Discussion
I need a new set of boots for the Roadster - 15" wheels so 195/50 R15. They're refreshingly cheap after the Saab.
Now, I have heard both Toyo Proxes T1-Rs and GoodYear Eagle F1 GSD3s recommended highly for MX-5s. I have Toyos on the Saab and they seem pretty good for a budget performance tyre. The GYs are very very pricey on the Saab.
Strangely, on mytyres.co.uk the F1s come in at 35.80 a corner and the Toyos at 40.80.
However, a friend who worked in quality control at Dunlop when they were taken over by GoodYear doesn't have a single good thing to say about them and reckons their QA is atrocious
I have had a bizarre failure on a GSD2 in the past 
Also, being a 1.8 Roadster, it's not got huge amounts of power. I want something pretty grippy as it's an all year round car, but not *too* grippy if that makes sense
I guess the most important thing is that it is progressive. I don't want a tyre that suddenly lets go, especially if Mrs.NCoT is driving it in the cold and wet this winter, something with a nice progressive breakaway is important...
So folks, what do you recommend?
Now, I have heard both Toyo Proxes T1-Rs and GoodYear Eagle F1 GSD3s recommended highly for MX-5s. I have Toyos on the Saab and they seem pretty good for a budget performance tyre. The GYs are very very pricey on the Saab.
Strangely, on mytyres.co.uk the F1s come in at 35.80 a corner and the Toyos at 40.80.
However, a friend who worked in quality control at Dunlop when they were taken over by GoodYear doesn't have a single good thing to say about them and reckons their QA is atrocious
I have had a bizarre failure on a GSD2 in the past Also, being a 1.8 Roadster, it's not got huge amounts of power. I want something pretty grippy as it's an all year round car, but not *too* grippy if that makes sense
I guess the most important thing is that it is progressive. I don't want a tyre that suddenly lets go, especially if Mrs.NCoT is driving it in the cold and wet this winter, something with a nice progressive breakaway is important...So folks, what do you recommend?
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