Tyres

[Teutonic_Tamer]

Didnt know you was coming down to that. Shall see you then

Nothing's set in stone, but hopefully I'll be there!

[Teutonic_Tamer]

TT what do you think about the bridgestone potenzas that came on my gti?

Are they the RE050?  If so, again, some very mixed impressions of these, with some finding them perfectly OK, and others having real concerns about wet weather performance.  I have personally driven two different GTIs, along with a few other types of cars with those - and on some cars, I couldn't fault them, yet on others, they were ar$e twitching in the wet - and this was the same with the GTIs - one was great, one was scary!  I just think that Bridgestone have some quite apparent 'quality control' issues.  Lots of Elise and Vauxhall VX220 owners will say the same - no consistency between batches.  So if you get a good 'batch', they will be superb.

yeah the are re050a and  i have used it in the wet and they seem top notch in the wet gripping far better than the dunlops i had on the astra did and in the dry they possibly feel the best tyre i have had on a car but thanks for the reply to my question

You're welcome.  

[R32UK]

I would take it easy with the dunflops on tbh. I had a bit of an emergency breaking situation yesterday and Im very glad i had the F1 eagles on!

Had it been the dunlops im quite sure i WOULD have written off my car. Dont skimp, its a flase economy

Or you could drive sensibly. if you're putting yourself in the situation where you could write off your car you're not driving properly, and it wouldnt be the tyres fault if you crashed it would be yours.

Oh sorry mr know-it-all! Didnt realise you were there 

[gossa]

TT, have you driven the MK6 GTI with the latest Dunlops fitted? If you haven't do you think it's nice (or wise) to scare owners and potential owners because you have been deemed to have an 'expert opinion and you say they are shyte?

I am not an expert, however my real world experience as a typical driver is that the Dunlops on my Mk6 GTI have excellent feel, especially cornering and I believe I currently have the only revo remapped 270bhp MK6 in the UK and would deem myself an 'enthusiastic' driver.

The last thing I would want right now is to be matchboy who hasn't even taken delivery of his car and will be gutted and possibly sh!tt!ng himself because an expert gave a negative opinion on a tyre he may or may not have driven on?

[matchboy]

thanks for your info mate, if you have dunlops and have had no issues then that's good enough for me. don't worry, i wasn't sh1tting myself based on TT's comments - from all of his posts he clearly thinks he is always right about everything.  and as for the tyres giving way, i'm pretty sure i had dunlops on my mk 5 and i drove the ar7e off that car and never had an issue. thanks for your comments though, v reassuring.  at the end of the day i'm pretty sure unless i was going round a track any tyre will be more than adequate for day to day driving! cheers!

[R32UK]

I think saying the dunlops are going to kill you is a slight dramatic.. but you wil be suprised at how poor they are once you change them for something better.

[Wurzel]

I would take it easy with the dunflops on tbh. I had a bit of an emergency breaking situation yesterday and Im very glad i had the F1 eagles on!

Had it been the dunlops im quite sure i WOULD have written off my car. Dont skimp, its a flase economy

Or you could drive sensibly. if you're putting yourself in the situation where you could write off your car you're not driving properly, and it wouldnt be the tyres fault if you crashed it would be yours.

Oh sorry mr know-it-all! Didnt realise you were there 

I'd love to have seen what you actually did. Honestly, people on the internet jibbering about how certain tyres are bad because they cocked up, I've seen it many times.

[R32UK]

I would take it easy with the dunflops on tbh. I had a bit of an emergency breaking situation yesterday and Im very glad i had the F1 eagles on!

Had it been the dunlops im quite sure i WOULD have written off my car. Dont skimp, its a flase economy

Or you could drive sensibly. if you're putting yourself in the situation where you could write off your car you're not driving properly, and it wouldnt be the tyres fault if you crashed it would be yours.

Oh sorry mr know-it-all! Didnt realise you were there 

I'd love to have seen what you actually did. Honestly, people on the internet jibbering about how certain tyres are bad because they cocked up, I've seen it many times.

What the feck are you?? the grim reaper??

Hmm, just for your information I dont have the Dunlops. So how could I have cocked up??

Your a prize c0ck pal! you have no idea what happened. I wish you were there too, so when I swerved to miss the little bugger I could have maybe knocked some sense into you. Get your facts right before you jibber!!

I never said they were dangerous, I just know as well as about another 300 forum members that the sportmaxx are sh!t tyres, and thats speaking from experience. If you dont have anything positive to add to a discussion do one! 

[VWKev]

Right thats enough you two, I'm not too bloddy happy there's an argument taking place and I'm not involved. So give it a rest. 

[Teutonic_Tamer]

TT, have you driven the MK6 GTI with the latest Dunlops fitted?

Nope.  But have you driven the Mk5 with the Dunlops? 

But, based on the numerous complaints on here about the Mk5 with Dunlops, and the simple fact that the Mk6 has identical chassis and suspension geometery as the Mk5 - then any Mk6 with Dunlop SportMaxxes are very highly likely to be 'underwhealmed' by their overall abilites.  And I honestly doubt that any 'new' SportMaxx are going to be any better.  And this is backed up by comparing a couple of 580 horsepower V10 twin turbo RS6s - one with Pirelli P-Zero, and the other with Dunlop SportMaxx GT (which are allegedly an even higher performance version compared to the GTI-size SportMaxx TT) - and the Dunlop shod one was notably inferior when 'pressing on'! 

If you haven't do you think it's nice (or wise) to scare owners and potential owners because you have been deemed to have an 'expert opinion and you say they are shyte?

Erm, when the fcuk have I ever said I am an 'expert'   I, just like many other 'established' users on this forum simply speak from experience regarding the Dunlops - and I think it is only reasonable that any potential 'pitfalls' are aired.  But if someone then gets 'scared' - best they cancel their order, and stay at home, with the doors locked - because they might get run over by the bus!

But it goes back to the old long-standing fundamentals - you should only drive the car WITHIN the capabilites of the car (which includes the tyres) and your own abilities!

I am not an expert, however my real world experience as a typical driver is that the Dunlops on my Mk6 GTI have excellent feel, especially cornering and I believe I currently have the only revo remapped 270bhp MK6 in the UK and would deem myself an 'enthusiastic' driver.

So the opinions and direct experience of hundreds, or even thousands of PQ35 platform users, irrespective of engine output - are all worthless - and yours is the only opinion we should listen too? 

A Mk6 GTI still uses the Mk5 PQ35 platform, suspension, steering, brakes, etc - so Mk5 info is most definatly relevent.

But instead of slanging each other off - can you please confirm exactly what spec Dunlops you have - then at least we can all move on with some slightly more definative info. 

The last thing I would want right now is to be matchboy who hasn't even taken delivery of his car and will be gutted and possibly sh!tt!ng himself because an expert gave a negative opinion on a tyre he may or may not have driven on?

I'll treat that particular paragraph with the utter contempt it deserves . . .


EDITED: for spelling (in case any Mk6 owners think I am changing my 'expert' opinion  )