Apologies, Tyre help needed
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I have an 52 plate Audi A4 as my daily driver and will be doing a lot of miles soon - up to 1000 miles per week.
I am keen on fitting Bridgestone Touranza T001s on the car as I have used the ER300s for about 20k carefree miles.
My local fitter has the T001s but has told me that Yokohama are offering Yokohama C Drive 2 or BlueEarth for considerably less.
Does anyone have experience of the Yoko offering? Is it just me or does the brand name suggest a very sticky tyre that will wear out very quickly?
Many thanks.
I am keen on fitting Bridgestone Touranza T001s on the car as I have used the ER300s for about 20k carefree miles.
My local fitter has the T001s but has told me that Yokohama are offering Yokohama C Drive 2 or BlueEarth for considerably less.
Does anyone have experience of the Yoko offering? Is it just me or does the brand name suggest a very sticky tyre that will wear out very quickly?
Many thanks.
Ray Singh said:
I have an 52 plate Audi A4 as my daily driver and will be doing a lot of miles soon - up to 1000 miles per week.
I am keen on fitting Bridgestone Touranza T001s on the car as I have used the ER300s for about 20k carefree miles.
My local fitter has the T001s but has told me that Yokohama are offering Yokohama C Drive 2 or BlueEarth for considerably less.
Does anyone have experience of the Yoko offering? Is it just me or does the brand name suggest a very sticky tyre that will wear out very quickly?
Many thanks.
Have you read the tyre label? Look at the wear rating.I am keen on fitting Bridgestone Touranza T001s on the car as I have used the ER300s for about 20k carefree miles.
My local fitter has the T001s but has told me that Yokohama are offering Yokohama C Drive 2 or BlueEarth for considerably less.
Does anyone have experience of the Yoko offering? Is it just me or does the brand name suggest a very sticky tyre that will wear out very quickly?
Many thanks.
Ray Singh said:
Tyre fitter informs me that the performance labels are identical with the excpetion that the Yoko tyre is quieter...
Shirley, these labels are just a guide and who vets these?
Have a read of http://ec.europa.eu/energy/efficiency/tyres/doc/20...Shirley, these labels are just a guide and who vets these?
Be aware that some Bridgestones have very stiff sidewalls, which may alter your handling if you mix them with already fitted softer walls.
I had 2 new Dunlop Sport BluResponse fitted on the back of my Astra (it still had OE Bridgestone Turanza R300 (?) on the the front)
The difference in how the Bridgestones 'outperformed' the new Dunlops was amazing. A chat with a Dunlop engineer confirmed that they do indeed have a much softer wall - and he reckoned that the tyre labels should incorporate data to the same extent.
I sort of solved it by switching fronts and rear, but it's still there to some degree.
Obviously if you're fitting 4 it's nothing to worry about.
I had 2 new Dunlop Sport BluResponse fitted on the back of my Astra (it still had OE Bridgestone Turanza R300 (?) on the the front)
The difference in how the Bridgestones 'outperformed' the new Dunlops was amazing. A chat with a Dunlop engineer confirmed that they do indeed have a much softer wall - and he reckoned that the tyre labels should incorporate data to the same extent.
I sort of solved it by switching fronts and rear, but it's still there to some degree.
Obviously if you're fitting 4 it's nothing to worry about.
I recently back to backed the T001 against the class leader, Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance.
To my surprise, the T001 felt every bit as good in the wet, which is unusual given the Goodyears showing in recent tests, and better in the dry thanks to the previously mentioned strong sidewalls.
I had a good chat with Bridgestone engineers, and they can't work out why the T001 tests so badly compared to competition, when their internal tests show it being an equal product.
I've just ordered a set of S001s to see how they compare to the Pilot Super Sport.
As for the Yoko, I'd check out the feedback here: http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/Yokohama/C-Drive...
To my surprise, the T001 felt every bit as good in the wet, which is unusual given the Goodyears showing in recent tests, and better in the dry thanks to the previously mentioned strong sidewalls.
I had a good chat with Bridgestone engineers, and they can't work out why the T001 tests so badly compared to competition, when their internal tests show it being an equal product.
I've just ordered a set of S001s to see how they compare to the Pilot Super Sport.
As for the Yoko, I'd check out the feedback here: http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/Yokohama/C-Drive...
Just to chip in, if you want to look at alternatives, check out the Michelin Energy Saver (+) variants. I run them on my car and they seem to last an absurdly long time. (last set did 35K, which doesn't sound amazing until you learn that I've been known to chew through a set of rears of other tyres in as little as 4K miles..)
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calibrax said:
Nice one...Going with Blue Earth as the label suggests the grip, wet braking and noise are comparible to the Bridgestone.
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