Tyre Choice now the FK452 is no more
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I expect them to wear evenly and not structurally fall apart. Michelin Pilot Sport 2 is also a normal sport tire. No issues with that for road&track. By the way, Vredestein even promotes the Ultrac Vorti tire with heavy and powerful cars on tracks. So what were they thinking, that people are going to buy a premium sport tire to put under a Prius and never go near the limit of grip in the corners?ben g said:
Example video:
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The commercial breathes road&track use...
Any road tyre driven hard on track will fall apart, you only have to watch all the usual videos out there of road tyre'd performance cars being driven on track and then the presenter (Clarkson, Tiff, etc) getting out and noting how the tread blocks have just ripped off on the shoulders or whatever else.
Maybe the Vred's are worse than some, who knows... but generally I'd expect one hard track session to ruin a set of road tyres as ultimately they have tread blocks designed for comfort, economy, water removal etc etc.
If you want a tyre to work well on track then it'll probably ride harder, have worse wet weather performance, be more susceptible to aquaplaning, be much louder and so forth.
It's all just a trade off.
But I agree the adverts these days are not useful. No tyre adverts are. Everything is so based on personal preference in the end. Even well rated tyres can be crap on one car vs very good on another.
All you can do is take the risk which is crap really.
It'd be cool to see tyre manufacturers offering some kinda demo mechanism, or a big retailer, or something.
Just relying on their naff adverts that will always tell you what you want to hear, or not always relevant magazine tests, makes it so hard to not get stung now and again.
That is mainly why I just stick to Goodyear because ever tyre I've ever bought has been great. GSD3, Asym1 and now Asym2... they just get better and better, at a reasonable price, with a 'feel' that I really like.
Dave
Maybe the Vred's are worse than some, who knows... but generally I'd expect one hard track session to ruin a set of road tyres as ultimately they have tread blocks designed for comfort, economy, water removal etc etc.
If you want a tyre to work well on track then it'll probably ride harder, have worse wet weather performance, be more susceptible to aquaplaning, be much louder and so forth.
It's all just a trade off.
But I agree the adverts these days are not useful. No tyre adverts are. Everything is so based on personal preference in the end. Even well rated tyres can be crap on one car vs very good on another.
All you can do is take the risk which is crap really.
It'd be cool to see tyre manufacturers offering some kinda demo mechanism, or a big retailer, or something.
Just relying on their naff adverts that will always tell you what you want to hear, or not always relevant magazine tests, makes it so hard to not get stung now and again.
That is mainly why I just stick to Goodyear because ever tyre I've ever bought has been great. GSD3, Asym1 and now Asym2... they just get better and better, at a reasonable price, with a 'feel' that I really like.
Dave
I'm also looking at similar options and thinking about the Goodyear Eagle f1 Asymmetric 2 but there seems to be two versions, anybody know the difference between the V1 and XL?
The XL seems to have a higher load rating but otherwise I can't find any info or work out which is the one to go for on the Z4. :?
The XL seems to have a higher load rating but otherwise I can't find any info or work out which is the one to go for on the Z4. :?
Xl is higher load. I have the standard load version now and I found the turn in to be less taut on them. The general ride is fractionally more comfy though. I think I made the right choice but it is quite a personal thing. I don't feel the standard load tyres to be less grippy.
