Bridgestones, whats the problem?

[david25]

I take it that's a fleet vehicle.... and you didn't have a choice?

Private, had four new tyres fitted, then a sudden puncture far from home.

[Sootchucker]

Slightly OT, but I had a quick look over at Black Circles, and whilst I've never had a car with PS4's on them (and I'm no tyre expert), people here seem to rave about them, and yet on the landing page for my car tyre size (225/35 R19 Y (88)), it shows the PS4 as 

Fuel Economy E
Wet Weather A 
Noise levels 71db

These are £173.50 (before any discount)

Right next to it however was the Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 3 and their data was:

Fuel Economy C
Wet Weather A
Noise levels 68db

These are £140.50 (before any discount.)

Doens't that mean the Goodyear's are better, and yet I never hear anyone raving about them ? Just a thought.

[fredgroves]

Go on Sooty, give the same data for the OEM BS's....

[Sootchucker]

Well, I don't think any of the Golf's with 19" alloys ever came with Bridgestones, but in any case just for you Fred 

Bridgestone Potenza S001 (225/35 R19 Y 88)

Fuel Economy E
Wet Weather B
Noise levels 72db

[monkeyhanger]

Sootchucker:

My R on 19" Prets came on Bridgestones, and I changed them out for Michelin PSS at about 6000 miles, when they slid a little going around a big roundabout quite slowly on an unusually warm winter's day (11C ambient, slughtly damp). 19" Bridgestones are RE050 rather than S001, and they're poor. If anyone wants to buy my Bridgestones, they've been up in the loft area of our garage.

PSS transformed the car (and my confidence in it when pressing on).

Saw PS4 in Costco recently and they're marginally more expensive than PSS there. I saw C for fuel economy advertised on the PS4 (E for PSS).

[O2Doc]

Sootchucker:

My R on 19" Prets came on Bridgestones, and I changed them out for Michelin PSS at about 6000 miles, when they slid a little going around a big roundabout quite slowly on an unusually warm winter's day (11C ambient, slughtly damp). 19" Bridgestones are RE050 rather than S001, and they're poor. If anyone wants to buy my Bridgestones, they've been up in the loft area of our garage.

PSS transformed the car (and my confidence in it when pressing on).

Saw PS4 in Costco recently and they're marginally more expensive than PSS there. I saw C for fuel economy advertised on the PS4 (E for PSS).

The direct replacement for the PSS are the PS4S (which are miles better than the PSS in the cold/wet weather and almost 99.9% as good on a summer's day on the track!).

If your replacing the PSS the PS4 will disappoint (as it isn't really their flagship sports tyre) you need the PS4S!

[fredgroves]

I did have Eagle F1 asymmetrics on my last GTD.

Definitely better than the OEM BS's, not as good as the PS3's.

Cheaper than the PS3's/SC5's but wore about the same rate on the fronts as the PS3's did.

If you wanted better than the BS's (which are expensive anyway) but not go as far as PS4's, I'd say the F1 was a good middle choice actually.

That's based on driving experience, not manufacturers labels.

[O2Doc]

Just ordered a set of PS4 all round...for £335 it was too good a deal!

Now the Bridgestones (171 miles from new) are going on ebay!

[random_nickname]

Bridgestones, whats the problem?

They're sh!t.....next?

[greencode]

Ordered! Getting fitted on Tuesday