tyres

[ollygogs]

whats the best tyres to fit on a audi a3tdi 56 plate

[Dr G]

I like Eagle F1 GSD3 and Continental Contact sport 3 - in VFM terms been very impressed with Avon ZZ3 which is significantly cheaper.

[ADHSTOX]

hello this is my first posting! I have an A3 2.0tdi sportsback and regarding tyres i found the BF GOODRICH(made by MICHELIN) G-GRIP an excellent performance tyre with great road handling at an amazing price. I just bought 4 new 205 55 16 91v for £215 fitted from SAXON GATE MOTORIST CENTRE in biggleswade, hertfordshire.01767 314125.give them a call you will be very surprised!hope this helps

[cuprabob]

F1 Asymmetrics are pretty damn good IMO

[missing the VR6]

I had 16 inch Eagle GSD3's on my 99 1.8T A3 Sport and quite frankly they were rubbish, seriously dissappointing. The Pirelli P6000 before were much better.

[MintyChris]

GSD3's are old skool. Asymmetric's are the way forward.

[JKY]

The Eagle GSD3 is prone to severe 'blocking' on this A3 / Golf platform which will give a bad bearing type noise. Any tyre with this excentuated arrow type tread will do it. Best stick to more conventional tread patterns.

Edited by JKY on Thursday 3rd December 11:33

[Karlos69]

Budget to Mid-range: Falken FK452
Mid-range to Premium: Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta

[Gren]

JKY said:

The Eagle GSD3 is prone to severe 'blocking' on this A3 / Golf platform which will give a bad bearing type noise. Any tyre with this excentuated arrow type tread will do it. Best stick to more conventional tread patterns.

Edited by JKY on Thursday 3rd December 11:33

Used to make this noise on my old TT after around 10k miles (they used to last around 15k). Mind you, I did put 3 sets on as they were a very good tyre, especially at £90 fitted for 225x40x18s. Assymetricals were just as good a tyre and they hadn't started making any noise when I traded the car in with around 13k on the tyres. Looked like they were going to last longer too. Worked out around a tenner a tyre more at my local fitters.