Tire Review: F1 Assymetrics

[ovrkll]

Had these put on last weekend, 235F/265R/18, and have to say that these are the best set of tires I have ever owned! Being a little frugal, I was looking for good traction with a acceptable price point, not to mention being able to find the matching tire sizes that I wanted, and these filled all the boxes! I was going to wait until I had about 500 miles on the tires (I have about 350) to give my opinion, but after a few days of full sun and this evening with full water (rain and standing water), I felt the urge to give my full assessment.

Dry weather: If it is warm and sticky (humidity), then these tires love it,,,,it seemed that the warmer it got the stickier they got. I am used to my old Pirelli's spinning through 3rd gear, and with these barely a chirp in second (better be hanging on at that point if you are a passenger) :lol:

Wet weather: Here is where I make a major distinction on tires. I can honestly say that this is the first set of tires that I have been real comfortable with in wet weather doing controlled slides using pedal modulation. There are no abrupt changes, and the balance is easy to define.


In essence, all I have to say is WOW!, Goodyear made a great tire for the Z4M!


And just a plug to my local Goodyear Vendor in McDonough, GA.... Good job!!

 

[Mikenmass]

Goodyear is making some very good tires for the money. Their testing and R&D is paying off. Eagles made in the USA too!

 

[WLH]

F1 Assymetrics are likely the direction I will go as well when I replace the OEM tires on my M Roadster. Good to hear you are well pleased with them....

 

[ovrkll]

WLH, you will not be dissatisfied! :wink:

 

[Mr Whippy]

I think I'll be getting these next time around, simply because I ran the predecessor (GSD3) for about 8 sets of tyres on my last three cars (they were all the same tyre/wheel size), and never ever had a bad thing to say about them.

If the F1 Asymmetric is the next best thing, I can only assume they are stunning too

Falken FK452 seem ok, but until you try a few you can't really be sure, and from what I've heard the F1's can only be better

Dave

 

[ovrkll]

Falken does not make an uprated sized tire for the Z4M for front and back :wink:

Edit: they do not make a 452 in anything above 255 that will fit our cars. BTW, I had a serious discussion with my service advisor concerning the Falken's, and it basically came down to the point that if you really want performance on US roads, avoid 'em. This lady does some driving of her own, and sees the other cars coming in with different tires, so she actually has a good all around perspective of the tires that should be fitted to ours for performance reasons.

 

[fins]

Please post pics of the F1s mounted on, I assume, your stock M wheels.