Bridgestone Tyres

[mcmaddy]

they never seem to come out on top on any tyre tests though. I've never had any but everyone keeps raving about them over other tyres. reminds me I need to join Costco again.

[monsta]

Glad this thread has started as I've been considering some different alloys and not sure about what tyres to go for.   The issue I have is that Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2's that I've had in the past were good but not amazingly good. 

How do they stack up against Michelin's?

[mcmaddy]

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.

I think the conti 2s are a decent tyre. don't get any traction control lights at all and that's planting my foot mid roundabout trying to get it to come on. they were on my old Leon years ago and they were excellent then too. thought they'd stopped doing them to be honest but I might go down Michelin route when needed.

[monkeyhanger]

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!

Yep, need a card to use them. Nearest one for us both is the one opposite the Metrocentre bus station, on the river bank. Membership is £30 a year, but well worth it for some of the stuff they sell at canny discount. Only thing I don't like about Costco is that they will unwaveringly fit new tyres to the back only, even if you have a very good reason for wanting them on the front. When I had my uneven tyre wear on my Scirocco's P7's, I understandably wanted the Michelins on the front so my rear P7s wouldn't suffer the same fate. They refused, I swapped the wheels over when I got home so Michelins were on the front. They consider the car to be a death trap with new tyres on the front. Presumably they think all new cars are death traps as they have 4 new wheels. There is a tiny risk until the new tyres scrub in over 200 miles, but it is marginal. Just American company attitude arse covering I suppose.

[Johnc41]

they never seem to come out on top on any tyre tests though. I've never had any but everyone keeps raving about them over other tyres. reminds me I need to join Costco again.

I don't listen to tyre reviews they are a lot of sh!te. The reason I know how good they are is when I got my ed30 they came brand new with the car. I got it remapped to over 300bhp and the tyres and grip were awesome and always felt extra safe.  So when I bought a new ed35 then got it remapped I had cont 2 on them as well. And it was a completely different story, they were shocking in the rain and unsafe with remap. Same story with mk7 but worse as the extra torque compared to mk6 they just can't handle the wet.

[gamcqui]

I think the golf's are arriving with Continintals are coming with Conti Sport 2's, which are old tyres.

I wonder if the newer Conti Sport 5's are as good as the Michelin's.

[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.

I think the conti 2s are a decent tyre. don't get any traction control lights at all and that's planting my foot mid roundabout trying to get it to come on. they were on my old Leon years ago and they were excellent then too. thought they'd stopped doing them to be honest but I might go down Michelin route when needed.

Sorry I think they are completely sh!te in the rain and would never recommend them to anyone with gti. They are also 2 below michelin in grip rating, cont c and michelin A speaks for itself

[monkeyhanger]

I sometimes don't feel safe with the Bridgestones - used to take roundabouts and bends quite a bit faster in the Scirocco. With the tuning box I trialled, the car felt downright dangerous. Might have kept it if I had Michelins on.

[SRGTD]

I have Bridgestones on my mk6 GTD and I too dislike them.

As well as the handling and grip issues many are experiencing, they also tend to get noisy with wear as the miles rack up. When mine need replacing, they won't be replaced with Bridgestones!

[Mr Savage]

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...

They are plain ridiculously bad in the GTI. I have to feather the pedal and change very early from 1st to 2nd, then the traction control goes mental at around 4k RPM in second and eventually gets grip when moving into 3rd though still not fantastic and then seems to find it's feet again.

I turned traction control off the other day thinking it might help but it made the car seem dangerous. Throttling it on the roundabout is a big no no as the car's back end starts to kick out with these tyres on (which Tiff Needle was complaining couldn't happen on the GTI, he obviously never had the Bridgestone's fitted)

To be honest it seems a waste to just throw these tyres out and replace them when they have shed loads of tread so I think I'll wait until atleast summer before throwing on some Goodyear Eagle F1's Assymetric 2. Had them on the car before and they are superb. Not sure why everyone's raving about the Michellin's. Might give them a try.