Bridgestone Tyres

[adekil]

Now the snow is here and with the Bridgestones still on, my TDI now stands for 'Torvill & Dean Ice-skating' 

[mikeok]

Had capstone on a BMW 335i and god were they dangerous.  Run flats made it even worse. Str8  in the bin and pilot super sports were put on...totally different car.

[Gingernick]

well it looks like my fronts (bridgestones) wont make it to 10k (entirely my fault, I love driving my car!)

I always like the contis when I had my vrs, so may just go with them next.

[monkeyhanger]

Now the snow is here and with the Bridgestones still on, my TDI now stands for 'Torvill & Dean Ice-skating' 

They should call those tyres "Tombstones". 

[Mr Savage]

well it looks like my fronts (bridgestones) wont make it to 10k (entirely my fault, I love driving my car!)

I always like the contis when I had my vrs, so may just go with them next.

How have you managed to burn through them in 10k? I don't exactly drive slow and they're still lasting up to 14k.

[fredgroves]

I don't hang around, but my Tombstone fronts lasted almost 16k... even when I was working hard to shred them and make work buy me something else.

I supposed if you turned off traction control and launched from every traffic light in a cloud of smoke.... I didn't get quite that mental with them...

[Brenbo]

I have to say on my previous car, a Civic Type R (with LSD) i managed to wear through a pair of Bridgestones in around 7K+ miles.  I wasn't even going too mental with them. 

However I never had any problem in regards to tramping on my last 4x Civic Type-R's.  But I am now experiencing tramping on the GTI with the same make and model of tyre after 4.5K miles of wear.  It must obviously be the torque.  As the Civics are known for low torque.

I think I may negotiate better tyres on the next new VW I buy.  Can you imagine if they decided to put the Bridgestones on the R400.  If you are tempted to buy an R400 and they put Bridgestone tyres on it, You may as well write your last will and testament right now! 

[monkeyhanger]

I have to say on my previous car, a Civic Type R (with LSD) i managed to wear through a pair of Bridgestones in around 7K+ miles.  I wasn't even going too mental with them. 

However I never had any problem in regards to tramping on my last 4x Civic Type-R's.  But I am now experiencing tramping on the GTI with the same make and model of tyre after 4.5K miles of wear.  It must obviously be the torque.  As the Civics are known for low torque.

I think I may negotiate better tyres on the next new VW I buy.  Can you imagine if they decided to put the Bridgestones on the R400.  If you are tempted to buy an R400 and they put Bridgestone tyres on it, You may as well write your last will and testament right now! 

The Civic R-type comes quite low in the Torque stakes, hence the need to rev the nuts off it to get it to perform. Negotiate better tyres on your next VW? Tried that, got me nowhere. Wrote to VW UK after writing to VW Germany and got short shrift. Unless the dealership is prepared to dig into their own pocket to pay for tyre replacements then you'll be out of luck - you'll just get what you're given. I swapped my Bridgestones around so a full set would last 19k miles 'til the R comes.If the fronts had been left on the front i'd have gone through them in 13k miles.

[am1w]

I was re-reading the 26th Nov '14 review in Autocar of the Audi TT 2.0TFSi S-line . It was shod with Hankook Ventus S1Evo2 245/35 ZR19 tyres. I wondered if they were any good.

Hankook came 3rd after the Conti 5P and the Michelin Pilot Super Sport. Bridgestone S001 5th out of 7.
http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Article/2014-Auto-Review-Max-Performance-Tyre-Test.htm

Hankook came 8th out of 10 in the Evo test. Conti 5 came first. Bridgestone S001 came last.
http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Article/2014-EVO-Max-Performance-Summer-Tyre-Test.htm

All Summer Tyre tests:
http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre-Tests/#summer

[Gingernick]

well it looks like my fronts (bridgestones) wont make it to 10k (entirely my fault, I love driving my car!)

I always like the contis when I had my vrs, so may just go with them next.

How have you managed to burn through them in 10k? I don't exactly drive slow and they're still lasting up to 14k.

I blame my trips to oban/glencoe....and the summer nights in weardale and teesdale