new boots time - Goodyear Eagle Asymmetric vs Mich Pilot Sport PS2s

[SteveS]

Am  i right in reading that the newer asym should be on all 4 wheels and not mixed (front/rear) because this is causing the snatching issue? so its 4 or nothing...? and if you get all 4, then they are fantastic??

....Currently Goodyear are only saying 'all-4' on AWD vehicles. It's only because of people like us who have given them feedback that they are aware of snatching issues on an 'axled-mix' on FWD.

Later next week I'll be driving my car at Bruntingthorpe with VW Racing and will take the opportunity to pick their brains on the subject. Mine (Assyms on rear axle only) have settled at the moment - After about 800 miles.

Work?? - I don't have time to work!!

by 'axled-mix' do you mean two different tyres on the same axle,, i.e the front? if so, why has anyone mixed tyres on the same axle??

would it be ok to run them on just the fronts and others on the rear?

[Pencruz]

....So you stuck it out for 6,000 miles!? shocked I think Goodyear would have got sick of my calls and communications well before then.

I have just put up with it I guess - too complacent?

I do the same commute each day which includes a fair bit of motorway miles and this issue only affected a small percentage of the journey.

Swapping them around has been great and I wish I had done this ages ago.

Pencruz

[RedRobin]

....Sorry, by "axled-mix" I mean exactly the same tyres and tread patterns on the same axle - The golden rule in the tyre industry.

To try to give a simple overview: Some people who've had new Assyms on the rear axle and older Directionals on the front axle have experienced 'snatching' in the first 500 miles or so. In some cases swopping them so the new Assyms are on the front only, has solved 'snatching'. This applies to FWD cars only.

Goodyear currently recommend that AWD/4WD vehicles have all 4 tyres the same and not a mixture with Directionals.

[WhiteGTI]

ANOTHER little update to this situation.........

Went out for a 'spirited' drive tonight, and for the first time during ownership of the GTI, i actually struggled to get the ESP light flashing when cornering hard/accelerating hard out of a tight corner. The overall grip and cornering speed ability is unbelievably good in comparison to the Pilot Exaltoes that were OEM.

Verdict: Goodyear Assy's take a f*cking long time to wear in (which can be argued as dangerous), but once they are worn in they are simply stunning. 

[No Golf Clubs at all]

I think mine improved markedly after 500 miles. That said, they were brilliant from day one too. 

[evad]

Running Assymetrics now on my S4, still bedding them in but in all very impressed with them (Contis were on before), but as TT said at the start they really seem to suit the heavier car.