Quote from: monkeyhanger on 22 June 2015, 21:48I experienced a little slide around a wet dry corner today on the Bridgestone RE050 Shod R. It wasn't a quick corner, going around a tightish bend at around 25mph on the industrial estate by my new place of work - it was like tentatively walking bare footed on a wet glass floor when it started to go, I was shocked at how little speed it took. The Haldex 4WD can take care of the traction, but can't help general grip.For a top tier brand of tyre i've never had any other tyre come close to Bridgestone's lack of grip - Dunlop SP01, Pirelli P7, Conti 3, Michelin PS3 have all been miles ahead in comparison. You can be sure VW/Audi don't have Bridgestones on when they conduct their economy and performance tests to determine their official figures. Fair dos on a 1.2TSI or 1.6TDI Golf SE, but when you're paying upwards of £25k for a car, you expect some rubber that will not hinder the car's potential performance, even if it ended up costing an extra tenner a corner.I agree they are pants. Really shocked me the way they lost grip on a dry roundabout (Park Royal, North Circular). Rear tyres lost grip and I was not going that fast, though faster than usual..Will have to sort this out in a month or so when I am back in London. Am in Athens for a month+ enjoying my home, the sun and excellent food.
I experienced a little slide around a wet dry corner today on the Bridgestone RE050 Shod R. It wasn't a quick corner, going around a tightish bend at around 25mph on the industrial estate by my new place of work - it was like tentatively walking bare footed on a wet glass floor when it started to go, I was shocked at how little speed it took. The Haldex 4WD can take care of the traction, but can't help general grip.For a top tier brand of tyre i've never had any other tyre come close to Bridgestone's lack of grip - Dunlop SP01, Pirelli P7, Conti 3, Michelin PS3 have all been miles ahead in comparison. You can be sure VW/Audi don't have Bridgestones on when they conduct their economy and performance tests to determine their official figures. Fair dos on a 1.2TSI or 1.6TDI Golf SE, but when you're paying upwards of £25k for a car, you expect some rubber that will not hinder the car's potential performance, even if it ended up costing an extra tenner a corner.
Rebecca. Hello from sunny Athens. I posted this today on the R Forum which you might find useful:
If I were to buy a replacement set, i'd be getting Michelin PSS - You can get them from Costco £149 a corner fully fitted, if they had one of their £100 voucher deals on right now i'd almost certainly be buying a set. It is shameful that VW fit these on anything with more than 120ps and 200Nm. Makes me wonder how poor they're going to be in the winter. As most of my miles are plodding along on my commute right now rather than fun miles while the car is running in (still keeping an eye out for something else on the job-front) and the weather is warm, i'm not in a huge rush to change them.
Quote from: am1w on 23 June 2015, 15:35Rebecca. Hello from sunny Athens. I posted this today on the R Forum which you might find useful:Thank you.
Quote from: Booth11 on 23 June 2015, 18:31Quote from: am1w on 23 June 2015, 15:35Rebecca. Hello from sunny Athens. I posted this today on the R Forum which you might find useful:Thank you.My pleasure.In summary:For Golf 7GTI with 18" wheels it is Conti 5P (came first), Pirelli (came second), Michelin PSS ?? (not reviewed in 18").For Golf 7R with 19" wheels it is Pirelli (first), Conti 5P (second but noisy), Hankook (very close third with 0.1 point difference for wet and dry grip, very quiet), Michelin PSS ?? (reviewed on M4 with mixed 19" tyres, came second after the Hankook).Hankook are the quietist tyres from the above list. Conti tyres are the nosiest.Now all we need is a few buying Conti 5Ps, Pirellis, Michelins and Hankooks and reporting back.Anything is better than the Bridgestones.
