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Offline nelsoni

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Re: What Tyres do you have ?
« Reply #10 on: 28 November 2005, 21:49 »
My GTi is has just turned a month old - nearly 3000 miles on the clock too! Fitted with Dunlops.

I use the beast as a bus for work (hence the miles) and I'm starting to think about what tyres to replace the Dunlops with, any reccomendations? 

The dunlops are OK in the dry, and dissapate water quite well but thier handing in the wet is a little loose.  IN fact I had a good sideways moment up a back road not so long ago in the wet - lucky there was 200 horses under the bonnet to pull it back into shape!

I want a good all round tyre - something good for the miles and not a "Fasion Accessory" rip off.  Had Yokohamas in the past and these have been good.  Anyone got any opinions???

Nels:o)n
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Offline Ali-Jay

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Re: What Tyres do you have ?
« Reply #11 on: 28 November 2005, 22:58 »
Quote from: nelsoni on 28 November 2005, 21:49
I want a good all round tyre - something good for the miles and not a "Fasion Accessory" rip off.  Had Yokohamas in the past and these have been good.  Anyone got any opinions???

Nels:o)n


Heard lots & lots of good things about Goodyear F1's on Scooby's & the like and from first hand experience with our mkii 16v F1's are brilliant in the wet. :smiley:
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Offline The Doc

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Re: What Tyres do you have ?
« Reply #12 on: 15 December 2005, 22:34 »
Continentals on mine :laugh:
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Offline Neaty

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Re: What Tyres do you have ?
« Reply #13 on: 15 December 2005, 22:38 »
on my valver i have pirelli p600 on front and yoko something or others on the back of my vavler, no complaints

and on the rocco i dnt even know!!
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Offline nelsoni

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Re: What Tyres do you have ?
« Reply #14 on: 19 January 2006, 23:53 »
Have a look on www.mytryes.co.uk - theres a good list on there for the Golf.

Think I'm going to fit the Yokohama C2 thingys - hopefully they'll last more than the 6k the Dunlops have done!

Nels:o)n
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Offline joffangti

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Re: What Tyres do you have ?
« Reply #15 on: 25 January 2006, 02:03 »
17" Conti's on my Mk 5 :smiley:
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Re: What Tyres do you have ?
« Reply #16 on: 03 February 2006, 00:10 »
16"toyo's on mine!195-45-16 130 quid including balancing and valve suits me! :grin:
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Offline Eric Shun

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Re: What Tyres do you have ?
« Reply #17 on: 10 February 2006, 11:56 »
I got 19,000 miles out of my fronts (Contis).

It's Hitachi Capital car and so they insist on Michelins.

I'm glad to back on full rubber.

The GTI is a really handful with only 2/3 mm on the treads.

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