Help with tyres

[Aij]

I am undecided as to which tyres to go for from Michelin Pilot Sport2, Coninental Contact Sport 2 and the Goodyear Eagle F1 GS D3's - I was hoping you could recommend which to go for from personal experiences.

A4 1.8T sport 163BHP, 235 45 17

[JustinM3]

I have been using F1's for a while now, and love them. Not tried the others.
One thing I will say in these debates/discussions, other tyres have people saying they love/hate them, but never heard a bad word said about the F1's.
Not a bad price, and last ok, all things considered I believe.

[Dave Avant]

I have used F1s for years and have been great on road and track on several different cars. Michelin Pilots I have also had experience of and they don't grip aswell and are over priced.

you should get F1s in that size for around £100 or quite possibly below.

[JustinM3]

Mine are 235/40R17's and 245/40R17's.
£100 a corner at protyre all in.
Cheaper from mytyres, but only really worth it if you can slip a tyre fitter cash to fit them.

[Teutonic_Tamer]

For ultimate grip, excellent resistance to aquaplaning, superb cornering ability - without a shadow of doubt, the Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 are unbeatable.

The Conti SportContact2 are OK, but slightly hard, and outright levels of grip, particularly in hard cornering, are not marvelous.

One problem with the Goodyears, which also applies to any directional tyre, is they are more "tuned" for straight-line performance, rather than being optimised for hard cornering, in the way assymetric tyres, such as the Mich PS2 are.

It really depends what kind of driving you like - if you are happy to blast down the Autobahns at v-max, any of those 3 you mentioned will do the job. If you prefer a bit of back lane and B-road scratching, the Mich PS2 would win hands down, and the tread would wear evenly across the tread width, unlike the Goodyears!

Rgds

[skymaster]

I Have been using the Goodyear F1s for a few years now. I tried Conti sports and swore never to use them again after spinning a 2 litre Mk4 golf sideways through a red light (partly my fault as well)

Also tried some Dunlops that were on a set of 17 inch alloys when I bought them (fitted as standard on a 1.8T Golf) They were so bad I took them of before they reached 5mm. Put the F1s on and have used them ever since.

Although after what Tutonic says I might try those PS2s on the next set.

I have found Pro Tyre in Bristol are always keen on price for the Goodyears. I PAY £69 fitted for 205/55/16s. I always go for grip over wear and change them well before the legal limit. When you need to stop pretty damn fast a good set of rubber makes all the difference.

[mpep666]

well i have no experiance of michellin as i feel they are over priced ive had a few pirellies and found them useless in the wet and noisy on motorways i had a set of goodyear f1s which were ok but and im being picky , i did not like there styling
last four sets ive had on my audi a4 1.9 tdi are dunlop sp01s there smooth and grip in all conditions and they last quite a while got 30k miles out of last pair of fronts and they still have a bit left