Goodyear Assy 2's or Micelin PS3's?

[RussZS]

My car (315hp Edition 30) currently has 2 FK542 Falken's in the front (pretty new) and the original Sport Contact 2's on the back, one of which has a slow puncture.

I want four new tyres, to compliment the Bilstein B8's and WL ARB, I'm adding to my Eibach Sportlines soon, but which are best on an Edition 30 please?

I had PS3's all round on my R26 Megane, and they were superb and seemed to wear well, but the Assymetric 2's are getting some superb reviews at the moment!

Anyone tried them both?

Thanks,
Russ.

[essoman]

Had goodyears for 1000 miles now and would say they are as good as all the reviews.Paid around £100 each from camskil.

[PDT]

I had the assym2 goodyears and hated them. Linear grip was good but lateral grip was awful with no warning of breakaway. Ditched them immediately for some Michelin ps3's and the difference was huge. I also have conti sport3 on at present which are a great tyre.

[rich83]

Thats interesting PDT. Lateral grip on my F1 v1 seems very good :-/

[Andy]

ps3 for me

[RussZS]

Tbh, I had PS3 on my Megane and they were superb, so I'll probably go for them.

Best price so far is £560 fitted, anyone know of any better please?

[liver]

ps3's all the way

best place i got them was at costco around a similar price to yours

[seiko]

ps3's , recently had them fited al round for £500 on my gti, and wil be using the sme on my edition 30 when i pick it up.

[SimonBash]

Very happy with the Pirelli P Zero Nero's on mine.

[tony_danza]

I've got Asym 2s on at the moment, they've done 3000 miles, 2 trackdays (Rockingham and Spa), a few laps of the Ring & a 20 minute session on the Ring F1 track (horrible surface).

I have nothing bad to say about them, oodles of grip, progressive and wearing very well so far. I can't say if they're better or worse than PS3s though.

[winrya]

Think I'm going to try Goodyear Assy 2's next.  I found the originals better than PS2's and PS2's are a fair bit better than PS3's so a no brainer for me.

I'd love to try the PS2 replacements though the supersports.  Not in our fitment size yet and very expensive but reviews are stunning !

[rich83]

Me too.. ordering some F1 v2 asap!   

[Redev]

I find the praise about the PS3 really baffling.

I've been using PS3's all round (225 40 18) for the last year and I find them awful understeering and twitchy in the wet to the point I'm considering changing the car for something that handles better. I'm not even talking about pushing hard to get it to understeer, cars been checked by two VW specialists, never been accident damaged etc.

I've tried different tyre pressures, checked alignment and even had Eibach springs fitted to no avail. It's either I throw money at ARB's etc  and hope it improves or cut my losses and move on although I love the car/spec.

I had Goodyears on my last car and found them superb both the original Eagle f1's and the Asymmetrics very confidence inspiring in the wet, obviously different tyres suit different cars..

In the current state I'm not looking forward to wet winter roads and at £500 a set good tyres aren't cheap!

[Tfsi_Mike]

Mid summer most look for a set of winter tyres for a few reasons.

Safety, they grip better at lower temps.  They drive well on snow .

Economy, keeps the miles off your premium summer tyres and come feb can be put away for next winter.
Summer tyres will spin more in cold/icy conditions and so wear faster

I have the F1 assy on the Leon Cupra and thought they were very good.  Not sure what's going on her this summer as the Falkens were a stop gap and garbage for fast road.

[Redev]

My issue was the understeer in good conditions especially summer!! That's doesn't bode well for winter! And I don't drive like a boy racer either! I'd love to be able to afford a winter set but at the moment that's not possible. How do you find the handling on the Cupra?