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Offline monkeyhanger

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Re: What tyres came on your new GTi
« Reply #50 on: 12 December 2013, 08:09 »
Quote from: corgi on 11 December 2013, 16:12

If my GTD is to come with Bridgestones then I hope they are better suited to it than they are to the BMW 1er...


Nope, the Bridgestones are sh!te on the GTD. The slightest bit of damp on the road and they will wheelspin if you give it more than 40% throttle pulling away in 1st. Also in damp conditions, giving it more than 60% in 2nd will result in wheelspin when you are doing 10-20mph. With these tyres on the GTD, VW's boasted "anti-tramp function" seems to be not working at all or maybe it's been set an impossible task with these tyres on.

They're not especially good in the dry either, but in any situation they are so much better warm than cold. Been driving my car quite a bit harder recently as you seem to be able to do that without mpg penalty once the car is run in and there is a big difference on grip once the tyres have warmed up.

If the GTD is capable of 0-62 in 7.5s with the Bridgestones on then you'd probably get it down to 7s with some Michelin Pilot Sport 3s on there as the 0-30 stretch would have a sizeable chunk of time knocked off with far better initial grip.
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Re: What tyres came on your new GTi
« Reply #51 on: 12 December 2013, 08:40 »
Will the GTi suffer the same tramp issues  :sad:
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Re: What tyres came on your new GTi
« Reply #52 on: 12 December 2013, 11:09 »
Quote from: 2014GTi on 12 December 2013, 08:40
Will the GTi suffer the same tramp issues  :sad:

I've had it a couple of times (which I thought they'd resolved especially with the PP) - however, no where near as bad as on the mk 5 & 6, so I'm reasonably happy with it in this respect.
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Re: What tyres came on your new GTi
« Reply #53 on: 12 December 2013, 11:21 »
Quote from: monkeyhanger on 12 December 2013, 08:09
Nope, the Bridgestones are sh!te on the GTD. The slightest bit of damp on the road and they will wheelspin if you give it more than 40% throttle pulling away in 1st. Also in damp conditions, giving it more than 60% in 2nd will result in wheelspin when you are doing 10-20mph. With these tyres on the GTD, VW's boasted "anti-tramp function" seems to be not working at all or maybe it's been set an impossible task with these tyres on.

They're not especially good in the dry either, but in any situation they are so much better warm than cold. Been driving my car quite a bit harder recently as you seem to be able to do that without mpg penalty once the car is run in and there is a big difference on grip once the tyres have warmed up.

If the GTD is capable of 0-62 in 7.5s with the Bridgestones on then you'd probably get it down to 7s with some Michelin Pilot Sport 3s on there as the 0-30 stretch would have a sizeable chunk of time knocked off with far better initial grip.

Thankfully (and finally) my GTD arrived this morning and is fitted with Contis... thankfully. I've only been for a quick spin (20 miles or so) and they seem fine, the car seems to be well balanced (it is cool and damp here) and grippy... but I haven't really been pushing it...
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Re: What tyres came on your new GTi
« Reply #54 on: 12 December 2013, 20:39 »
My car came with conti 2s. I have gti 230pp and tuning box. After adding tuning box you really get a feel for how bad contis are in the rain they are shocking the car is all over the place with the extra power with tuning box.  I just bought 4 new michelin pilot 3s and stuck them on a week ago.
My god the difference in the car is unreal. In the rain you can really hammer it and you don't get that ridiculous wheel spin all the time in the rain.
I can safely say the best tyres for a gti by a country mile are michelin.
I had them on my ed 30 and conti on ed 35. Contis are unsafe in the rain with extra bhp.
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Re: What tyres came on your new GTi
« Reply #55 on: 12 December 2013, 20:42 »
Even better than the Pirelli P-Zero's?  :sad:
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Re: What tyres came on your new GTi
« Reply #56 on: 12 December 2013, 20:45 »
Quote from: 2014GTi on 12 December 2013, 20:42
Even better than the Pirelli P-Zero's?  :sad:
Ah that I don't know lol. I have had every other tyre apart from that lol. Dunlop, Bridgestone and conti and goodyear. The best out of that lot were the f1s. Worst being conti and bridgstone.  But being honest if you can beat a michelin I will be amazed lol :smiley:
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Re: What tyres came on your new GTi
« Reply #57 on: 12 December 2013, 20:51 »
Quote from: Johnc41 on 12 December 2013, 20:45
Quote from: 2014GTi on 12 December 2013, 20:42
Even better than the Pirelli P-Zero's?  :sad:
Ah that I don't know lol. I have had every other tyre apart from that lol. Dunlop, Bridgestone and conti and goodyear. The best out of that lot were the f1s. Worst being conti and bridgstone.  But being honest if you can beat a michelin I will be amazed lol :smiley:
You could be right, this is the first car I have had with Pirelli's, mainly all my previous cars had Michelin Pilot Sports and they wear really well....  :cool:
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Re: What tyres came on your new GTi
« Reply #58 on: 12 December 2013, 20:56 »
Quote from: 2014GTi on 12 December 2013, 20:51
Quote from: Johnc41 on 12 December 2013, 20:45
Quote from: 2014GTi on 12 December 2013, 20:42
Even better than the Pirelli P-Zero's?  :sad:
Ah that I don't know lol. I have had every other tyre apart from that lol. Dunlop, Bridgestone and conti and goodyear. The best out of that lot were the f1s. Worst being conti and bridgstone.  But being honest if you can beat a michelin I will be amazed lol :smiley:
You could be right, this is the first car I have had with Pirelli's, mainly all my previous cars had Michelin Pilot Sports and they wear really well....  :cool:

Yes I agree I done nearly 18000 on my ed30 with michelins and remap and I hammered that car lol. And the tyres still had some amount of tread left on them. The dunlops I had on mk5 were done at 12000 lol. They were the worst for wear. Now I need to try and sell my conti2s lol not much chance after my last write up on them  :smiley:
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Re: What tyres came on your new GTi
« Reply #59 on: 12 December 2013, 21:00 »
Not the greatest review's
http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/Continental/Sport-Contact-2.htm

I'm by no means a tyre expert, much the opposite... and well, i assume these could be adding to my road noise a bit too? - getting a little bit more than i was expecting. (Conti Contact Sport 2's i think).... I'ma gonna have to go back out and check aren't i! :P doh!!

When they do need a change... which are the best for comfort / less road noise? (lease, so i care less about wear...)
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