New tyres required

[sve170]

Hi all,
Just had first service on the Edition 35 and only thing required is both front tyres are front NS 3mm and front OS 4mm, still a few more miles left in them but need to start checking out the market.
Bit shocked as the car has only 9300 miles on clock, regardless of mileage though i need some advice on a set of front tyres, have got factory fitted Dunlop SP Sport Maxx 235/35/VR19 on at the moment and to be perfectly honest were ok in the dry but wet performance for me was not so good, the car does not get hammered either its our everyday family motor doing mainly town and dual carriageway journeys.

Any info on alternatives much appreciated or do I stick with the originals.

Cheers

Mike

[Mr GTD]

Dry = Goodyear asymmetric 2

Wet = Take your pick, Vredestein, Michelin, Continental...

These are the most common tyres used here...

[Snooze]

My next tyres will be a set of Goodyear asymmetric 2's based on advice I received from guys on here.

[Edi35]

My first ED35 had done 13,000 miles when I traded it in and had 4-5 mm of tread and these were running 19' Pirelli PZero's. I was very pleased with these wet or dry and wear was not too bad either. Had the tyres swapped front to rear at 1st service 9.5k miles.

My current ED35 running 19' Continentals are just as good so again pleased with them. Prior to this my MK6 GTI was running Dunlop Sport maxx 18's traded the car with 25k miles and still had 2-3 mm left. However performance of the tyres were not as good as Pirelli or Continental. Also had Michelin Pilots on my ED30 which were very good (better than Dunlop too) and had 25k miles on before needing to be replaced.

[Ed35 chunk]

Bloody hell 9k I'm on 4k and down to wear indicators on front

[sve170]

Thanks for all the advice, to be honest tyres are a minefield and i cannot believe at 9000mls I am down to 3mm, my previous MKv R32 had michelins on it and they were terrific seemed to last forever.

But still got a few miles left so need to some research on which ones to buy, only problem is wet performance is not so good at the moment.

Thanks again

Mike

[ajmoir36]

Michelin pilot sport 3s worth every penny, 17000 on the front.

[Raffe]

Bloody hell 9k I'm on 4k and down to wear indicators on front

You must drive your car really hard, or spend too much time at Maccy D's doing burnouts 

[dubber36]

If you are going to change the brand of your tyres, I'd swap the fronts with the backs, then change all 4 at together when they have all worn down.

I know it's a bigger outlay to buy 4 at a time, but you won't need to do it for another 7-8,000 miles or so. I don't like having odd tyres on a car.

[Ess_Three]

Prior to this my MK6 GTI was running Dunlop Sport maxx 18's traded the car with 25k miles and still had 2-3 mm left.

What? 

I put my Mk6 GTI Dunlops on the Ex's 140 TDI and the fronts were on the wear bands at 7000 miles and the rears over half worn.
I was appalled at how badly they wore - on a bog standard Mk5 TDI.

My Goodyears are not half worn, despite nearly 3 years of summer use and 11500 miles on a modified Mk6 GTI.