How to avoid front wheel spin

[ATYPIC]

Yokohama Advan Neova AD08 - anyone had any experience with them on a 6R GTi?

I'm looking at putting them on mine eventually, but for $1100 for the set I want to be sure that they're worth the investment..

That was my tyre of choice until I realised the 215/40r17 only has a load rating of 83. There is a new 'R Spec' version of this tyre out in Japan right now which is reviewed in the below link.

IT'S ALL ABOUT RUBBER: NEOVA AD08R TIME ATTACK - Speedhunters

[Martin]

Yokohama Advan Neova AD08 - anyone had any experience with them on a 6R GTi?

I'm looking at putting them on mine eventually, but for $1100 for the set I want to be sure that they're worth the investment..

Does not matter - I don't think they have a tyre in the Golf size range with the required 91/92 load rating

[Diesel_vert]

Yokohama Advan Neova AD08 - anyone had any experience with them on a 6R GTi?

I'm looking at putting them on mine eventually, but for $1100 for the set I want to be sure that they're worth the investment..

That entirely depends on what you intend to use them for.

If you frequently attend track day sessions, like to chase lap times, or like to indulge in motorsports, then I'd say $1100 is money well spent.

If however, the car is mostly used for communting, you'd probably be left forever wondering what the value is.

That was my tyre of choice until I realised the 215/40r17 only has a load rating of 83. There is a new 'R Spec' version of this tyre out in Japan right now which is reviewed in the below link.

IT'S ALL ABOUT RUBBER: NEOVA AD08R TIME ATTACK - Speedhunters

Yokohama says they're due here "between July and September 2013".

Yokohama Tyres | Car Tyres from Yokohama: ADVAN Neova AD08 Tyre Prices, Sizes & Reviews

Does not matter - I don't think they have a tyre in the Golf size range with the required 91/92 load rating

Yokohama make the AD08 (and AD08R) in the following sizes:

A3, Octavia, Golf
205/55 R16 91V
225/45 R17 91W
235/40 R18 91W - these cannot be fitted on stock 7.5 J x 18 wheels, but otherwise, an alternative to fitting 225/40 R18 88W

Polo
195/55 R15 85V
215/45 R16 86W

[kam]

wait till it rains...

[6RGTi]

wait till it rains...

Being that I live in Canberra, I'm worried about rain AND ice AND WINTER! :\

[osman]

Got the wheel spin figured out. Try this in all your Polo's. It worked for me. Put into sport mode turn off traction control. Go for your life. No wheel spin at all

[Nuggos]

Got the wheel spin figured out. Try this in all your Polo's. It worked for me. Put into sport mode turn off traction control. Go for your life. No wheel spin at all

Yeahhh not really mate, i drive a trendline and i still get wheel spin in S mode
So im prettty sure GTI owners are getting alot more than me

[wai]

Got the wheel spin figured out. Try this in all your Polo's. It worked for me. Put into sport mode turn off traction control. Go for your life. No wheel spin at all

I am not sure you can actually turn off traction control as it is part of the ESP which is required by law in some states now. What it may do is change traction control mapping, but in the end, the laws of physics are something that cannot be overridden. They cannot be waived and "verdicts" cannot be appealed

[nomadx38]

With the polos you can disable the traction control - which will allow a wheel to spin freely and not attempt to regain grip by reducing throttle or shifting to a higher gear ratio but you cannot disable the ESP (electronic stability programme)

From what I can tell in mine disabling traction control will raise the threshold to when the ESP kicks in so if you really throw the car around it will kick in but under heavy cornering it won't (where the normal program will kick in just doing a U turn)

[AndrewBurns]

Bit of a thread revive but tonight I had a strange experience (just wondering if it's normal).

I was at a set of lights with some empty road in front of me, a warm engine and wanting to have a bit of a grin so I put the car in manual mode and went for a nice fast takeoff. I wanted to hear that DSG fart so I held first until about 5500 rpm and shifted. At this point previously the car has shifted nicely although sometimes I've seen the traction control light flash briefly. This time however the second I shifted there was a big thump noise and the traction control light was flashing, I also seemed to have severely reduced power for a second or two and so I aborted my takeoff.

I tried a much more gentle launch just after with traction control turned off and no problems, The car didn't give me any issue the rest of the drive, so I'm hoping all the happened was the DSG tried for a nice hard gear change, managed to spin the wheels up quite badly at which point traction control stepped in and took all my power briefly. I was just surprised by how hard the thump was, felt like something had gone horribly wrong and had me worried...

Car is pretty new, about 800km on the clock so the tyres aren't bald or anything.