Help with choosing tyres - MY12.5 Polo GTI

[brad]

You've been to Klagenfurt? Wow, normally people only know Vienna, Salzburg and maybe Innsbruck. Minimundus is pretty cool and Woerthersee sure is beautiful, and rather large with its 16 km length. Klagenfurt is at the eastern end of it.

It's only 160km from Weiz to Klagenfurt - you can do it in just over an hour. If you have "relatives" in the area you go to a few out of the way places.
Our last trip in 2013 we did almost 3 weeks just in Austria (half visiting Wife's elderly Aunties/Uncles who probably won't be with us next time). Vienna, Mortantsch (farmhouse), St. Kolomon (another farmhouse), Piesling (with the funny B) and Salzburg.

Next trip wiil be Slovenia, Italy & Malta.

Sorry, probably drifting a bit off topic now.

[mathemagician]

Nice

Called Jax. They can do the Dunlops for $780 and the Bridgestones for $819 But after booking my car for the next day they called me again to tell me that they don't have the S001 in stock after all and that there is no ETA from Bridgestone either

There is still a bit of thread on my tyres but I've had a small bulge on my front left tyre for a while now so I'm really keen to replace them ASAP... Let's see if I can find them anywhere else soon because now I really want them!

[Preen59]

I'm currently running 215/45/17 Hankook RS3. Semi slicks. Unbelievable wet grip. Not the quietest but that's ok. I've gotten about 20k out of them with plenty of life left.

[mathemagician]

@Preen59: Thanks, but I want to stick to the original wheel dimensions (see OP) and these don't come in that size.

It turns out some customers at Jax had the S001's on backorder and didn't want them anymore, so I'm getting them put on tomorrow morning for $819 I hope they really are that good!

[mathemagician]

Alright, got the S001's put in yesterday and loving them so far. So much more grip!

[danielv10]

Good to know you like them. How is the noise compared to the Dunloops?
Cheers

[mathemagician]

I will turn the music down next time and let you know

[brad]

Alright, got the S001's put in yesterday and loving them so far. So much more grip!

New tyre always > old tyres. Even like for like. Glad you're happy

[mathemagician]

I know, my old Dunlops were nearing the end of their life and online reviews said their grip was pretty crap once they're worn a bit, so right now probably any tyre would impress me!

[mathemagician]

Good to know you like them. How is the noise compared to the Dunloops?
Cheers

Ok, had a listen without music. At speeds around 60 they seem to be similar or even a bit quieter than the Dunlop SP Sport Maxx. Haven't checked at highway speeds yet though.