What tyres are people running?

[Barnz]

So after having my car for about 1.8 years its time for 2 new tyres & im just wondering what you all are running?
Ive have some toyo proxes 4s on my tx3 & im leaning towards getting 2 for the polo.

[h100vw]

So after having my car for about 1.8 years its time for 2 new tyres & im just wondering what you all are running?
Ive have some toyo proxes 4s on my tx3 & im leaning towards getting 2 for the polo.

I have some Bridgestone RE003 on mine which I rate highly. Lots of grip wet or dry. Great on track days.

Gavin

[rgvlee]

If they are anything like the 002s they don't last long I will be up for replacement after maybe 20k if I am lucky

[brad]

My mate is into his 3rd set of the OEM spec Continentals. As a price, mileage, handling, steering compromise he's very happy with them.

[Barnz]

Ive seen a few reviews of those re003s lately gav, they look pretty nice.

Ill have to suss that out rgv, not to keen on heaps soft tyres for the daily. The car was fitted with some new maxxis mv1s on the front just before i bought it, ive done close to 30k kms & there not half worn either. stock everything suspension wise & only 1 happy lap session prob helps though.

brad has he tryed anything else to compare the continys to? what type of continentals do they come stock with?

cheers lads for the input

[noone]

Michelin PSS. More than I would have spent on Tyres for the Polo.

[Stuwey]

I'd gladly be on another set of Potenzas, but didn't come in the sizing I required.

Currently on a set of Michelin Pilot Sport 3s, very nice 'daily' tyre. I'm impressed.

[h100vw]

If they are anything like the 002s they don't last long I will be up for replacement after maybe 20k if I am lucky

I don't give my tyres an easy time but they did over 40000 and lasted 2 years. There's no treadwear rating on the side of the 003s so nothing to reference these ones to. I think the 002s were 280?

Gavin

[Stuwey]

I think the 002s were 280?

Gavin

RE002s are 220. Michelins are 320 and actually better in a straight line. Squidgy in their direction change, but nice once the weight transfers.

It's unreal how different a car can feel with only a set of tyres.

[h100vw]

RE002s are 220. Michelins are 320 and actually better in a straight line. Squidgy in their direction change, but nice once the weight transfers.

It's unreal how different a car can feel with only a set of tyres.

Seems the RE003s are the same 220. I wouldn't want anything higher personally. The rubber would be rock solid after 2 years of heat cycling.

Gavin

[brad]

brad has he tryed anything else to compare the continys to? what type of continentals do they come stock with?

ContiPremiumContact2

Sorry but he has a 2012 6R / S if that makes any difference.It has Koni Yellows & a caster kit

He's tried lots of other tyres on other cars (inc semi-slicks) and reckons he'd be hard pressed to find anything that breaks away as progressively.

He lives on the end of a long private road and names the corners after the maximum speed you can carry through them. One is called corner 190 but I'm not sure if that's the Polo or one of the previous sports cars he had. Either way, he knows how to hustle a car along very safely & I trust his judgement in tyres.

On a 4 for 3 deal the Contis are really cheap

[kaanage]

ContiPremiumContact2

He's tried lots of other tyres on other cars (inc semi-slicks) and reckons he'd be hard pressed to find anything that breaks away as progressively.

Those are the tyres that come with the non-sports, non-poverty versions of the 9N3 and 6R/C. I'd rate them as a pretty good all round usage tyre but not a particularly sporty one. Which may be why he finds the breakaway behaviour so progressive since a tyre (for a given size) will almost always have sharper breakaway as its ultimate grip level rises (which is why slicks can be tricky for novices). I have found the most feel I have ever had with my Polo is with Michelin XM2's (which no one else on this forum is likely to contemplate) since the ultimate grip is quite low but it has a VERY gentle transition to higher slip angles which lets you confidently push the car towards its limits (leaving MkV and VI Golf GTis and a couple of Golf MkVI R's for dead on a wet cruise through the Reefton area even though my Polo had far less grip ).

I use the Conti Premium Contact 2's that came with my Polo as my wet weather track tyres after ending up in a tyre wall with semi-slicks (Yok A048R) in the rain when they suddenly let go (my fault for not having the guts to keep on the throttle). For this purpose, they do an admirable job (I can have fun while being able to detect when the car is approaching the limits). In the dry, I find them to be traction limited on the track but a pretty good road tyre when playing in the hills. I will probably replace them with something like the RE003's when they wear out since for for track use, I'd like a bit more grip and feel I can control a tyre with slightly less breakaway progression.

My daily tyres will be Yok Blue Earth's once I get my smashed rim repaired since I don't drive very hard when commuting but rather aim for maximum mileage.

BTW my Polo is a TDi, not a GTi so you may wish to discount my findings/opinion

[sambb]

I had Dunlop sport max rt's. They were very predictable and grippy wet and dry but had very soft sidewalls so wore very rapidly when I had bog stock suspension. I looked into these again recently and also the Michelin ps3's but was told they were being discontinued in our stock size which is a shame. You can still get grey imported ps3's though. Pretty much just leaves the conti's, bridges tones for street tyres. Street / semis like federal 595rsr and yoko advan ad08r's have insane dry grip but You better pay attention in the wet and they can be noisy and jarring on the street even with stock suspension.

[rgvlee]

I don't give my tyres an easy time but they did over 40000 and lasted 2 years. There's no treadwear rating on the side of the 003s so nothing to reference these ones to. I think the 002s were 280?

Gavin

40k?
Thought you were running phase 3?
Give it a bit will you

[kaanage]

Street / semis like federal 595rsr and yoko advan ad08r's have insane dry grip but You better pay attention in the wet and they can be noisy and jarring on the street even with stock suspension.

LOL. I reckon those are pretty civilised compared to full on semi slicks like the A048R, ZE221, R888, RE11S, D03G etc