Monza wheels - tyres with rim protection?

[Shrodinger's Cat]

I have Bridgestone Potenza RE040s all round on my 18s and they have protection built in.  They are sh@g all use in the wet though!   

I just don't get why peeps like rice . . . I mean Bridgestones - they are $h!te in the wet in F1, cr@p in MotoGP . . . 

OK, maybe fit rice tyres on a rice burner, if you are that way inclined - but on quality German engineering . . . Nooooooooooo! 

Erm, because that's what came as standard fit, when I bought it, and I thought it a bit churlish to suggest that the dealer replace all 4 tyres 

Yes, yes - I realised that.  Sorry, I sould have made my post a little clearer  .

Did you ever road test a GTI with different boots, and if so did you notice any difference with the handling? 

No probs 

And the tyres are Potenza PE050A, not PE040. 

Strewth, they are the very latest offerings, and they're still pants eh!

You might get better grip wrapping you Monzas in raw fish       

   Yeah, actually looking forward to having to replace the tyres, which is an odd sensation really!   

Haven't tested a GTI with other tyres, and to be fair to the rice, I've not really had a chance to test them in the dry.   The roads at the moment are either p!sh wet or covered in salt, grease, sh!t and/or molasses.   

[Phantom]

I have said it before and I will say it again - RE040's are utterly crap in the wet.

How do I know?? They were fitted to my RX-8. Great tyre in the dry, but as soon as the road had the slightest dampness, the rears would just spin.

Had Conti's on the wifes Mondeo ST, which lasted 11k miles before being bald. Replaced those for Goodyear Eagle F1's and there was a noticeable dry and wet weather improvement. I have Conti's on the GTI, but when it comes time to replace (probably not long!!) I will likely look for the Eagle F1 again.

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[Teutonic_Tamer]

  Yeah, actually looking forward to having to replace the tyres, which is an odd sensation really!   

Same here, next month hopefully to banish the awful Dunlops! 

Haven't tested a GTI with other tyres, and to be fair to the rice, I've not really had a chance to test them in the dry.   The roads at the moment are either p!sh wet or covered in salt, grease, sh!t and/or molasses.   

     molasses     

[Teutonic_Tamer]

I have said it before and I will say it again - RE040's are utterly crap in the wet.

I thought we had already established the level of $h!teness from the Bridgestone rice! 

Had Conti's on the wifes Mondeo ST, which lasted 11k miles before being bald. Replaced those for Goodyear Eagle F1's and there was a noticeable dry and wet weather improvement. I have Conti's on the GTI, but when it comes time to replace (probably not long!!) I will likely look for the Eagle F1 again.

But why stick with old-skool directional tyres?  Unless you drive in straight line everywhere, directionals are fairly obsolete in their design - not coping well with aquaplaning, performing less than perfect in hard cornering.

Go on - you know you wanna try the Mich Pilot Sport PS2   

[Shrodinger's Cat]

     molasses     

Yeah.  They are using that on the roads in Scotland as apparently it sticks to the road better than ordinary grit/salt. 

I sh!t you not.   

[Creepy Coupe]

     molasses     

Yeah.  They are using that on the roads in Scotland as apparently it sticks to the road better than ordinary grit/salt. 

I sh!t you not.   

And it's supposed too be non corrosive. "which is nice"

[Teutonic_Tamer]

     molasses     

Yeah.  They are using that on the roads in Scotland as apparently it sticks to the road better than ordinary grit/salt. 

I sh!t you not.   

Ahh - just another one of the reasons why the Romans built the wall - eh!!!           

Seriously, how long have they been doing that??  And do you get a flock of sheep around your motor licking it off everytime you park it somewhere rural?? 

[Shrodinger's Cat]

     molasses     

Yeah.  They are using that on the roads in Scotland as apparently it sticks to the road better than ordinary grit/salt. 

I sh!t you not.   

Ahh - just another one of the reasons why the Romans built the wall - eh!!!           

Seriously, how long have they been doing that??  And do you get a flock of sheep around your motor licking it off everytime you park it somewhere rural?? 

Closer to the truth than you might think.  There have been problems with sweet-toothed sheep wandering on the roads lapping up a free dessert.   

[Teutonic_Tamer]

     molasses     

Yeah.  They are using that on the roads in Scotland as apparently it sticks to the road better than ordinary grit/salt. 

I sh!t you not.   

Ahh - just another one of the reasons why the Romans built the wall - eh!!!           

Seriously, how long have they been doing that??  And do you get a flock of sheep around your motor licking it off everytime you park it somewhere rural?? 

Closer to the truth than you might think.  There have been problems with sweet-toothed sheep wandering on the roads lapping up a free dessert.   

I've got a couple of pics of mountain goats hoarding round my S4 licking the salt from it whilst parked at a viewpoint in the French Gorges du Tarn!

How do you add pics in this forum??

[Shrodinger's Cat]

I have said it before and I will say it again - RE040's are utterly crap in the wet.

I thought we had already established the level of $h!teness from the Bridgestone rice! 

Had Conti's on the wifes Mondeo ST, which lasted 11k miles before being bald. Replaced those for Goodyear Eagle F1's and there was a noticeable dry and wet weather improvement. I have Conti's on the GTI, but when it comes time to replace (probably not long!!) I will likely look for the Eagle F1 again.

But why stick with old-skool directional tyres?  Unless you drive in straight line everywhere, directionals are fairly obsolete in their design - not coping well with aquaplaning, performing less than perfect in hard cornering.

Go on - you know you wanna try the Mich Pilot Sport PS2   

T_T - acting on your previous advice I've splashed out almost 300 notes on 2 x Michelin PS2s.  Getting them fitted this weekend.  No doubt they'll be better than the Bridgestones (let's face it, they'd have to be).  Couple of tanks of 95 RON and I'll recoup the extra cost.   

I'll give my thoughts once I've run them in.