Tyres

[Steve78]

Would that be these bad boys Goodyear Eagle Asymmetric 225/40 R18 Y (92), Reinforced

Ok, so I'm pretty much settled on the tyre's above, but does anyone have any views on the Pirelli P Zero Asimmetrico's?  They have been given good user reviews on various websites I looked at...

[Hairy Porter]

I replaced the 050's with F1's.
Both good tyres, the F1's need a bit of warming up on cold days.

[Gene Hunt.]

Only other tyre I would choose for road use are the Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta's

I've had both the F1's and the Vred's on my car and there is nothing in it in the dry or the wet.

Wear is a little greater on the Vred's, but they are cheaper by comparison.

A Vred costs £88 from Camskill tyres.

........got the Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta's on my GTI & for the money you can't go wrong.As Hurdy says grip is great in the wet & dry.

[kane1210]

ok so i dont want budget tyres and the pocket is not allowing for a pilots or f1's , what do you guys reccomend?

[Rhyso]

ok so i dont want budget tyres and the pocket is not allowing for a pilots or f1's , what do you guys reccomend?

what is your budget?

Go for the Vredestein's as stated above 

How desperate are you for new tyres?? If you can delay I'd save a bit more cash and plump for something decent.  Remember that the tyres are your only point of contact with the road 

[GlennQuagmire]

If I keep the car next year I'll go for Michelin PS2. The Bridgestone R050's I have on now really suck when it comes to road noise. So avoid old RE050's for sure.

[Teutonic_Tamer]

2mm and less depth,
All the brands are just as bad.

Ohhh you are SO wrong there.  It is when they are nearly worn out that differences between good and bad tyres opens up wider than the Grand Canyon!

Not so.
See Max Power grand tyre test.

Oh, sorry, I overlooked those highly regarded vehicle dynamics engineers employed by that highly regarded professional motoring journal!

Baldies were very bad indeed. 

As a 'general' statement, I would have to agree.  However, between tyre brands, and in particular between tread pattern types - there is a massive difference how they cope with wet conditions when near the legal wear limit.  The ShyteMaxxes are particularly poor in this respect - and directionals in general are very poor, compared to asymmetric tread patterns.

[Teutonic_Tamer]

Would that be these bad boys Goodyear Eagle Asymmetric 225/40 R18 Y (92), Reinforced

Ok, so I'm pretty much settled on the tyre's above, but does anyone have any views on the Pirelli P Zero Asimmetrico's?  They have been given good user reviews on various websites I looked at...

I don't know where any good reviews for pirellis come from - but from peeps who have actually used pirellis - they are fookin lethal.  They are actually WORSE than Dunflops.  Seriously, you must be barking if you are considering pirellis!

[Teutonic_Tamer]

ok so i dont want budget tyres and the pocket is not allowing for a pilots or f1's , what do you guys reccomend?

If you really can't afford PS2s or F1s, then try something like the Avon ZZ3 http://www.avon-tyres.co.uk/car/zz3 - a fairly grippy tyre, but they do wear out faster than the PS2s.  Avons latest offering also looks good - http://www.avon-tyres.co.uk/car/zv5.

Fulda and Uniroyal also make very good tyres.

But avoid Pirelli and BF Goodrich.

[Teutonic_Tamer]

If I keep the car next year I'll go for Michelin PS2. The Bridgestone R050's I have on now really suck when it comes to road noise. So avoid old RE050's for sure.

Glenn, are your Bridgestones the orginal spec RE050, or the revised spec RE050A?