Daz WRX

Are these tyres a good replacement in 215/45/17? I do loads of motorway driving so need a hard wearing tyre I was advised that these are very grippy and was quoted £95 each +fitting.
Are the F1's a better option?

cheers
Daz

shunty

depends if you are going to be doing any cornering in your car
get the F1's, don't listen to the ones who have already bought the SO3's it's too late for them, speak to the tyre fitters & ask them, they will tell you the truth...well most of them

shunty

hugh

I never really found the F1 to be much better, but I do know I got around twice the mileage from an S-03.

Eagle7

S03 is a great tyre.

lasts a fair bit too.

AJbaseBloke

S-03s are good, just a few old diehards out there holding onto old falacies

Not so sure about the life thing, but when the chips are down in the wet there's nothing else I'd want to be on (and I am talking about emergency stuff, not hooning). As a bonus, they are fairly quiet, too.

Just make sure you take it easy early on because Bridgestone has put a slippery top layer on them that takes a bit to get through.

HTH

shunty

you lads have obviously never had SO2's or F1's OR you have never used you scoob for what it was intended...
ps - I have never had SO3's on my car, so my comments come from others I know...oh & the fact that Bridgestone stopped making them as their sh1te

shunty

shunty

Quotes for you, did a google search:
Impreza-240
Just Joined up

London

13 Posts Posted - 03 Aug 2002 : 00:25:34
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EVO did an excellent tyre test in their recent July 2002 issue (045). They rated eight top tyres. In reverse order they were: Avon ZZ3, Bridgestone Potenza, Dunlop SP Sport 9000, Michelin Pilot Sport, Pirelli P7000, Toyo Proxies T1-S, and ContiSportContact. The overall winner was the new Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D3, which you can get for about GBP134 a pop.

If you want more info and can't get a copy of the mag, I can scan the article on Monday at work.

Steve


Impreza-240
Just Joined up

London

13 Posts Posted - 03 Aug 2002 : 00:32:23
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If you're just interest in wet handling, EVO rated the Toyos best in terms of their wet handling times, followed by Dunlop, Goodyear, Continental, Pirelli, Avon, Michelin and Bridgestone last. Their driver's subjective performance rated the Dunlops best followed by Continental, Toyos, Goodyear, Avon, Pirelli, Michelin and Bridgestone.

Steve

**and here is the link to the site that the info came off:**

http://www.uk-mkivs.net/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1632

shunty

Dave T-S

Rather than lean on the bar and talk about them, I have actually used S02, S03 and Toyo T1-s on Imprezas.

The S03 is not as bad a tyre as many would make out, but I would probably rate the S02 and Toyo marginally ahead.

Haven't used F1's (yet) but those that do seem to rate them.

IMHO

[Edited by Dave T-S - 9/15/2002 9:44:07 AM]

shunty

Quote by DTS "Rather than lean on the bar and talk about them"
point taken dave although I have resolved many pub discussions in my time after 8 pints

I never push mine in the wet so I suppose I look for the best dry weather tyre anyway, very happy with the F1's.

What I can't understand is why people buy tyres that will "last longer" on a high performance car, but give less wet/dry grip, yet they probably spend £000,s making their car "look" nice....not directed at anyone specifically in this thread of course as I don't know them personally.
However, 1 example is my old boss, who said this too me a few months ago.....I want the cheapest tyre that will last the longest, not really too bothered if it doesn't have the best wet/dry grip

shunty

Daz WRX

Thanks guys, so basically the so3 is good in the dry and is hard wearing but the F1 is better on the wet handling side.
Anyone got any ideas on mileage out of s03 and F1's to make a comparison?

Cheers
Daz

SiPie

Couldn't wait to get the SO3's off my car although marginally better at 34psi front and 30psi rear and also got slightly better near the end of their crappy life. Side walls (supposedly very stiff) flexed loads and terrible in the wet (even when running lower pressures).

Fitted new Toyos and even before they were bedded in they still outshone the SO3's in every department including price.

SO2's were good, yokohamas very good, but Toyos win the day.

Have heard the SO3's seem to behave a bit better when on 17's but as for the 16's 'forget it'... of course all IMHO

Mikey Ace

iTrader: (1)

guys, guys,

it's all relative - remember the RE-010 ????? how ****e are they then... totally.

btw - so3 are a fine tyre, not as good as so1 in the ultimate grip dept, but then you don't **** all four in 7500 miles....

it's a good bit-o-rubber, but it should be at the price.

Mikey

rapiddescent

my trackday wheels have SO2's on them, and the normal use are the new F1 eagles.

The new F1's are less sticky, but at least I still have tread! whereas the SO2's don't last long at all.

Most tyres come with a slippery top layer. It is really worth while taking it easy when you get new tyres and don't feel dissappointed too early. I just ragged the car round an empty road to warm up the brand new F1's and then the grip improved by at least 30%.

not tried the SO3 and don't really intend to...

rd