A little update: After telling our dealer we wanted to keep our Goodyear Marathon tires (2-3 years old)rather than the Chinese tires that were on the new Pinnacle, we made our trip to Connecticut. BUT, we didn't even make it to Arlington (from Lubbock area), TX before the first blow-out. New tire, and hit the road again (after losing a day in Sherman). Second blow-out just inside the Ohio state line. We then bought another set of new tires. This time, we went with truck tires. I think God has a sense of humor, laughing at us because we wanted to keep our "good" tires!! At least the blow-outs didn't do any damage to the new 5er!! BUT, we DID take out a retaining wall in Dallas, coming home, and now the 5er is back at the dealer for repairs -- took out the whole driver side of the RV. BUT, no one was injured or killed, and no other cars were involved, which, on I-30 could very easily have happened!!
AND. . .this week, we found out that while at the dealer for damage repairs, the passenger side received hail damage!!! OY!!!
