Winter tyre time?

[p3asa]

What ones have you got?

[GTI-7-Performance]

Winter tyres will soon be run down using them throughout the year. The softer compound wears down rapidly on hot tarmac...

[Jules Winfield]

What ones have you got?

Continental TS830P.  The ratings system says 72 decibels, which compares to 69 decibels for the Goodyear Asymmetric 2s I have on the car at the moment.  Other than the noise, which I can live with, they are a very good tyre and there's still a decent amount of tread left after three winters.

[JellyB]

As a side note to all year use I put a set of all season tyres (Goodyear vectors) on my S80 last November. Rears still good now with 31k miles on the clock since then.

(Front pair only lasted 20k due to a serious tracking issue).

Yes, noticeably noisier on smooth roads and a less grip when the air temp was greater than 25C compared with my normal Goodyear F1s. However no contest November to March though.

Sadly the Vectors aren't available in 18" as I would be tempted once the delivery tyres  need replacing.

[p3asa]

Winter tyres will soon be run down using them throughout the year. The softer compound wears down rapidly on hot tarmac...

Yeah that was one of my concerns when I bought mine as thats what the general feeling on most forums I looked at.
However Continental say the opposite:
"Winter tyres are as quiet and comfortable as summer tyres and, thanks to sophisticated compound technology, do not wear any more quickly."

[p3asa]

What ones have you got?

Continental TS830P.  The ratings system says 72 decibels, which compares to 69 decibels for the Goodyear Asymmetric 2s I have on the car at the moment.  Other than the noise, which I can live with, they are a very good tyre and there's still a decent amount of tread left after three winters.

You wouldn't think 3dbs would make that much difference but obviously does.

[mike.]

My Dunlop Winter Sport 4Ds are much quieter than my Conti 5s

Not sure if going from 18s to 17s makes a difference as well.

[Gnasher]

What ones have you got?

Continental TS830P.  The ratings system says 72 decibels, which compares to 69 decibels for the Goodyear Asymmetric 2s I have on the car at the moment.  Other than the noise, which I can live with, they are a very good tyre and there's still a decent amount of tread left after three winters.

You wouldn't think 3dbs would make that much difference but obviously does.

Remember it's a logarithmic scale - 3db difference (between 69 and 72 dB) is double the volume!

[linc-dub]

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I've got the 18" wheels coming on the GTI. A lot of people seem to use smaller wheels for the winter set - is this price related or is there some other reason for doing this?

I've gone with 18" this time, not a huge cost difference between tyre size. Ride quality was transformed with the 16" but the ride quality on the mk 7 is so good I'm happy to go 18" this time.

http://www.rimstyle.com/alloywheels/wheel/?wheel=bbs_sr_gm&colour=gunmetal_anthracite
These alloys should be with me tomorrow, grey colour great for not looking dirty even in the middle of winter.



The BBS alloys look great - a picture of them once you have them on would be good to see!

[DougL]

I've just ordered a set of alloy wheels and tyres for my car which is arriving tomorrow. I always use delti www.mytyres.co.uk as they seem to have reasonable prices. I wanted a simple matt black 5 spoke wheel so chose the new Dezent TD alloy. After a lot of humming and hawing and reading tyrereviews.com, I finally settled on the Dunlop WinterSport 4D as it seemed to be one of the quieter tyres. Also in the reckoning were the Goodyear Ultragrip 8 Performance (also quiet), the Conti TS830P and the Michelin Alpin A4. Price and reviews on the Dunlop sealed the deal. 17" are quite expensive, if you don't have a Performance Pack, then 16" are reasonably good value.