New tyres

[chip20]

I am sure this as been covered many times before but I am in need of some new tyres.What are the best to buy?
I have goodyear f1 asymmetric at the min but haven't been impressed with them.I don't do track days just normal
driving.
cheers

[Matto]

I think either the ones you already have or Michelin Pilot Sports seem to be the 2 choices people go for on here from reading previous threads.

I am due some due tyres and think I'm going to take a punt with some Hankook Ventus V12's. VRSAlex on here has them on his Octavia and likes them and it was him and why he has done to his car that swayed me.

[Andy]

all depends on what you want to spend,the michelins are a excellent tyre as well as the conti 5.A mid range tyre the hankook are good

[chip20]

I really don't want to spend any money at all but can't cope with tyre noise anymore.Sounds like the wheels bearings are going to fall out!
Not having the goodyears again.The inner tyre wall split on the front tyres after about 7000 miles!

[Andy]

I really don't want to spend any money at all but can't cope with tyre noise anymore.Sounds like the wheels bearings are going to fall out!
Not having the goodyears again.The inner tyre wall split on the front tyres after about 7000 miles!

seen a few of the good year fi do this as well as the dunlops

[Black9]

I have PS3s. Grip well in the dry and wet is decent too. Wear rate is very quick tho

[pitsirikas]

Pirelli P Zero...!!!

Expensive but.......

[Sug]

I use the same as above they seem really good in all weathers, I am going to try some michelin ps3 on the fronts soon though just so I can compare the two. I wouldnt reccomend falkens though as they seemed noisey and lacked grip 

[scopes]

Toyo T1R seem to be a good grippy tyre, dry & wet... Quiet too! 

[Andy_Ed30]

Toyo T1R seem to be a good grippy tyre, dry & wet... Quiet too! 

X2 

[gigolo456]

I second that comment bout PS3's wearing quickly, well the front two anyway! I had all 4 April last yr, and last mth the front 2 were down to 2mm, shocking, only done bout 8k miles! That said, had remap since then, some spirited driving during, lol!

[Nodz]

I had ps3's put on April last year also and have done over 10k on them and the fronts were on 4mm and rear on 7mm April this year.. Had to change the fronts as got an unrepairable puncture so put rears on front and new ones on the rear and I can't fault them

[GrayMK5GTI]

A vote for the Goodyear Assy 2's here 

Fantastic grip in the wet and dry, never known a tyre to be as grippy (and I've tried several on various hot hatches).

The fact they won Autoexpress tyre test at least once shows how good they are 

Gray

[Panthera]

I am currently running Dunlop Sport Maxx and they are okay and a overall tyre.  On my previous two cars (S60R) I ran Pirelli PZero Rossos and I absolutely loved them as they had lots of grip, wet and dry. As soon as they got just under half tread depth left they did start to loose some traction in the wet, but in the R which was AWD and weighed about 2 tons, no problem :)   I did run Vredresteins Ultrac Sessanta on the R and people seem to rant and rave about them on car forums. Personally I think they are the biggest pile of dirt you could put on your car. They squeal when pushed then let go when you least expect it. No wet grip. Wast of money. It all comes down to how you drive, how much you want to spend and the car they are going on.  Just one thing, buy the best you can afford!

I still have quite a lot of life left in my DSM, so when I come to change I might either try GoodYear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2 or Conti's Sportconatct 3 or 5.  

This is a good website to gain some info on tyres:  http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/  and the 'Grid' http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Grid/

[GrayMK5GTI]

^^ @ Panthera

Do you find the SportMaxx's rumble like a steam roller?? 

I had them on the front before and they were so noisy. Good straight line grip in the dry, but utterly hopeless in the wet (at least compared to the GY's)