Golf R Observations and Questions

[dave_r]

I've also managed to track down a fellow forumer who's got a Milltek installed on his R and is in Melb! Will see if he's willing to meet up.

Good find, get him to come Friday!

[DDTW]

Good find, get him to come Friday!

Already PM-ed him the details. Awaiting reply.

I bet you'd want to listen to it too!!!

[dave_r]

Sure do

[Ideo]

So. Bridgestone Potenza RE-005A or whatever come on the R. Really not a very good tyre imo.

Looking forward to changing to something decent.

[CarbonVW]

So. Bridgestone Potenza RE-005A or whatever come on the R. Really not a very good tyre imo.

Looking forward to changing to something decent.

Im assuming you are talking about RE050A. Play with your tyre pressures because I am finding them very good. Very predictable in the dry and the best bit, very predictable in the wet.

[SilvrFoxX]

So. Bridgestone Potenza RE-005A or whatever come on the R. Really not a very good tyre imo.

Looking forward to changing to something decent.

You are kidding.. they have been the best tyre I have ever had, they were on the Subaru and very quiet very grippy and of course very expensive.

[DoggieHowser]

I have always hated the stiff sidewalls on most bridgestones. It has prodigious amounts of grip but when it loses traction, it feels very sudden to me. I prefer tires that are a bit more progressive in terms of feel.

[Corey_R]

So. Bridgestone Potenza RE-005A or whatever come on the R. Really not a very good tyre imo.

Looking forward to changing to something decent.

I agreed mate. The RE050A are pretty average for a performance tyre at best.
But that's no surprise. All the tyre round-ups have concluded the same....

We've been discussing this over in the wheels & suspension subforum. But it used to be a competition between the Michelin PS3's, Continental ContiSportContact 5P's (suitable for 19" R wheels, but not 18" R wheels) and Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric.

But then the Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2 has come out and has just outclassed everything. It has thusfar dominated every review it's been in, and is also getting unbelievable customer reviews.

[Ideo]

I agreed mate. The RE050A are pretty average for a performance tyre at best.
But that's no surprise. All the tyre round-ups have concluded the same....

We've been discussing this over in the wheels & suspension subforum. But it used to be a competition between the Michelin PS3's, Continental ContiSportContact 5P's (suitable for 19" R wheels, but not 18" R wheels) and Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric.

But then the Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2 has come out and has just outclassed everything. It has thusfar dominated every review it's been in, and is also getting unbelievable customer reviews.

I didn’t even know there was a wheels and tyre subforum. Whoops. I had Goodyear Eagle F1 Asyms on my last car (first generation ones) and they were without a doubt the best tyre I have ever had – replaced P zero, which replaced Yoko Advans. Very good grip and above all feedback – the asyms are a very progressive tyre and let you feel a lot more about what is going on. Good to hear the second gen are getting good reviews as it is what I am considering replacing them with.

Not surprised that the Bridgestone get average reviews. They aren't a bad tyre. They are just not a good tyre either.

[triode12]

I didn’t even know there was a wheels and tyre subforum. Whoops. I had Goodyear Eagle F1 Asyms on my last car (first generation ones) and they were without a doubt the best tyre I have ever had – replaced P zero, which replaced Yoko Advans. Very good grip and above all feedback – the asyms are a very progressive tyre and let you feel a lot more about what is going on. Good to hear the second gen are getting good reviews as it is what I am considering replacing them with.

Not surprised that the Bridgestone get average reviews. They aren't a bad tyre. They are just not a good tyre either.

Which model of P-zeros did they replace? Neros, Rossos or just plain P-zeros?