Tyres

[dTEA]

Smarty well with you on the rolling resistance thing...the GY are excellent and instill lots more confidence when entering corners but straight line fuel economy and i'm dropped about 30-40 miles per tank and i have driven as I normally would. 

Swings and roundabouts, but in the wet i'd prefer to be on something that is gonna pull up and grip rather than save a few quid at the pumps.

[Golf R]

Perhaps they should be pumped up a bit more.

[smartypants]

I have them at 40psi all round, just above

Smarty well with you on the rolling resistance thing...the GY are excellent and instill lots more confidence when entering corners but straight line fuel economy and i'm dropped about 30-40 miles per tank and i have driven as I normally would. 

Swings and roundabouts, but in the wet i'd prefer to be on something that is gonna pull up and grip rather than save a few quid at the pumps.

In the wet I love them - I think they really come into their own then - so much grip! Absolutely agree with you...

Golf R - I have actually slightly over inflated 40psi all round to try and compensate, so its not that either sadly

[Steve30]

Who cares anyway!! Dont drive a GTI if your worried about petrol??  Drive the bloody thing and enjoy!! SteveEdition30

ps yes tyres are very important my next ones will be PS2 all all the way!!

[dTEA]

Perhaps they should be pumped up a bit more.

over inflated tyres in the wet are a bad idea as it reduces the actually amount of tread in contact with the tarmac no?  Also more likely to wear the middle section before the collars and reduce overall grip performance which tis the point of the GY's!

[Egbutt Wash]

Perhaps they should be pumped up a bit more.

over inflated tyres in the wet are a bad idea as it reduces the actually amount of tread in contact with the tarmac no?  Also more likely to wear the middle section before the collars and reduce overall grip performance which tis the point of the GY's!

Tell smartypants, he runs his at 40 psi.
I just stick to what it says on the flap.

[DJGTi]

Who cares anyway!! Dont drive a GTI if your worried about petrol??  Drive the bloody thing and enjoy!! SteveEdition30

 I do wish people would stop saying that mpg is unimportant! It's not just you, it seems to be posted by someone on every performance car site.

If the car did 5mpg most people would not drive one. If it did 15mpg, then many would have to think twice. It is a matter of what you can afford/justify.

One of the many reasons I chose a Golf was that it does 30+mpg, compared with 25ish for most of its competitors (Focus ST, Civic TypeR, Scooby WRX,etc). It just makes it far easier to live with knowing it doesn't cost much more to run than a mundane model.

[smartypants]

Spot on, I only "stumbled" upon my GTI ownership and was amazed I could get 38mpg on a good run from a car this good and this quick. So I personally was just disappointed to lose that somewhat after changing my tyres... thats all.

I've owned two 6-cyl cars previously, and the GTI still beats them on performance as well as economy hands down (if losing out to the sound of the engine), and in this current climate the extra cash in your wallet with no loss of performance is an added bonus!

[Chris MKV]

I agree the balanc eof perfromance and MPG / tank range swayed me to th golf rather than the ford or honda which I was reliabily informed could not really manage 300+ miles on a full tank.

I have also found that 40 PSI (front tyres) as suggested by a few people on here actually improves the evenness of my tire wear.  This I asume (maybe wrongly) means the tyre is working closer to its design specs??.. than if they were ran at the fuel flap figure.

[Steve30]

Yes its important MPG , i agree, but splitting hairs well what can I say really?