What tyre

[dave87]

Yup, PZero is fitted to the top end Jags afaik. Jus making the comment that not all Pirellis are bad

Must admit though, not a huge car forum person (infact Hexus is about as far as I go with Automotive, unless you count the Varadero forum I'm a mod on)

[arbitor]

yeh no doubt its a beast of a hole...

if i see those il drive wrong side of the road if i can to avoid them, cant be doing with crap roads ruining my car.. too many to report round here they are everywhere

[arbitor]

Yup, PZero is fitted to the top end Jags afaik. Jus making the comment that not all Pirellis are bad

Must admit though, not a huge car forum person (infact Hexus is about as far as I go with Automotive, unless you count the Varadero forum I'm a mod on)

yeh bosses carrera has pzero

rofl they have a forum for that bike? no offence just didnt think it would have a forum dedicated to it

[dkmech]

Single width road. And it was covered in water the night I hit it. It's right at the start of a hairpin I was going to take so I wasn't going fast either. Just not much room to drive around it anyway.

[arbitor]

yeh just plain bad luck there mate.
hope you enjoy the gooodyears, they are saooo much better in the wet that pirellis

[dave87]

yeh bosses carrera has pzero

rofl they have a forum for that bike? no offence just didnt think it would have a forum dedicated to it

Dunno what tyres Dad's Boxsters got, have a look when I get home...

Yup, principally relating to the 1000, but has a 125 section too. No more surprising than having an s14 owners club or the like - for some touring is their passion, Varadero offers that

[arbitor]

true mate,

peugoet gti6 and rallye owners club for me

dkmech is that a well used road or a backroad?

[dkmech]

A well used back road. Used enough for them to have resurfaced most of it when I last reported its sorry state. Its a very useful shortcut.

[joshwa]

I took it easy as they need bedding in.

quote: "Running in your new tyres - It may sound like an odd concept, but if you buy brand new tyres and slap them on your car, then try to drive the nuts off it, you're going to come a cropper. The reason, believe it or not, is that all tyres need a running-in (or scrubbing-in) period. When tyres are made, they're typically injection-moulded in a heat press. In order to get the tyres out of the mould, it is first lined with a non-stick coating. When the tyres pop out, some of that releasing agent sticks to the tyres themselves. What you get is a nice shiny new tyre, with 'shiny' being the operative word. The releasing agent can take as much as 500 miles to scrub off."

from :
http://www.carbibles.com/tyre_bible.html

[arbitor]

sounds logical to me.
plus when ever you feel a new tyre they do feel ioly..

[Lowe]

Yup, you should always be careful with new rubber, it's lethal. That's one of the familiar stories I read on forums all over the place - "Eagle F1's suck, I just lost it on a bend in the wet"

When you do a bit more digging, you find they've had them for 100 miles...

[arbitor]

u cant beat an eagle in the wet for cars like this.

i just went out in the pug, which untill next week has ditchfinders on, was sliding all over the show. wheel span when i shifted from 5th to 6th ffs lol

come on pirelli sort your selves out

[BenW]

Dunno what tyres Dad's Boxsters got, have a look when I get home...

Carreras come with continental sport contact 2s as standard IIRC, asume the boxster comes with something similar or at least continental.

Dads got p-zero rossos on his, been through a few sets so he must like them. His had continental sport contact 2s out of the factory but had brand new p-zero on the front when he got it.

[flcherb]

I had to get two new tyres because mine were a bit illegal :@( so i went with the cheapest £60 inc fitting from etyres they came out to fit them cool hey

[dkmech]

Well they've patched up the potholes (its not pretty but its safer).

Tyres seem good so far, I think they are quieter than the old ones too, which is nice.

[dave87]

Do you do a lot of motorway miles? or is it mainly around town/twisties?

Jus interested, see how long they last - they seem to be the sportier rubber