sburke1 Posted August 4, 2005 Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 Hi. Anyone know the brand of tyre that comes as standard on the GTi? Was just reading this weeks Auto Express- there's an interesting article about tyre choice.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmg11eng Posted August 4, 2005 Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 I know of Continental, mine has them, but Bridgestone also exist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRobin Posted August 4, 2005 Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 ....I'm picking my new GTI up this Saturday but peeking at it tomorrow (Friday) so will report here which tyres on mine (built week 28 / July 11th). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChalkyWhite Posted August 4, 2005 Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 My mid-May delivered GTI came with 17s shod with Continental SportContact 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chriswastle Posted August 4, 2005 Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 The 18s come with Bridgestones and the 17s Continentals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRJ_1 Posted August 4, 2005 Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 I have Bridgestones on 17's - what did the article say??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmg11eng Posted August 4, 2005 Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 And I have Continentals on 18's!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlet_Pimp Posted August 4, 2005 Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 I've got Pirelli's nah, not really. Continentals - 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frazervisser Posted August 4, 2005 Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 I have bridgestones on my 17's as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lagrian Posted August 4, 2005 Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 I have Dunlops on my 17's how does that work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chriswastle Posted August 4, 2005 Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 oops.. looks like they stick anything on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mulkbear Posted August 4, 2005 Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 Different tyre are fitted at the prodution line most 2004 spec GTI'S are Conti's or Donlops, 2005 are Bridgestones or Conti's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lagrian Posted August 4, 2005 Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 Mine was manufactured in 2005 and its a 2006 model but has Dunlops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTiMK5 Posted August 4, 2005 Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 Continentals for me on 18s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRobin Posted August 4, 2005 Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 Contis on 17s....car build week 28 (11 July) and delivered to dealer today. Rest of spec 2006 and am about to post details separately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aswall Posted August 4, 2005 Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 Contis on my 18s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHRISSAW1 Posted August 4, 2005 Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 Continentals On 18's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemod Posted August 4, 2005 Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 Continental Sport Contact 2 on 18" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRobin Posted August 4, 2005 Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 [ QUOTE ] Continental Sport Contact 2 on 18" [/ QUOTE ] ....On my quick peek visit today I only noticed the word "Contact" on my 17s....Different from straight Continentals? I'll check it out properly after final handover on Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazdot Posted August 4, 2005 Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 Bridgestone potenza's on 17's here. What did the article that you read, say? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanH Posted August 4, 2005 Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 Kwik-Fit retreads. Just kidding. Continentals on 17" wheels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRobin Posted August 4, 2005 Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 [ QUOTE ] Bridgestone potenza's on 17's here. What did the article that you read, say? [/ QUOTE ] ...Sorry, but which article which I have mentioned are you referring toplease? No, that's "to please" and not "topless" - typo error. In another post? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sburke1 Posted August 4, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 Basically Auto Express did a track survey of the 20 top tyre manufacturers- apperantly they do this every year. A lot of the tests involved wet conditions such as braking, aquaplaning, wet cornering, curved aquaplaninng as well as standard dry braking and interestingly, in-car noise They scored a specialist wet tyre manufacturer called Vredestein(www.vredistein.com) as top. Conti's came third with Bridgestone sixth. Dunlop were ninth. Luckily VW have steered clear of Michelin who came a very convincing 16th. Found the article quite interesting as tyre choice wasn't something I really thought much about up to this point. However, with the British climate quite unpredictable (and our Irish weather is very similar to ye guys) wet tyres may be a consideration. I know a friend of mine who fitted them to his 140bhp TDi and has been very satisfied to them. He found the braking distance in wet weather to be much improved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lagrian Posted August 4, 2005 Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 So why do I get Dunlops ? Anyone else on Dunlops ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRobin Posted August 4, 2005 Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 ....That's particularly interesting. When I was a lot younger I used to race bikes (pedal cycles), as a Time Triallist....The point is that the majority of riders considered Continentals and Vredistein as the best tyres. So it seems that their good reputation is very longstanding. Contis were the most popular of the two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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