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Tyres - Whats best? - FirebirdPhil - 18-10-2018
Yea the MR2 is far more planted then the IS200, the MR2 was usable a bit in the snow the IS200 was useless (with Conti sport contact 2's).
Tyres - Whats best? - parthiban - 19-10-2018
The F1As are brilliant most of the time, but now we've dipped under 5C they just aren't working at all like last year - there really is very little grip, it's a shame as I won't be buying them again purely for that reason.
My rears need replacing as well and planning to go for Michelin PS3s - they cost a bit more but seems it might be worth it.
Tyres - Whats best? - FirebirdPhil - 19-10-2018
parthiban The F1As are brilliant most of the time, but now we've dipped under 5C they just aren't working at all like last year - there really is very little grip, it's a shame as I won't be buying them again purely for that reason.
My rears need replacing as well and planning to go for Michelin PS3s - they cost a bit more but seems it might be worth it.
Summer tyres are not designed to drive in temps this low, this is why the UK comes to a stop, we all expect our tyres to do everything - this just isn't going to happen. You can't expect a summer tyre to work well out of its season.
If you want an all year tyre go for an all season, but then you sacrifice a degree of summer performance.
Tyres - Whats best? - kam05 - 19-10-2018
I'm running Yokohama C Drives- they are a good Summer tyre (not very good in the snow as I found out this morning- slip/sliding into work)
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Tyres - Whats best? - parthiban - 19-10-2018
2tongues Summer tyres are not designed to drive in temps this low, this is why the UK comes to a stop, we all expect our tyres to do everything - this just isn't going to happen. You can't expect a summer tyre to work well out of its season.
If you want an all year tyre go for an all season, but then you sacrifice a degree of summer performance.
Absolutely agree mate, I wasn't expecting them to be great in cold weather - what I meant was in comparison the Dunlops (also summer tyres) I had on previously these are a lot worse in cold weather. With those I could drive around normally when it was cold without any issues, with the F1As I am literally tiptoeing around with the TC light blinking at me all the time.
Obviously the F1As are much better than the Dunlops when it's warmer though, so it does make sense, it's just a bit further up in terms of its operating temp range.
Tyres - Whats best? - greeny - 19-10-2018
stav i can get toyos in 12-24 hrs dependin on wen u let me know and i should be able to do a good deal for u
Tyres - Whats best? - jimxms - 22-10-2018
I'm running those Avon ZZ3's all round on the 300. They are super sticky in the dry and haven't let me down in the wet either. Much better at putting the power down than the Potenza's I had before.
The only reservation I have is that they don't like the cold. Even before all this snow and ice I could tell the performance had deteriorated a considerable amount.