2009 Motor Magazine Tyre Test

[dainese]

Yah. There are lots of tyres that are much better value and yet still provide excellent grip.

i just love my eagle F1's and on one of our cruises thru mac pass going down, in the wet, the grip was phenomenal.
and if the asymmetrics are better?!

will proabably need tyres in 6 months, so will hunt around then.

i have a copy of the magazine if anyone wants to pm me.

[gareth_oau]

one thing the write-ups tend not to assess is wear rate.

Ive got the Asymmetrics on my GT-P and I expect to get around 28k out of them which is pretty good for a 500hp RWD, and on tyres tjhat are soft enough to be so good in the wet.

be good to see what the comparative lives of the various tyres are

[dainese]

one thing the write-ups tend not to assess is wear rate.

Ive got the Asymmetrics on my GT-P and I expect to get around 28k out of them which is pretty good for a 500hp RWD, and on tyres tjhat are soft enough to be so good in the wet.

be good to see what the comparative lives of the various tyres are

yeah, true. but its probably a little too challenging to reproduce accurate real world results.

but if they need someone to do burnouts, I have my hand up!

[Brian]

interesting to see the Maxxis coming in there at 4th... maxxis are my new favorite brand of tyre since i got a set of MA-Z1's on my mk3. best value for money i've ever had for tyres thats for sure.

I'm assuming you haven't done many K's on the MAs yet, otherwise you may be telling a different story. I replaced the original Bridgestones on my SS Commodore with MAs at 35K and like you, thought I had the bargin of the year - super grip wet and dry and outshone the Brigis by a mile at half the cost. However.... as the Ks rolled up, so did the noise from the tyres. After about 20K it was unbearable and all my passengers would comment that I had tractor tyres on the car. I ended up replacing them with a considerable amount of life in them just to get a quiet ride again, what bliss it was.
I hope you have better luck on the Mk3, as has been said, different tyres react differently on different cars.
Brian