Goodyear Eagle F1 - new tyres please help

[sicasey]

Happy Christmas all!

I am off to France in a couple of days and my front tyres are down to about 3mm. I have noticed that it is getting difficult to find traction and is a bit disconcerting round corners so new rubber is needed today before my autoroute storming!

The question is - i know it has been covered a million times before but please can anyone recommend which tryres they would put on the front of an FR TDi. I am incredibly tempted by the Goodyear Eagle F1????

Quick please help so i can get them ordered.

 

[warren_cox]

I have just got a set of these on the front of my car and they are very good. Always had Toyo T1S in the past but the Goodyears are very good in all conditions. Get them on order!

 

[sicasey]

Just spoken to Demon Tweaks down the road they have suggested that the Toyo's would be a better choice as due to their good perfomance in the wet?

 

[warren_cox]

Just spoken to Demon Tweaks down the road they have suggested that the Toyo's would be a better choice as due to their good perfomance in the wet?

Only if you go for the T1-R NOT T1-S

The old T1-S wears more quickly and although it has great dry performance the wet performance is eclipsed by the newer T1-R.

 

[wrc]

i have goodyear eagle f1's all round & they are fantastic.
go for them m8, you will not be disappointed.

steve.

 

[Clarkie172]

goodyears are excellent tyres. as said, dont get the T1s's they are quite bad in the wet

 

[sicasey]

Has anyone had any experience of Avon ZZ3? Kwik-Fit have an offer on £200 for the pair.

 

[Clarkie172]

no, but heard they are very good! 200 is a pretty good price too-may be worth considering. www.mytyres.co.uk they have reviews on loads of tyres!!

 

[sicasey]

Hmm - not sure which tyres to go for now.............I dont think i would trust Kwik-Fit to do the tyres especially when it comes to wheel balancing.

 

[BlackCupraa]

How about getting them fitted on the way to france??

In the discouts section theres a place in cambridge does offers on them for SCN members

 

[Wheely]

Just replaced my OEM Michelin Pilots yesterday (front pair) with Goodyear F1's yesterday (94 squid each fully fitted).

First impressions very nice and do feel more secure than the Pilots (although my nearside one had got to 1.4mm -- ooops how naughty of me) - thought 16K miles was pretty good for a set of tyres with the way I drive.

Anyway - so far so good. Although there's been some on here lately bigging-up the Dunlop Sport SP9000.

Happy Xmas,

MARK

 

[ALEX**]

and a place in berks that sell them for 102 per corner for 18's and 86 for 17's

 

[slinger]

.......anyone tried pzero corsas??? i like the rossos in the dry BUT hate 'em in the wet!!!!! and unfortunately it rains a fair old bit where i live!!!!!!!!!

 

[aphix]

I dont have any expericnce with the Eagle F1's, on my Mini cooper i opted for a set of 18" Toyo T1R's, after coming from a set of P-Zeros.

It was a toss up between the T1r's and Eagle F1s. Choice made easier when i couldnt get the F1s in the size i wanted. Also worked out to be just over £30 quid cheaper per tyre (trade price) this was however a few days after they came out in the UK.

But the T1R's are a truly amazing tyre, the grip is just something else. Could put power down much ealier both in the wet and dry.

The wet performance was stunning, just looking back inthe rear view mirror to see 2 long tracks.

Ive gotta repalce my Bridgestone S03's and 1 P-Zero in the new year, i would deffintly have the T1R;s again,

Rob

 

[dsrr]

Another vote for F1's, got them on my Octy vRS and they are soooooooooo much metter than trhe contis that came off, and cheaper too! wet and dry performance is amazing, my bro has also just put them on his 180bhp mx5 after swearing by yoko's transformed his car as well.
F1's are going on from now on

 

[Turbowayne]

F1's 4 sure no comparison over the orig PZERO's on my LCR !!!

Just better in every possible way, dry, wet, life etc etc !!!

 

[Funkyfin2000]

i was alwyas had f1's on my mk2 golf gti, best tyre i ever had...


but i can reccomend the good year hydro grips too, cheaper but similiar to the f1's!!