Best Tyres?

[jte]

Update on the Goodyear F1 D3's:

Got caught out on the M11 today in one mother of a rainstorm - the F1's were great coping with the 'rivers' that were running across the motorway.  No aquaplanning whatsoever - I could feel the tyres cutting through all the water, in conditions where a lesser tyre would have let go.

Glad to have the best tyres on the front  

BTW - they cost ?55 per tyre inc fitting and balencing from Fast Fit (for 195/50/15 V-rated).

Cheers,

Dobbs.

I had Eagle F1 D2s on my 16v, thought they were great, but goodyear have let everybody down by not making D3s in 205/50/15 size.  The big losers.

[Len]

Toyo prox's for me too. Got em on me other car and they are great, best tyre i have known.

Also agree about sh!t tyres got cheapo marshalls on the Golf atm and not bad in dry but really skittish in the wet. (besides the power steering problem)
Hence why i wanna change them.
So it will be a set of prox's all round for me.

[Dobbs333]

I had Eagle F1 D2s on my 16v, thought they were great, but goodyear have let everybody down by not making D3s in 205/50/15 size.  The big losers.

Bummer - however, according to mytyres.co.uk you will be able to get the D2's from the 2-8-04.  The D2's look like the D3's, but with extra groves towards the outside of the tyre:

http://www.sicherbestellen.de/cgi-bin/reifenbestellen.pl?typ=D39028&dsco=10

They are a bit more expensive than the D3's, but still a damm-sexy looking tyre (if there is such a thing  ) and they seem to get a higher rating than the Toyo Proxy's...

Mind you, the Toyo's are almost ?30 cheaper and almost as good-looking  

Cheers,

Dobbs.

[jte]

D3s replaced D2s which have been available for ages.  I bought the D2s for my gti from mytt
yres for ?62 each about 4 months ago  seems they've put prices up on them now.

I think due to the number of good reviews on here, i might try Toyos on my VR6 to replace the dreadfull in all conditions GT Champiros that some tight fisted loser put on before i bought it.  Still at least they are wearing away at a phenomenal rate!

[golfvr6]

Does your VR6 eat front tyres as quick as mine?  

[jte]

I've had it for 2 1/2 months and it's doing a sterling job of stripping tread from the cheap front tyres!

So i think it probably does!

[golfvr6]

I think front tyres will last 18 months, thats if you are really lucky  

[jte]

Yeah, i was hoping that better quality tyres would last about that long, although i didn't buy a VR6 to make tyres last a long time!

If the new fronts that will replace these truly shocking GTs last over a year i'll be quite satisfied.

[ijaure]

im looking for nice tyre model 205/55/16 v for my G IV 150.

Right now I have P-6000 in the front ones and Michelin ZX pilot sport (i think) in the rear ones.
they work very well, but i dont know who is responsible, the front or the rear ones?.

a lot of people reccomend Eagle F1, but i dont want to change tyres again in 30.000km!

P 6000
Dunlop sp 600
Goodyear NCT5
GY  Eagle F1
Bridgestone r30
Michelin ¿?

any suggestions

[carl]

got 205 40 17 falken tyres all round on my mk3 gti ,at 55 quid each fitted they are pretty good for price ,
but on my old mk2 gti i had toyo proxes and they were the best tyres ive ever had ,such good grip it was like driveing a gocart  and i will be putting them on my mk3 next defo.