Bridgestone Tyres

[jsybrian]

Hi fellow owners quick question any GTI drivers that came with Bridgestones find them rubbish in the wet or is it just me ? Reason for asking in wet traction light still flashing in 3rd gear under hard acceleration.
Thanks

[monkeyhanger]

Hi fellow owners quick question any GTI drivers that came with Bridgestones find them rubbish in the wet or is it just me ? Reason for asking in wet traction light still flashing in 3rd gear under hard acceleration.
Thanks

They are abysmal in the wet, and average in the dry. They also have really bad rating for rolling tyre resistance. Some MK6ers have reported that they saw a 10% gain in fuel economy when they finally wore out and were swapped for something decent. My GTD tramps hard in 1st or 2nd gear if you give it more than 40% throttle in the wet or 50% in the dry. My last car, a 170TDI Scirocco never tramped more than a handful of times in the 30 months I owned it, on Pirelli P7s.

I'm loathed to stump up another £480 for a set of 4 Michelin Pilot Sport 3s on a new car, but those are the tyres I will be going for when these wear out or I get a puncture that cannot be repaired.

[Valenni]

They are the worst tyre I have ever used. As Monkey said, I have to drive slowly until I get to third otherwise I just tramp and judder. I feel I can't get the best out of the car yet.

[Lock_r]

Fraid so.
Just look at the wet grip ratings, deffo not the best.
Had mine a week, and I'm getting the same.  Traction control working overtime in 3rd in the wet.

I'll deffo be getting rid of mine as soon as possible.

[andyk11]

Yep, I've got them on my GTD and they're rubbish in the wet in lower gears.  I'll be replacing them with Michelins as soon as they're worn down enough.

[gamcqui]

They are awful, aren't they?  They just seem not to be able to cope with the GTD's torque.  I wonder how that are on the GTI?

Are Michelin's the way to go?  I had Goodyear Eagle F1's on my previous car, and had no complaints...

[mcmaddy]

why are people going for the expensive michelins as replacements?

[monkeyhanger]

why are people going for the expensive michelins as replacements?

£120 a corner fully fitted for Michelin Pilot Sport 3 at Costco is pretty good going, These were £161 each in 235 width on my Scirocco. The Michelins are excellent - grippy, decent wear/life, low rolling resistance, low noise - they are nigh on perfect. Even better when bought during a Michelin fuel card promotion for £25/2 tyres or £60/4 tyres.

I wouldn't buy anything else at that price point.

[gamcqui]

Do you need a costco card to buy them there cuz £120 fitted is cheap.

They're £107 + delivery from Camskill, and that's without fitting.  Weirdly, the Bridgestones are more expensive - £115+delivery!

[Johnc41]

why are people going for the expensive michelins as replacements?

Because they are the best by a country mile. I have just put them on my new gti and got rid of those conti2 as with the tuning box they were actually dangerous in the rain with half throttle. With the michelin pilot 3 I can hammer it in the rain and they don't spin all over the place. A superb tyre for the gti.