dba

anyone using this tyre with a fwd car with over 200 bhp? I have heard they dont last long,anyone got any thoughts?

this may get moved..................but i reaching for a bigger audience

john_s

iTrader: (1)

When i had my astra coupe, that had F1's on as OEM fit (not GSD3's though). They didn't last too bad considering the pair of them had 190 bhp to take car of. I think i swapped them at about 13K (i had it from about 8K i think).

John

nigel s

My mate is running them on his 125bhp Puma, and I think you could be correct. Worn quite a bit after 5000 ish miles.

Cupramax

Currently running my Leon Cupra R on GSD3 F1's. Huge improvement over the OEM Pirelli P Zero Rosso's which were utter sh1te. Bit to early to say about the wear really, Pirelli's lasted 7k, F1's have gone 4k and still look like new so bodes well. My car is running a rolling road confirmed 270hp+285lb/ft by the way so to say its hard on its tyres is probably a slight understatement

David_Dickson

Im running them all round on my MI16 `d pug 205.
The car is fully stripped so very light at the rear.
Tyre-wear seems to be slightly faster than average, but most of the miles I have done have been givving it some heavy action round Knockhill.

I would say they are well worth the money even if they do wear slightly faster due to their much higher levels of grip over the competition.

NotoriousREV

OK, so not FWD, but running them on my Scoob, just coming up to 20,000 miles and loads of tread left (although the outside 1" on the front tyres are extremely slick-like)

dba

ok,cheers,will be putting them on be Cupra basher (vRS)

r32

I'm running F1's on my STI PPP, what a fantastic tyre, not showing too much signs of wear after 5000 miles. Wet grip is just unbelievable.
STEVE............

HankScorpio

I've got them on a 230 bhp Fiat Coupe, no problems at all, first set had 8000+ and still going strong when I had a crash, they were replaced and 7000+ later still looking good.

I went from to Dunlop sp9000's (ok) to S02's (awful, only on the car four weeks) to GSD3's (fantastic) and won't be going back.
When they first went on it was like driving a new car.
Oh, and brilliant in the wet.

All IMHO of course....

RallyMarshal

Ive got GSD2s on the Octy vRS. Have done 19k on the set and not ready for changing yet..

Paul..

Leslie

Outstanding tyres on a Scoob, I have close to 300 BHP and my F1's have done a very good mileage and grip unbelievably well, especially in the rain. I would not change to another make.

Les

carl

Wore out in 16k miles on the front of my wife's Pug CC (138bhp )
Replaced them with some Toyo Proxes T1-S

Steve Whitehorn

iTrader: (13)

Yep I swear by them
Had them on FWD/RWD/AWD cars
I do agree that they do tend to wear a little more quickly, but a small price to pay for overall saftey/grip
I had one blow on me once at around 95mph (RWD on a rear) and although quite hairy - the tyre held up quite well considering.
Best wishes
Steve

OllyK

Used to have the F1's on a 206 GTi - OEM fit, was never very impressed with them, used to understeer like a SOB if the road was so much as damp, went through 4 sets in 50,000 miles. There were nice in the dry though