THE TYRES - 10 Top Tyres

[Ayu452]

i guess this site gives a rough idea about rubber....otherwise its a wild stab in the dark....

The results: (1 = BEST, TO WORST...I THINK)
1) Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric
2) Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta
3) Continental Contisport Contact 3
4) Bridgestone Potenza RE050-A
5) Michelin Pilot Sport PS2
6) Pirelli PZero Nero
7) Kumho Ecsta STP KU31
8) Dunlop Sport Maxx
9) Yokohama S.Drive

"They scored each tyre in 5 categories - wet handling, aqua planing, braking, dry handling and a road test to judge comfort. They also back up the raw time data with subjective reviews on how the tyres felt which counted for 40% of the score.
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http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Article/2007-evo-tyre-test.htm

click each tyre to see overall result in wet n dry

[Flipper]

Previously my sole tire provider. I WISH there was something like it here. Some of the tires have different names but you can usually find the equivalent. Great for research - you'll cry when you see the prices!

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/surveyresults/surveydisplay.jsp?type=EP

and

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/TireTestServlet?tireMake=Yokohama&tireModel=ADVAN+Neova+AD07 if you want to see what they think of the AD07s

[fauxpas]

http://www.tirerack.com/images/tires/tests/du_direzza_spZ1/chart1.gif

http://www.tirerack.com/images/tires/tests/du_direzza_spZ1/chart2.gif

http://www.tirerack.com/images/tires/tests/du_direzza_spZ1/chart3.gif

http://www.tirerack.com/images/tires/tests/du_direzza_spZ1/chart4.gif

http://www.tirerack.com/images/tires/tests/du_direzza_spZ1/chart5.gif

[ommeh]

Wow those graphs are awesome. Looks like our standard tyres are one of the best you can get out of the 4.

[kappo]

Looks like our standard tyres are one of the best you can get out of the 4.

I was talking the bloke in one the local beaurepairs today about what to put on the colt, and he said that the yoko AD07's we have as standard are no longer made in japan, and that the quality has suffered because of it. He said he would recommend the goodyear GSD3 (http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Goodyear&tireModel=Eagle+F1+GS-D3) or dunlop sport maxx (http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Dunlop&tireModel=SP+Sport+Maxx)

[stylo]

I was talking the bloke in one the local beaurepairs today about what to put on the colt, and he said that the yoko AD07's we have as standard are no longer made in japan, and that the quality has suffered because of it. He said he would recommend the goodyear GSD3 (http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Goodyear&tireModel=Eagle+F1+GS-D3) or dunlop sport maxx (http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Dunlop&tireModel=SP+Sport+Maxx)

For what it is worth, I can vouch for how good the Goodyear Eagle F1's are - I had these on my ClioSport.

Did not get many kms out of them because I drove them pretty hard, but they never skipped a beat. Great in the dry and exceptional in the wet.

I had the 195/50/15 V. Looks like they have a 205/45/16 W which is what the Colt uses.

http://www.goodyear.com.au/TyreDetailAction.do?website=GYR&mtpcode=00373&from=nPerPage

No idea what the 16's would cost - will worry about it when I need replacements.