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Offline rich200ps

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Best Tyres for all year round use?
« on: January 11, 2009, 04:41:17 pm »
Hi there all, im new to this forum. I have a Tornado 07 plate which is standard at the mo. I would be grateful to receive advice about which tyres give the ultimate grip during the dry months, but also have decent grip during the frosty, snowy winter months!!! Cheers for any advice!!
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Re: Best Tyres for all year round use?
« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2009, 05:11:49 pm »
I'm a massive fan of Goodyear f1 asymetricals.  They are superb in the dry, stunning in the wet, fine in frosty conditions but not so great in the snow.  I think the combination of wide tyres, an over active traction control system on a small car mean the gti is never going to be great in the snow.  They tend to be the most recommended tyre out there for the gti and have won many of the recent tyre tests.
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Re: Best Tyres for all year round use?
« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2009, 05:22:19 pm »
Thanks for that Winyra!!! Ill see what else is mentioned by any other kind contributors!!! Its nice to be among like minded fanatics!!!
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Re: Best Tyres for all year round use?
« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2009, 05:25:30 pm »
i have Goodyear asymetrics too and like them  :happy2:
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Re: Best Tyres for all year round use?
« Reply #4 on: January 11, 2009, 05:42:26 pm »
Goodyear Assymetrics or Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 (NOT the exaltos!)
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Re: Best Tyres for all year round use?
« Reply #5 on: January 11, 2009, 07:04:05 pm »
Quote from: john_o on January 11, 2009, 05:42:26 pm
Goodyear Assymetrics or Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 (NOT the exaltos!)
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I think the Michelin's will last longer too  :happy2:
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Re: Best Tyres for all year round use?
« Reply #6 on: January 11, 2009, 07:49:50 pm »
at the risk of sounding an idiot- thoughts on toyo proxes? I run these, IMO grip is good in dry weather    :rolleye:
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Re: Best Tyres for all year round use?
« Reply #7 on: January 11, 2009, 08:04:24 pm »
Was on Michelin Exaltos which lasted 20,000 miles on the front, but I am very happy with the Vredestein Sessantas and they are a massive improvement over the Exaltos overall.

Plus, they were only £85 each! I  would definitely recommend them!  :smiley:
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Re: Best Tyres for all year round use?
« Reply #8 on: January 11, 2009, 08:10:19 pm »
Quote from: vwrascal on January 11, 2009, 07:49:50 pm
at the risk of sounding an idiot- thoughts on toyo proxes? I run these, IMO grip is good in dry weather    :rolleye:
great grip but are a softer compound and dont last too long if your a regular right footer.
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Re: Best Tyres for all year round use?
« Reply #9 on: January 11, 2009, 08:50:49 pm »
I was offered a good deal on some Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta's when I bought the Pro race alloys and thought I'd take a punt at them. I was very pleasantly surprised at the amount of extra grip I had in both the wet and the dry over the Conti 2's and 3's I had before. They also faired very well in a survey last year against some of the bigger named tyres. I can't say what the wear is like at the moment as I've only had them for 700miles, but the tyre shop I bought them from rate them highly and said that they would likely last longer than my Conti's but not quite as long as Goodyears. However, for the price I got them for I couldn't refuse at the time. :happy2:
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Re: Best Tyres for all year round use?
« Reply #10 on: January 11, 2009, 08:55:00 pm »
It's the Michelin Pilot Sport PS2's for me  :happy2:
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Re: Best Tyres for all year round use?
« Reply #11 on: January 11, 2009, 10:15:44 pm »
Goodyear f1's for me  :wink: :wink:
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Re: Best Tyres for all year round use?
« Reply #12 on: January 11, 2009, 10:19:20 pm »
good year f1 asymmetric for me...excellent tyre in all weathers except snow but any wide tyre in the snow is rubbish
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Re: Best Tyres for all year round use?
« Reply #13 on: January 11, 2009, 10:33:28 pm »
how are the assymetric ones for tyre life? i managed to scrub some GSDs 8k miles and ive not done the good year thing since.
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Re: Best Tyres for all year round use?
« Reply #14 on: January 11, 2009, 10:56:49 pm »
not done many miles on them but i they are wearing very good at the mo
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