Tyres

[[GSV]Trig]

Pretty important IMO as there the ONLY thing between you and the road....


Goodyear Eagle NCT5's here all round 205/55/15's...

What do the rest of you guys use/recommend?

[Trash Man]

Have Goodyear F1's 225/40/18 on mine

[Shad]

P6000's on my Clio, 195/50/15. Good price and good handling in wet and dry. Done about 9000 miles on them so far and they're doing ok. Quite noisey (i.e. tyre squeal) on some tarmacs though.

Will be fitting Yoko's or Toyo Proxes to the Alfa though, 215-225/45/17

£100 a corner

[[GSV]Trig]

Good point that Shad, mine squeel as well on new tarmac, u can go round corners at 30 and it squeels n ppl look at you like your drinving like a tit

[XTR]

I find round tyres work pretty well... i've heard Square ones give ya a bumpy ride.



im running Pirreli P6000 on mine... 180/60/15

[Lowe]

Cheapy Nankang NS1s here. Makes it way more interesting in the wet.

[Zak33]

Bridgestone Turanza

[Moby-Dick]

I have F1's at the front but Pilots at the back atm - will switch to pilots all round soon

[fraggie]

i have ones which look like bike tyres, no idea what they are, pure generic crap probably, which is probably why i nearly lost it earlier

[TiG]

IF i remember rightly i think the octavia had Continentals on them.

TiG

[Maldonado]

eagle f1's 195/55 15 and love them to bits :]

[J4MES]

Bridgestone Potenza

[Tumble]

BF Goodrich MT's 255/85/16 Mud-pluggin' tyres to die for. £114 a corner

[Vimeous]

Pirelli P6000's on the front and Michelin Pilot Sport SX-GT's on the rear. 195/55 R15 V all round.

The Pirelli's have been a huge disappointment after having worn out the front set of SX-GT's. In comparison this is what I've found:

The P6000's....

....have more initial grip but this has produced a much less progressive break-away to understeer. This has made the front end significantly less predicable when trying to balance the edge of grip at roundabout apexes thus reducing the amount of throttle control available.
....have increased the steering weight by around 20%. This has reduced steering feel, read necessary information, enough to make a fast flick-flack a less vicerole event.
....have increased tyre squeal to an embarassing level where even moderate tyre loadings have the tyres complaining well before they loose traction. The Michelins would slide earlier (and more progressively) but hardly murmoured at all.

In all quite frustrating. I suspect the problems may lie in Michelin using a slightly harder compound for it's energy saving properties.
The Pirelli's were cheaper at about £75 a corner compared to £100 but it seems the extra may be worth it. However that is a solid 10% of the cars value for a full set so OUCH!

[Trash Man]

Originally posted by Tumble
BF Goodrich MT's 255/85/16 Mud-pluggin' tyres to die for. £114 a corner

hehe, I am still winning with £125 a corner at the moment

[Richie]

Had Eagle F!'s on the cav-turbo and nothing short of something hitting it from the side when corenering would unstick this bugger..... the 4WD helped too mind but these tyres are immense for grip both wet and dry..... They wear quicker tho due to soft compound


At the moment I have Dunlop SP9000, 235/45*17 all round. Shame they cost around £135 RRP