Bloody Conti's

[Roodosutaa]

The CSC2's are way above all of those tyres performance wise but I digress.



The tyres are low profile performance tyres, what was the profile on the other tyres that you've had? 60? 70?

How often do you check the tyre pressures, if you weren't running correct pressures (or higher) the tyre will be a lot more susceptible to damage especially from potholes.

50 profile, and a consistent 32-34psi checked every time I washed the car and topped up from the compressor in the garage if necessary. That is exactly the kind of generalisation I was referring to.

Tyres don't just fail, there's always an external influence involved (lack of tyre pressure, careless driving or potholes on roads) and blaming the tyres when clearly that's not the problem is not going to stop it from occurring again.

If you read what I said it was factual and to the point, the sidewall must have been scraped on more than one occasion for it to fail in that way.

You've done it again.

Perhaps you should learn not to take offence when being given the facts, the contis are not at fault here, they are an exceptional tyre but like all tyres subject to damage if not treated correctly.

I won't take offence at facts but I certainly do with assumptions.

[G-rig]

i had one blow crossing over a cats eye on the highway - doing bout 80km/h

that is not normal or cool

now am on the Marrangonis (spelling) good dry grip, not so in the wet (compared to the Conti's)

I find that pretty hard to believe too, as they wouldn't put Cat-eyes (RRPM's) on the road if you weren't meant to drive over them.

I won't take offence at facts but I certainly do with assumptions.

Didn't mean to assume you or your missus is a bad driver, but perhaps give VW or Continental a call and say you think it's a warranty claim or fault of the tyres... then report back ...

[philthy]

Why did you even pipe up about this Maverick?

The continentals have very soft sidewalls and are extremely easy to damage. I know this from experience of stuffing three of them from driving over potholes. I have had no such problems with my Kumhos, which perform just as well as the OEM contis IMHO.

The OP was just letting off a bit of steam, not inviting you to tell him he is stupid.

[Gti Dave]

Why did you even pipe up about this Maverick?

The continentals have very soft sidewalls and are extremely easy to damage. I know this from experience of stuffing three of them from driving over potholes. I have had no such problems with my Kumhos, which perform just as well as the OEM contis IMHO.

The OP was just letting off a bit of steam, not inviting you to tell him he is stupid.

I agree with that.

[Maverick]

Why did you even pipe up about this Maverick?

Same reason you did.

The continentals have very soft sidewalls and are extremely easy to damage. I know this from experience of stuffing three of them from driving over potholes. I have had no such problems with my Kumhos, which perform just as well as the OEM contis IMHO.

The continentals don't have very soft sidewalls and are not easy to damage. The only recent issue that came up was with a young user on the golfmkv forum who managed to bubble two csc2's in a few thousand km's, turns out the user was hitting kerbs and performing long burnouts.

There are plenty of people out there that never have a problem with the CSC2's and they are used on a wide range of cars from the factory.

And kumhos don't perform as well as the continentals and this is backed up by the tyre reviews which use controlled tests to measure the performance.

The OP was just letting off a bit of steam, not inviting you to tell him he is stupid.

I never said he was stupid but blaming a fault with the tyres when the real problem is how the tyres are treated is.

[JCM308]

It's not uncommon for most tyres to get damaged from hitting potholes. It comes down to how fast you were going, how much tyre pressure, how deep the pothole was, and a few other factors.

I had a friend that hit a pothole and not only punctured his tyre but buckled his rim (in this case sidewall strength wouldn't have meant squat).

Yes different tyres are made to different qualities (this is generally shown in their cost) but they all still have to meet specific safety standards and will generally hold up well under "normal" driving conditions.

[Chuck]

I find that very very hard to believe.

There is no way a cats eye would cause a tyre to blow, not at 80kph or 180kph.

believe it kids...why would i lie about this????

maybe that tyre was just a faulty one...it litterly detonated as i crossed a cats eye

[brad]

The continentals don't have very soft sidewalls and are not easy to damage.

How many plies are in the CSC2 sidewall & what material are they? (I did a quick search & I can't find any information).

How does this compare to the sidewall construction similar/better performing tyres like the Goodyear F1 Assymetric or the Bridgestone RE050A?

I know the RE050A has a very stiff sidewall & haven't heard any issues with sidewall damage from potholes/kerbs/etc.

[ACTGTI]

I had two conti's bubble in the sidewall. I'm sorry Maverick but these tyres are clearly softer in the sidewall - visually as well as feel driving around corners. I have one in the garage off the rim at home. From memory, they are only 1 ply but I'll check. Marangoni's are 2 ply.

At the same tyre pressure, conti's bulge out when on the car (giving the impression pressures are low, Marangoni's don't.

I've never had a tyre bubble on me. I've had a wheel buckle from a pothole yet the tyre (Pirelli) was fine.

[G-rig]

There is still no way that tread going over a cateye would cause a bubbled wall or blow out.. maybe it wasn't a cateye or he's calling something else a cateye.

[Chuck]

There is still no way that tread going over a cateye would cause a bubbled wall or blow out.. maybe it wasn't a cateye or he's calling something else a cateye.

there is the possibility that there was a nail on the cateye...il give you that much

but i drive over a cateye - if the tyre was faulty/supspect/not up to standard then driving over a bottlecap could cause it to blow out...please stop doubting what really did happen. i was there, it happened to me, i was the one changing the tyre then sourcing a replacement....search the forum, you will find the same story posted long ago and nobody had anything to say other than bad luck

[G-rig]

That is bad luck and what are the chances..
Did you find a nail in the tyre?

I don't see how a tyre could blowout from driving over a bottle cap either.. unless the tyres were well over inflated.

Amazing!

[brad]

I think the greater possibility of the "catseye blowout" was that the tyre already had some damage and the catseye was the straw that broke the camels back.
I've seen heaps of tyres that look fine on the outside but have internal damage from nails or hitting debris.

[philthy]

Same reason you did.

For your own amusement? Fair enough.

The continentals don't have very soft sidewalls and are not easy to damage.

Yes they do, and yes they are.

The only recent issue that came up was with a young user on the golfmkv forum who managed to bubble two csc2's in a few thousand km's, turns out the user was hitting kerbs and performing long burnouts.

I'm glad you've spoken to everyone who has ever owned a car with continental sport contact 2 tyres and made a log of their experiences. I bow before your omniscience.

[G-rig]

I think the greater possibility of the "catseye blowout" was that the tyre already had some damage and the catseye was the straw that broke the camels back.
I've seen heaps of tyres that look fine on the outside but have internal damage from nails or hitting debris.

Could have been the case but not the catseye's fault .

Just unfortunate..