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I am in the process of getting quotes for 4 new tyres.

I have reviewed previous entries and believe the best tyre is possibly the Goodyear 275/30/19ZR. I am currently on Pirelli's. I am looking for something that is more biased towards wet conditions and last at least 15K miles

Is anyone using the Goodyear tyre?
Any comments or suggestions.

I think this thread just about covers the subject mate.

I don't think you can go wrong with the Goodyear Asymmetric

Jim

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I don't think you can go wrong with the Goodyear Asymmetric

Jim's spot on. Had the Goodyears fitted last week - previously had PZero's from new.

So far they have been excellent especially in the wet last night. Even the wife feels more secure sitting next to me now!

Bought on-line from www.camskill.co.uk - also excellent.

Mac

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VN06 wrote: Is anyone using the Goodyear tyre?
Any comments or suggestions.

Yes coming up to 2k on my 275/30/19 F1s - class tyre imho.

I'm ambivalent about the 275's....

I had run my P-Zero's down to essentially slicks prior to changing and their grip in the dry was...not surprisingly...excellent.

I still have not found the optimum pressure for the wider tyres (been away for 3 weeks). In the dry they feel like they could be harder as the initial turn in doesn't inspire the same confidence as I had with the 255's. This may be to do with the additional width on the rim.

However, in the wet yesterday (finally picked up my snow-chains from DoctorD - cheers!), they felt over-inflated.... I got some serious aqua-planing on the A43 enroute home. However, bearing in mind the amount of water around, there probably isn't a tyre that would not have aqua-planed yesterday...

As usual there is a compromise between width and pressure and depending on the conditions, you'd ideally like to vary these...

SR71, what pressure were you running on your 275? and is it Goodyear you've got? Thanks.

I run the GY and have about 7k on them. I was going to try 40front and 38 rear. I do mostly motorway miles with the odd country road...

Oz,

Goodyears.

Front: 40psi
Rear: 37psi

Thanks for all the input. Mac I will try Camskill. Can you tell me what you paid?

£634 - includes delivery.

http://www.mytyres.co.uk are doing the Goodyear EAGLE F1 Asymmetric 255/35 R19 96Y XL asymmetric tyres for £187.10 a corner. Does anyone know of a better deal. Also, how much should I expect to pay for fitting & balancing at my local tyre place?

Sounds like the Eagle F1 Asymmetrics are very good. I know they won a recent contest in EVO or CAR. I live in the U.S. and I'm on my second set of tires. My OE were Pirelli P Zero Rossos that lasted about 17000 (really noisy and felt very soft, like they rolled a lot toward the end). The new PZeros are supposed to be excellent but they only come in 265/35/19s.

After reading multiple tire reviews and investigating tire technology on line, I decided to try Michelin Pilot Sport PS2s. I have to say I'm very happy with them. They don't deform like my Pirellis used to if I didn't drive the car for a day. Places on backroads where my Pirellis would squeal or feel soft, the Michelins stick and handle easily. They feel like they turn in more crisply on the road, and they're a lot quieter.

The only drawback to PS2s is their expense. They're very expensive (probably on par with Pirellis). As far as treadlife, I have 15000 miles on mine and they look like they're just past halfway to the wear bars, so I expect to get 25-30000 miles out of them.