k miles, they seem to be wearing a bit faster than the first set, however no problems. Completed a road trip with a torrential thunderstorm for 500 miles and tires were solid, no hydroplaning at all. Will keep you posted as they eat the miles.

I live in the Pacific Northwest (WA state) and haven't noticed any issue with hydroplaning, including heavy rain at a "spirited" rate of speed. I'm always shocked when I think it's imminent but nothing goes wrong. My tires have been pretty sticky in dry and don't cause me concern in rain/wet. I haven't gotten the tires to squeal, so that's probably why they don't seem to be wearing yet. Love the tires and the car!

Although these tires provide a decent ride and are fairly responsive, they are just too expensive to only get less than 16,000 miles wear. if you don't care to spend the money and keep replacing, the traction and responsiveness on the BMW X3 won't dissapoint.

Replaced OEM Alenza AS RFT which wore to 4 /32 after 35,000 miles which I was impressed with. I purchased these based on Tire Rack’s recommendation based on my driving style and geographic location despite the negative reviews. Very satisfied after limited experience with these tires. They are quiet, smooth and more directionally stable than the OEM all season. Special pricing cinched my decision. I plan on trading my car within 15,000 miles and hope with proper rotation (5 to 6,000 miles) I will not need to replace these tires. Time will tell though.

Great handling and quiet ride tires

These Bridgestone Alenza 001 RFT came from factory in my BMW X3 X3 xDrive30i (G01 2021), and they are very good, but very “sensible” to worn out if your alignment is a little out of measure. Also, you must need to increase 3 lbs above the recommended, because they are RFT, so, with normal pressure they tend to worn out the inner and outter tread, like an underinflated normal tire. My rear tires 275/40 R20 have almost 28k miles on them, and still have 5/32. On the other hand, the front ones needed to be replaced by new Alenzas. BE AWARE: keep the pressure 3 lbs above and the alignment up to date. I’m almost buy the Michelin Latitude Sport 3 ZP (Zero Pressure), despite they be more smothly according to some reviews, but some of them said they become noiser after 10k, and may present some bubles on their laterals after some road impacts, and worn quickly. So, I decided to give another chance to Alenzas 001, despite they have a hard riding over pothole and other kind of obstacles, they are good on curves and cornering. I’ve never had any issues with the Alenzas, except the fronts worn out the inner and outer edges because of the “recommended pressure” and not to keep the allignment on day. This time I’ll be more aware about keep the pressure with nitrogen and the allignment every 10k miles.

Love the tire hate the tread wear , I have gone through 3 sets of this tire maximum mileage you can get with these before you hit the tread wear indicators is 7800miles why can they make tire last a bit longer , they are very expensive and hard to find

I have had a terrible experience with the Bridgestone Alenza tires that came as OEM on my BMW X3 M40i with 21" rims and run-flat technology. The tread life of these tires is only around 6,500 miles and even a single puncture often requires replacement of both left and right tires for safety reasons. As a result, I have to eplace the tires almost every year. Additionally, the ride noise is quite loud, the grip when wet is bad and the ride is hard, which is what I would say is a common issue with the many run-flat tires I've had on other BMWs. I have decided to switch from Alenza tires to Michelin Primacy Tour tires. The Alenza tires are too expensive and suitable only for summer use, whereas the Primacy Tour, although not having run-flat technology, will hopefully last twice as long if not longer. If you like expensive tires that need to be replaced anually, these are the tires for you, look elsewhere such Michelin for better tires for your BMW.

Tire performance is ok but tread life is terrible. Came with my BMW and they lasted less than 15k miles.