Choice Of Car Tyre

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owned by me car scheme hence the economy / cost / value equation comes in

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well if you ask me you should never skimp on car tyres - they're your only contact with the road.

I'll second the bad experience with Dunlops. I've had good success with both Toyo and currently Bridgestone tyres - those at the grippier end of the scale rather than the 'longevity' end.

Martin,

Stick with Michelin.

They are an essential part of the suspension system and affect comfort/ride/road-holding etc etc.

They also last as long as any other tyre i've heard of.

Expensive to buy, but good value overall, providing you don't wipe them out on a kerb or nails.

I wouldn't fit anything else and haven't done so for at least 25 years.

Cheers

Don

I've got a VW Golf 1.9TDi.

Came with Continental rubber as standard, lasted 15,000 on the front before changing. Rears are still OK. Negligible motorway driving.

Changed the fronts for Bridgestone Potenza 03. Marked improvement in traction and grip but they are more sensitive to pressure differentials.

Local fitter recommended the Bridgestones over Michelins for me (my original thought) as his recent experiences were that the Bridgestones were lasting better on the Golfs that he had seen. He also had plenty of Michelins in stock at the time.....

I checked his car - Bridgestones fitted !!

You can't beat bridgestones for all round performance. I have them on my Nissan 350 and they provide plenty of grip in both the wet and dry.



Regards


NB

I'd agree with the Michelin Pilot recs.

We recently changed from Potenza to Pilots on the wifes Accord and the road rumble in the cabin decreased by about 50%.

Strange but true.

I also got 30k out of a set of Pilots on the front of my last company Mondeo.

Good Tyres.

P

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Hmmm. Have you had any cold weather yet? I hear they can be a bit alarming below 8 degrees (Centigrade)
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I had Bridgestone S02's on my Supra for many years. I never had any problem with them in the cold. Considering I was pulling 450 BHP through the rear wheels I was very impressed with the grip.



Regards


NB

hi,
I have driven many differant cars hard over the years, on many differant tyres. These include Volvo V5's and V70's, Cosworths, Senators (U worked it out yet? ) and I always got the best out of a car on michelin.

They offer the best cost v performance in my opinion. I have driven similar classes of car on dunlops, bridgestones and others...

andy c!

Isn't it interesting that the only brands that are getting repeated positive praise are the only two being represented in F1 ??????

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Originally posted by P:
We recently changed from Potenza to Pilots on the wifes Accord and the road rumble in the cabin decreased by about 50%.

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P,

I think that's just a feature of new tyres vs old. The tread is much deeper, providing more isolation, and making the air trapped between the tread blocks less strongly compressed.

cheers, Martin

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Not yet Andy, give us another clue



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NB

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Hmmm. Have you had any cold weather yet? I hear they can be a bit alarming below 8 degrees (Centigrade)

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This is in the urban myth category, according to a Swedish car magazine. The bit that high performance tires doesn't work when it's cold.

In my youth I always bought Michelin, until I lost it in the rain in my then Miata with Michelins. Since then my favourite has been Bridgestone Potenzas, I have S03:s on booth of my cars. Beware that the non Potenza, "standard" Bridgestones are clear underperformers and should be avoided.

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Isn't it interesting that the only brands that are getting repeated positive praise are the only two being represented in F1 ??????

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Win on sunday, sell on monday!

JohanR

Andy C

Pity about your car 'choices'. In N Yorks you'd have got a Subaru WRX-STi to hoon around in.

Bruce

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Pity about your car 'choices'. In N Yorks you'd have got a Subaru WRX-STi to hoon around in.

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LOl - I am 6 ft 4 tall and 16 stone - the seats in the Subaru's we used to have were not designed for big lads like me LOL!

Plus I always thought they drove like go carts - nice on flat surfaces but crap on bumpy roads around town and cities etc - I perfered the Volvo estates...

andy c!

check out tire rack on the web. www.tirerack.com

There are reviews, comments and tests on many different tires. A great tire resource.

tw

Out of Pilot Sports, Dunlop SP Sports, Perillis (sp?) and Bridgstones, I would rate the Pilot Sports the best. Low noise, pretty hard wearing and pterry good in all conditions. I like 'em

But each to their own.

Cheers

Harry

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I think that's just a feature of new tyres vs old. The tread is much deeper, providing more isolation, and making the air trapped between the tread blocks less strongly compressed.

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Martin. When the car was brand new the road rumble was quite pronounced.

Changing to the Pilots halved the noise.

P