Tyres and Anti-Tramp!?

[Daz Auto]

Because we wanted it. Just because you have big muscles, you don't have to show them off! Plus I'm a law abiding person.

You do not need to be speeding to appreciate just how poor the Bridgestone tyres are. Most of the wheel spin, under steer and ABS light flashing I experienced was below 30mph. But I didn't buy a performance Golf to drive it like an old married man... ummmm... even though I am an old married man

[I wanted a GTi]

They are on my pp gti and if you drive like a normal person the tyres are fine. Bit noisy but an ok Tyre for normal driving under normal road conditions.

Agreed! Honest and realistic view. I drive with my wife in the car most of the time and all the married and coupled will know what that means: Mr Sensible must be driving at all times of the day and night!

They sure are noisy, the tyres I mean of course...

I'm the opposite, my wife drives faster than me.

[Mr GTD]

They are on my pp gti and if you drive like a normal person the tyres are fine. Bit noisy but an ok Tyre for normal driving under normal road conditions.

Agreed! Honest and realistic view. I drive with my wife in the car most of the time and all the married and coupled will know what that means: Mr Sensible must be driving at all times of the day and night!


They sure are noisy, the tyres I mean of course...

Ah yes, I know this feeling all to well but I do get the chance to drive on my loan some a lot of the time. When the Mrs & spogs are with me it = individual mode with everything in normal except engine sound in sport.

When I'm on my loan some it = sport mode 

[Daz Auto]

Anti-tramp... VW re-enactment of A Clockwork Orange

Just another ESP/XDS/traction control thing to stop wheel spin at low speed power application. Detects wheel spin and backs off the power by computer control.

I did a search on the forum for the word Potenza. So many people think the Tombstones tyres are poor.

I though this comment was funny... does the anti-tramp feature work, or have Bridgestone found a way to defeat it!

[fredgroves]

It's simply that in the UK the compound doesn't do well across our cold wet climate. In Germany they have much warmer summer temperatures and winter tyres (by law). In the UK there are better compounds available for us all year round. Remember that in a gtd you have more torque than past opinions thought sane in a front wheel drive car.. It's a technical miracle it's not far worse.

[Daz Auto]

It's simply that in the UK the compound doesn't do well across our cold wet climate.

I see that people were complaining to Bridgestone, VW and VW UK. You would think that VW would realise that there is an issue and select a different tyre for the UK. Though that would also be admitting that there was an issue. Maybe the facelift gives them an opportunity to change

Does anyone know what make of tyre is fitted to the Mk7.5 GTD/GTI standard alloys? I see there are Pirelli fitted to the 19inch alloys.

Hmmmm.... a new set of tyres £500ish. Upgrade the alloys for better tyres £600... 

[SRGTD]

I see that people were complaining to Bridgestone, VW and VW UK. You would think that VW would realise that there is an issue and select a different tyre for the UK. Though that would also be admitting that there was an issue. Maybe the facelift gives them an opportunity to change

Highly unlikely: VW will have negotiated and secured a 'competitive' (low) price with Bridgestone to supply tyres for a specific period of time under contract. The fact that VW have launched the facelift Golf won't stop VW fitting Bridgestones, unless the relaunch date of the facelift Golf coincided with the Bridgestone / VW contact expiry date (unlikely) and the contract isn't renewed.

I daresay that when the tyre supply contact comes up for renewal, Bridgestone will do all they can to retain what is undoubtably a valuable contract to them and offer VW an equally attractive price to continue to supply them with tyres.

So don't be surprised to see a high proportion of VW cars continuing to come off the production line with Bridgestones fitted.

[Daz Auto]

Highly unlikely: VW will have negotiated and secured a 'competitive' (low) price with Bridgestone to supply tyres for a specific period of time under contract. The fact that VW have launched the facelift Golf won't stop VW fitting Bridgestones, unless the relaunch date of the facelift Golf coincided with the Bridgestone / VW contact expiry date (unlikely) and the contract isn't renewed.

I daresay that when the tyre supply contact comes up for renewal, Bridgestone will do all they can to retain what is undoubtably a valuable contract to them and offer VW an equally attractive price to continue to supply them with tyres.

So don't be surprised to see a high proportion of VW cars continuing to come off the production line with Bridgestones fitted.

Yes, but VW don't just use Bridgestone. They use Pirelli on upgrade alloys. Didn't some of the cars come with Continental tyres factory fitted?

[fredgroves]

Yes there have been plenty of Mk7's on here with Contis - I think on the 19's though. BS's are still most likely though. I guess the Conti's only happen when BS can't supply.

I suspect if you looked at the 17" shod golf's though you'd find something different. Maybe ordering a GTD-Blueline is the cheapest way out

[Exonian]

It gives me great pleasure to report that the launch GTIs as tested by VW Driver magazine came fitted with Bridgestones.