Tyre survey - which tyres do you rate and hate

[obi_waynne]

Of the tyres you have owned what is your verdict of them. We have to bear in mind that this is purely subjective and different size tyres will potentially be totally different.

Rate the tyres on these 4 areas - be honest and subjective.

1) Tyre wear and life
2) Grip in the wet
3) Grip in the dry
4) Cornering feel and general drive/ride quality?

Pirelli P6000
1) Wear was pretty good
2) Not impressed at all, in mud they got caked up and were useless.
3) Ok I suppose but nothing to write home about.
4) Not impressed in the slightest by them glad to see them go.

Goodyear Eagle F1 (Directional)
1) Wear was appaling - 6-9 months tops
2) Superb wet grip
3) Superb Dry grip
4) Lovely cornering feel and ride quality. Best performance tyre I have used.

Dunlop SP Sports
1) Good wear, typically 2 years and longer on the rear.
2) Very good wet grip
3) Very good dry grip and braking was pretty sharp
4) I felt very safe with these tyres, as they wore I suffered a lot from Oversteer on lift off but they were a good buy.

Dunlop SP Sport Maxx (Directional)
1) Wear (too early to tell)
2) Very good wet grip
3) Superb dry grip
4) Very good ride quality, very impressed by these especially for the price.

 

[turbonutter69]

Michellin Primacy.
1) Not 100% yet as only covered 8000miles. But tread seems fine no signs of excessive wear.
2) Huge amounts of grip in the wet.
3) Unbeleivable amounts of grip in the dry.
4) Amazing in the bends and good for emergency stops. Quite noisy on the roads though.
All in all they are a great tyre.

 

[pgarner]

Bridgestone re040

1) somewhere around 12k on one pair and sitting around 17k on the other pair. tyres were rotated every 3k until one set became low these were changed to falken 452. the other 2 are still going strong.
2) very grippy in the wet
3) again grippy in the dry, didnt lock up/ abs activation at all. finding the falkens do now and again on hard braking
4) good alround tyre think it was £112 a corner for 225/40/17

 

[thexav]

1) Michelin Pilot Sports - done about 9000 miles and plenty of tread left.
2) Brilliant in the wet.
3) Brilliant in the dry and loads of grip.
4) Bit pricey but I really do recommend them.

 

[HDi fun]

Bridgestone Potenza RE-72o:-
No longer available
Soft compound - don't last very long
Directional pattern so be careful how you mount 'em
Bit Noisy



Continental Premium Contact 2:-
Good wear rate for a performance tyre
Quiet
Assymetic pattern but not directional
Can be expensive


Goodyear Ventura:-
Stunning wet grip - braking and cornering
Dry grip also excellent
No longer available
Quiet
Directional pettern
Wear rate very good for performance


Micehlin Energy E3B:-
Smaller size tyre for the Ibiza 1.9
Very grippy on dry road
Wet grip also very for a long life tyre


Dunlop SP200E:-
Fast wear
Noisy
grippy
Cheap


Viking Protech II-
Cheap for a performance tyre
Wear fast
Grip not stunning wet or dry
Road damage guarantee makes them attractive as a purchase



Bridgestone ER30:-
A courtesy Micra 1.5 dCi had these fitted and the braking and cornering grip was phenomenal - possibly down to Nissan's superb chassis and suspension even on such a modest car
Can't comment on life - I only had the car for a week.
Quiet ride



Firestone TZ-200:-
Good wear
Surprisingly good grip given the amount of squealing protest they put up in the dry

 

[aston]

Vredestein Sportrac every time for me. Won the auto express tyre guide for years on the trot. I just checked thier site and there is a new winner the Goodyear Hydragrip!
check the results here; www.autoexpress.co.uk/products/total_tyre_guide/213177/tyre_test.html

Thier product tests and yearly honours are usually great, check them out www.autoexpress.co.uk/products/product_honours_2007/archive/