Conti Sportcontact 7 or PS4’s?

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Conti Sportcontact 7 or PS4’s?

Post by CRSRS » Thu Aug 25, 2022 4:31 pm

Anyone have experience of the new Conti 7 on RS6? Get great reviews but real life comments would help?
2007 RS4 Avus avant - now gone
2013 RS3 black - bye bye
2013 B8 RS4 - Sepang, Ceramics, Buckets, Carbon pack, Sports pack, ACC, B&O, privacy. - now gone
2017 C7 PE - Panther, Ceramics, Carbon pack, BO upgrade.

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Re: Conti Sportcontact 7 or PS4’s?

Post by S4_V6T » Fri Aug 26, 2022 6:34 pm

For tyres, continental sportcontact 7 are by far the best I've had. Only issues are they come in 265/40/21, 7mm tread new and wear down pretty quick. Stick to the road like glue though. That is on my S8 which pushes 675bhp and 1000Nm torque.

Just as shame I found the wear rate was pretty bad. Got 7500 miles from front and down to 4mm. The rears were down to 5mm. I find that once my tyres get down to 4-5mm, the tradeoff between safety and enjoying the car become too great, so end up changing them. Had a few scary moments in the wet once at that limit.
The Michelin ps4s had a better wear rate and I got over 12500 miles before reaching the same tread depths. Found the Goodyear f1 asymmetric 5 to be the best balance of wear and performance for my needs, so put them on last time round (265/35/21). If you want best performance and willing to change them more often, Continental are the way to go. If you want better life, then the other 2 are by no means a bad choice.

Deffo great grip on the continental sportcontact 7 and gave consistent times on my Racebox
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Re: Conti Sportcontact 7 or PS4’s?

Post by CRSRS » Tue Aug 30, 2022 2:55 pm

Thanks for the advice mate, gone for ps4s.
2007 RS4 Avus avant - now gone
2013 RS3 black - bye bye
2013 B8 RS4 - Sepang, Ceramics, Buckets, Carbon pack, Sports pack, ACC, B&O, privacy. - now gone
2017 C7 PE - Panther, Ceramics, Carbon pack, BO upgrade.

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Re: Conti Sportcontact 7 or PS4’s?

Post by Saprox1 » Sat Aug 12, 2023 10:35 am

Bro you should be happy about this mileage lol I've got 80% front wear and 50% rear on 3500km/2200miles.. don't know if the PS4 4S* (bmw oem) will be better considering the ~30% price difference.
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Re: Conti Sportcontact 7 or PS4’s?

Post by -TheJoker- » Wed Aug 30, 2023 9:32 pm

This was my main issue with the SportContact 6. Great tyre, but the wear rate was terrible compared to the PS4S. It's a real shame they haven't improved that.

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