Bridgestone Tyres

[karlak]

These Bridgestones are truly awful.

On the North Circular in London today, anything more than third throttle away from a standing start, or slower speed would have them tramping or spinning up.  Really cannot wait to get rid.  I am not sure if DSG makes it worse or not, but at Roundabouts I am really having to think about whether I can make the gap, because depending on the road surface, I just cant be sure I will get the traction.

[monkeyhanger]

These Bridgestones are truly awful.

On the North Circular in London today, anything more than third throttle away from a standing start, or slower speed would have them tramping or spinning up.  Really cannot wait to get rid.  I am not sure if DSG makes it worse or not, but at Roundabouts I am really having to think about whether I can make the gap, because depending on the road surface, I just cant be sure I will get the traction.

Those Bridgestones are just as happy to tramp in a manual (mine is manual) - my Dad has a GTD DSG fitted with Dunlop SP01 and experiences no tramp at all, even with a DTUK box on.

It is for the reasons you state above that I think they are quite dangerous. If you're trying to get away at a busy roundabout, giving it more than 1/3 throttle might see your car get enough traction to get your nose out onto the roundabout and then have you spinning on the spot, waitin  for a car to come along and clip you. Knowing full well you can only apply 1/3 of the throttle (semi) confidently, you'd have more chance of trying to get away in a 60ps VW UP!

Maybe we should all swap out and bring our Bridgestones back to Wolfsburg and then pile them up a safe distance outside the front entrance and set light to them just to get our message across! 

[p3asa]

I'd say a printout of the black circles price would be enough for them t prompt a call to head office to confirm the price match. Maybe other branches have different guidelines as i'm sure someone on the R forum said their Costco branch would fit tyres sourced from Black Circles when they asked.

Cheers. I'll ask them the next time I'm in.

[matchboy]

out of interest has any 1 on here had a R with any other tyre other than Crapstones in the last few months..And if so what we're they?

Bridgestones on mine, and to be fair they aren't toooo bad - but I suspect that's more to do with the AWD rather than anything else - because on my GTI PP they were sh!te!

[monkeyhanger]

Yes, the AWD could maybe mitigate a lot of the initial traction issues, but in the back of your mind you still know they're crap and noisier than a set of Flintstone's stone tyres.  Have you had the back end slide a little on a quick turn?

[corgi]

Have you had the back end slide a little on a quick turn?

I've had that... without the help of the Bridgestones...

[matchboy]

Yes, the AWD could maybe mitigate a lot of the initial traction issues, but in the back of your mind you still know they're crap and noisier than a set of Flintstone's stone tyres.  Have you had the back end slide a little on a quick turn?

Yes, they are quite noisy    No, not as yet, but maybe I'm not pushing the car as hard as I should - as much as I like to think I'm Lewis Hamilton I'm really not 

I certainly can't wait to change them in any case!

[monkeyhanger]

Have you had the back end slide a little on a quick turn?

I've had that... without the help of the Bridgestones...

Excusable on a RWD car, I've had a few rear slides quickly getting away on a right turn from a crossroads. I managed to get the Skids Superb courtesy car to tramp easily today - dry road, Bridgestones and only the 140TDI engine.

[corgi]

Excusable on a RWD car

My Golf is not rear drive??? You can induce a front wheel drive car to oversteer; however, pulling out of a junction would be difficult. With the stability control/tcs turned down the Golf can be quite playful but not dangerously so.

In truth, on a smooth surface, making a front wheel drive car oversteer is something you need to provoke (either intentionally or by accident) either by injudicious use of the throttle and/or brakes...

[mikeok]

out of interest has any 1 on here had a R with any other tyre other than Crapstones in the last few months..And if so what we're they?

Bridgestones on mine, and to be fair they aren't toooo bad - but I suspect that's more to do with the AWD rather than anything else - because on my GTI PP they were sh!te!

Thanks for that,... any one else?
when did you get your car?

Thanks