Bloody Conti's

[brad]

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

Just unfortunate..

yep, sheize happens

[pologti18t]

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.

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32-34psi? That's (for the front) between 4-6psi UNDER pressure.

[pixl]

I've held a crosssection of a ContactSport2 in my hands. Believe me, the sidewalls are far from weak. Roughly 6mm in thickness and something like 40 different compounds of latex in that thing. I'm no tyre expert, but this thing was amazingly crafted and my experience in using them backs this up.

As Maverick said, these are OEM tyres on so many cars, it's normal to hear a few complaints about them. But given the sheer volume, I'm sure there would be even more complaints if some other brand of tyre was used.

I wouldn't dare to assume I know anything of the driving habits of someone I don't even know, Roodosutaa. Perhaps you have indeed received a faulty lot of tyres, in which case I would be calling Continental as I've had nothing but brilliant service from them. If you still weren't satisfied after speaking to them, then by all means, let rip on Continental.

I was about to do the same thing when I had issues, but after realising that the issue I had with the tyres came from improper wheel alignment from the dealer, it's hard to stay angry at Conti.

[brad]

I've held a crosssection of a ContactSport2 in my hands. Believe me, the sidewalls are far from weak. Roughly 60mm in thickness

WTF? 6mm? at most

[pixl]

WTF? 6mm? at most

Yep, 6mm. Fixed.

[Chuck]

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

Just unfortunate..

i would agree with those statements...indeed could have been the last straw for a ****ty tyre (not in general, just that one - i love the contis!)

[GoLfMan]

Im on Conti's at the moment and I cant say I find anything wrong with them...

Good grip in the wet, exceptional grip in the dry with great communication on the limit of traction!

just avoid shoving them into gutters and potholes and you'll be fine!

remember folks, you're driving a 'hot hatch' not a 4wd

[PeterHBne]

The Contis are crap - in terms of mildly hiting anything or running over anything.

They will puncture on a human hair. They will sidewall bulge on a small undulation.

I have never ever had so many problems with a tyre as the Conts in 27 years of driving. I've lost count of the punctures i've had fixed (at one stage once a week for 6 weeks) and three of them buggered with huge bulges because of minor low speed curb/pothole incursions.

[Maverick]

The Contis are crap - in terms of mildly hiting anything or running over anything.

They will puncture on a human hair. They will sidewall bulge on a small undulation.

I have never ever had so many problems with a tyre as the Conts in 27 years of driving. I've lost count of the punctures i've had fixed (at one stage once a week for 6 weeks) and three of them buggered with huge bulges because of minor low speed curb/pothole incursions.

Clearly you'd be better off with a 4WD with off road tyres if you hit that many potholes and curbs

Mounting kerbs and hitting potholes must be a polo thing because the golfs don't have these problems with their CSC2's

[PeterHBne]

Clearly you'd be better off with a 4WD with off road tyres if you hit that many potholes and curbs

Mounting kerbs and hitting potholes must be a polo thing because the golfs don't have these problems with their CSC2's

1) Dunno where you live in Qld - car swallowing potholes are a fact of life after a bit of torrential rain

2) Maybe you girly Golf drivers aren't up to pursuing racing lines through roundabouts, chicanes, etc..... the odd curb clip is to be expected. You just dont expect your $300 tyre to be f****d up becase of a slight bump.

[goodfella]

I had a ground maintenance guy whipper snip an edge and clipped my conti sidewall, leaving a mark and some rubber missing....unfort I noticed this long after he had gone...but back to the point, the tyre has lasted several punishing drives without any failures, infact it still holds ok to this day. However, i have since changed my rims and tyres, so its a mute point.

[G-rig]

2) Maybe you girly Golf drivers aren't up to pursuing racing lines through roundabouts, chicanes, etc..... the odd curb clip is to be expected. You just dont expect your $300 tyre to be f****d up becase of a slight bump.

Damaging your tyres and wheels is a risk you seem to be prepared to take by going through roundabouts fast.. It's not the indy.

Otherwise just don't buy the Conti's next time, and get a non-R compound semi slick if you want something to knock about.

[Maverick]

And the Contis are not great IMO, rather buy a proper performance tyre if you want performance ......

You might want to tell all the reviewers that as it's constantly come out in the top 3 in every performance tyre review. The tyre reviews unlike the opinions here are based on facts and performed under controlled conditions.

Maybe it's not the tyre at fault but the agricultural chassis and suspension of the car that it's attached to not being able to make use of the tyre

[brad]

I've had 2 punctures in 12 months, which is quite odd. I'd guess I've had 4 in the previous 10 years. Maybe a dozen in 30 years.

I think the straight grooves of the CSC2 help line the nail/screw up so that it goes into the tyre rather than being flicked out to the side.

[brad]

You might want to tell all the reviewers that as it's constantly come out in the top 3 in every performance tyre review. The tyre reviews unlike the opinions here are based on facts and performed under controlled conditions.

The only problem is, tyre tests only cover a small selection of the tyre brands/models available. In addition, they usually only cover one size & they only use a particular car, in specific weather conditions & generally on a single road surface.

Therefore, in the Motor Annual Tyre Test (for instance), the only real conclusion you can draw is that the "winner" was the best of the 10 tyre models that were tested, in size "X" when used on a 1800kg rear wheel drive SS Comodore at an ambient temperature of 25 degrees on a fine grit hotmix surface.

The results on the day might be very different if they used tyre size "y" on a FWD 1100kg Clio Sport on a 15 degree day on course chip or a 35 degree day on concrete.

The fact remains that there are probably 60 other tyre makes/models out there that weren't tested & some of them might be superior to those on test.

BTW: I think Sharkie means R-Comps & semislick style (RT615/KU36) when he refers to "performance tyres". Which, just like any other tyre, are a compromise & not suited to everyone.