Tires, advice, experience and opinions

[golf-sib]

Basically I have norrowed my choice down to several tires. I currently have some s306 toyo which are  , my wheels are 225/45 17w. I am after good grip but would like to get 9k at least out of them in terms of milage, looking to spend about £70-£75 per tire. I have read several reviews and here's the tires I narrowed it too:

• Eagle F1 Assymetric (from reviews best grip or so I've read and heard from friends)
• Falken FK452 (from reviews only they don't seem as grippy but have a higher life expectancy than the eagles, cheapest option too)
• Toyo T1R (from reviews on them don't seem great to either above)

But since you can't trust everything you read on the internet I want to hear your ups, downs and recommendations from experience and help me decide, if not recommend other alternatives.

[Horney]

A lot of tyres vary depending on what size they are. I run T1R's in 195/50 R15 and rate them very highly as a good dry and wet tyre.

Nick

[Khare]

A lot of tyres vary depending on what size they are. I run T1R's in 195/50 R15 and rate them very highly as a good dry and wet tyre.

Nick

same size and tyre as me and I can definitely say they are VERY good, they do wear quite fast though.

[Wayne]

I ran the Falkens for a while on a mk3, seemed ok for the money.

[Shady Pioneer]

A lot of tyres vary depending on what size they are. I run T1R's in 195/50 R15 and rate them very highly as a good dry and wet tyre.

Nick

same size and tyre as me and I can definitely say they are VERY good, they do wear quite fast though.

I've got a pair in 195/45/16 on the rear and are still looking at a few thousand miles, been on a year now. I'll be buying them again.

[VW BUSH]

Dont buy Nexen they are crud end of.

[tweed]

A lot of tyres vary depending on what size they are. I run T1R's in 195/50 R15 and rate them very highly as a good dry and wet tyre.

Nick

same size and tyre as me and I can definitely say they are VERY good, they do wear quite fast though.

I also have these and same size, I've only had fast hatches and have had many tyres and these have got to be best. I paid £130 for 4 tyres from ebay. At that price it's stupid not to get them. Great wet grip too
I'l be trying the toyo 888's in the summer 

[Reasty]

Ive got falken ze 912's on my mk2 and im impressed by them so far bearing in mind they are 195-40-16's stretched over 8" rims so they probably arnt performing as well as they could, but still very impressed by them.

[dp71]

Has anyone used any of the Hankook Tyres at all?

I am thinking primarily on a MkV as I will need some tyres soon.

[dTEA]

Goodyear FTW.  Wear is slightly better and not as odd at the limits as the toyos...dont rate Falkens and never have....just too soft...

After fitting the Goodyears over the standard Continental 2's the difference was obvious, and do not touch Dunlops whatever you do.