moonstone
Tyre Kicker
What's everyone's favourite tyres?
I've exclusively bought Michelin Pilotsport 4S the last for times, but I've also had a few others on other cars in that time:
Audi TTS - Yokohama Advan
Taycan - Goodyear Eagle F1
RS5 - Continental Sport Contact 6
Ghibli - Pirelli PZero
All of the above have been perfectly good tyres apart from the Pirelli's which I actively disliked due to increased crabbing at low speeds on the Ghibli - an issue that I fixed by replacing them with Conti winter tyres one winter.
The Sport Contact 7 came out on top on an Evo test last year: https://www.evo.co.uk/car-technology/204817/continental-sportcontact-7-vs-rivals-tyre-test-review
And when buying tyres for my new wheels I decided to give them a go instead of the PS4S. They were also around £200 cheaper for the set. So far, so good. Grip in wet in dry in the cold weather we're having has been spot on.
I'm starting to come round to the fact, after a decade of Michelin biased tyre-snobbery on BMW M cars, that there's really not that much in it between the premium tyre makes/models. Maybe there's a big difference on track but even the Yokohama's were a really good tyre on the TTS with plenty of grip. I think in future, I'll simply opt for the best priced premium-sports car tyre available at that particular time.
I've exclusively bought Michelin Pilotsport 4S the last for times, but I've also had a few others on other cars in that time:
Audi TTS - Yokohama Advan
Taycan - Goodyear Eagle F1
RS5 - Continental Sport Contact 6
Ghibli - Pirelli PZero
All of the above have been perfectly good tyres apart from the Pirelli's which I actively disliked due to increased crabbing at low speeds on the Ghibli - an issue that I fixed by replacing them with Conti winter tyres one winter.
The Sport Contact 7 came out on top on an Evo test last year: https://www.evo.co.uk/car-technology/204817/continental-sportcontact-7-vs-rivals-tyre-test-review
And when buying tyres for my new wheels I decided to give them a go instead of the PS4S. They were also around £200 cheaper for the set. So far, so good. Grip in wet in dry in the cold weather we're having has been spot on.
I'm starting to come round to the fact, after a decade of Michelin biased tyre-snobbery on BMW M cars, that there's really not that much in it between the premium tyre makes/models. Maybe there's a big difference on track but even the Yokohama's were a really good tyre on the TTS with plenty of grip. I think in future, I'll simply opt for the best priced premium-sports car tyre available at that particular time.