Tyre Review

[JoeNose 0]

Big tyre test in Autocar today. Middle range brands tested on a 1.6FSI Golf, performance tyres on a Monaro. All at Goodyears huge test track facility in the south of France. Wet handling, dry handling, aquaplaning, noise etc. Very scientifically done and worth a look.

[theRuler 0]

you can go wrong with toyo proxes

 

they are 55 quid each fitted on my standard 15" rims

 

and they last a good 4 or 5 months

[dr_mat 0]

So it'll favour goodyear tyres then? Since they tune their own tyres to their own test track....

[Scruffythefirst 0]

Tested in a bloody monaro, what good is that to people who want tyres for sub 700kg cars :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

 

This might be of interest to people considering differnt wheels / tyres to standard

 

http://www.ten-tenths.com/forum/showthread.php?s=b8b3c38bf4c66da9871bc7806d307ceb&threadid=60132&perpage=15&pagenumber=2

[dinkus 10]

Tested in a bloody monaro, what good is that to people who want tyres for sub 700kg cars :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

 

Saw what looked like a red Monaro roll by your place as I left earlier 8)

[Linus Van Pelt 0]

Most of the reviews are a year or two old, but I found this site when I was looking for tyre info...

 

http://www.tyres-online.co.uk/tyretest/tests.asp

 

LvP.

[JoeNose 0]

So it'll favour goodyear tyres then? Since they tune their own tyres to their own test track....

 

Well, the tests are done by the journos. I don't actually know if Goodyear derived any advantage. There are a variety of corners, sections of wet and dry track, the type of tests run seem pretty fair allround. Bridgestones beat the Eagle F1s in the dry BTW. Although that was reversed in the wet...