Plucking Pheasants

Seeing this country is so bloody wet all the time and dry performance of most tyres is much of a muchness

Any opinions of whats the best WET road tyre out there in a 215/40/17 for a classic shaped impreza?

Heard Toyo Proxes aren't fab (is this T1-s or t1-R though??? )
And now we have threads on Goodyear F1 DSD3's splitting on the sidewall
As a baseline, Avon ZZ1s are awful - have the ZZ3s improved?
Michelin Pilots are expensive - but are they worth it?
BF Goodrich G-force Profiler (are these michelins? )??
Firestone Firehawk SZ80?


What about Dunlop SP9000?
Yokahama A539??
And Bridgestone RE050?? - which seem to be a good price at the moment, so what are they like?

Searching for threads just left me with abiguous non-specific posts which just confused me even more

I'd preferably like to hear from people who think their tyres are crap - (or their last pair)

PP

messiah

Used to have the Eagle F1s.

Now have the T1-Rs.

Will be going back to the Eagles next 'cos they're better.

Too ambiguous for you?

DPat

Had Michelin's before - my favs, got RE070s at the moment - keep you awake when it's wet!

Gutmann pug

Cross the A539 off your list for sure.

Gary

vindaloo

Anyone had the Uniroyals - Rainsports?

jtabraham

Yokohama Parada Spec 2's (215/40-17)
Got them on mine, fantastic wet and dry.

Jay m A

iTrader: (2)

Agree with the A539's - scary

ZZ3's are surprisingly good

Plucking Pheasants

Cheers, keep them comming.

The Goodys were high high on my short list. But after seeing this:- http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/showthread.php?t=433065 and this: http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/showthread.php?t=439429
I'm not so sure now

Feel free to post any other brand I haven't listed - it would be great if they are compared to another brand that you've tried on the same car too, to give a better general idea.

PP.

Bob Rawle

F1's would be my choice right now, I've had five sets on two cars with no issues at all both cars running relatively high power and torque. Forget RE070's they are lethal in the wet especially on an uprated car. Superb dry grip with nice stiff side walls though. Don't go near UniRoyal, Pilot Sports are v good, have them on my "other car"

bob

Hoppy

I've run most of the tyres you list, and have just fitted my third set of F1s. Was temped to go for Pilot Sports but the new PS2 is not available in 215/40x17, I think. Don't hesitate with F1s, there have been hundreds of favourable posts here about them, especially for wet performance.

Richard.

mid_life_crisis

Had Dunlop SP9000 on a Quattro, very fine ride, very quiet and nice overall road feel but not exceptional in the wet.
Currently using Maragoni Zeta Linea with very good results all round.

subaru swift

I have all ways had Goodyear F1's they are ther best !.. .

Scooby 1998S

I have just been looking to replace my tyres, just cannot make my mind up. The std fit RE040's are great in the dry, but understeer quite a lot in the wet. At the moment I am going to probably go for the RE050 or the F1 or maybe the ZZ3???

The score for the tyres comes from www.tyretest.com
mytyres.co.uk have an average fitting price of £12, and a delivery time of around 7 days


Black mytyres tyretest.com
Maker Tyre SIDC Comments Circles co.uk Elite Score-lower better
Avon ZZ3 0 - £71.70 £82.19 2.5
Avon ZV3 0 £73.70 £93.94 2.2
Bridgestone RE040 0 £128.07 £81.70 £105.69 2.7
Bridgestone RE050 0 £148.26 £87.30 £105.69 1.7
Bridgestone S02 1 - £106.90 £105.69 2.4
Goodyear Eagle F1 GSD 7 £114.10 £84.70 £102.16 2.6
Goodyear Eagle F1 GSD XL 7 £138.46 £92.70 - 2.2
Hankook VentusSportK104 0 - £79.20 £70.44 1.6
Kumho KU15 3 - £95.90 - 2.8
Michelin Pilot Sport 1 £132.97 £110.20 £119.79 2.6
Pirelli P ZERO ROSSO
Asimmetrico 0 £120.28 £95.20 £105.69 2.6
Toyo Proxes T1 S/R 11 £113.11 £81.80 £93.94 2.8
Yokohama AVS Sport 2 £138.09 £84.20 £96.29 2.5
Yokohama A008P 2 - £102.40 - 2.7

AJbaseBloke

050s have been good in my experience. Also like the GSD3.

Scooby 1998S

The prices were for 225/45 R17

mid_life_crisis

Has anyone considered the Dunlop Sport Maxx for a Scooby? They look interesting...

neesha

having had just about all tyres
S02pp ultimat no longer available !!!!!

Toyos currently running T1-R good in dry - no tramlining not good in wet cant be driven that hard so ill be back to bridgesone 040 or 050 good all round and hard wearing 20000 mls

Allan

iTrader: (1)

Another vote against the A539's.

Allan

Plucking Pheasants

Thanks, seem to have a general idea of whats what forming now

(for the record, I bought my car with Avon ZZ1s already fitted - not impressed at all in the wet, compared to my last Impreza which had the RE040 Bridgestones. At last I've managed to wear them out so I can get some decent rubber fitted!).

PP

JTaylor

My 2ps worth.

Tried lots of Winter Tyres and the best I've experienced (completely subjective of course) were Vredestein Sportrac 2s. Key into the road like a lot of quality Tyres do in the dry. The dry weather performance, although not as good as some summer specific rubber, was still very good.