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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2019 19:08:00 GMT
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Post by Tim on Mar 26, 2019 9:27:14 GMT
I got P Zeros on the back of the Nissan and after fitting remembered why they weren't my first choice.
Compared with a lot of tyres they end up with a less extreme version of that 'Euro look', i.e. they appear to be stretched to fit a wider rim and its not something I like.
In addition, and possibly related, they give a harsher ride.
I think this may have been a contributing factor to the issues I had in this area with the Alfa GT I bought - it had P Zeros as standard and had a very brittle initial ride quality over sharp bumps.
I'd happily spend a little extra to get Goodyears or Contis in future.
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Post by Martin on Mar 26, 2019 12:34:45 GMT
There are so many different versions of the P Zero, that’s part of the problem. The N rated ones on the Boxster were super sticky, almost F1 tyre levels of pick up and sub 10k mile life but had amazing grip.
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Post by Stuntman on Sept 2, 2019 21:15:07 GMT
I put four new Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tyres on the GT4 on Saturday (well 'I' didn't, but you know what I mean...)
The car came on Cup 2 tyres with an N0 designation. These new tyres are N1, as per the new 718 GT4 and apparently with better behaviour in the wet (although still fairly poor compared to most other tyres).
The cost after a bit of negotiation was £1278 fitted. A pretty substantial bill, but it could have been worse. I had budgeted £1500 as a worst case.
The original tyres had done 9900 miles and had about 3.5mm left on the rears and about 4mm on the fronts. So I could have eked them out a bit longer, but decided to have the better performance of the new tyres for a longer period of time.
The technician, to his credit, checked with me after measuring the tread whether I still wanted to change the tyres. I think it was still the right decision and I took the car for a 60-mile strop on Sunday morning to bed them in.
I'll update after a few hundred miles and see if they're any better in the wet. Dry grip remains spectacular, the car's computer showed a max value of 1.0 lateral G on my Sunday morning strop.
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Post by Martin on Sept 19, 2019 13:09:25 GMT
I had two new rear tyres fitted to the BMW on Tuesday, £470 all in, which is less than budget as they were £270 each when I priced them up after buying the car. They’ve lasted a bit longer than expected too, just over 29k miles. I went for the same again as I’ve been happy with them and that’s what BMW are still fitting to the 20” wheels, Bridgestone S001 RFTs (275/35 x 20 102Y).
The fronts are wearing quite badly on the edges, in theory based on the middle of the tread they would last 50,000 miles, but it’s going to be quite a bit less at this rate. The 245/40 x 20 fronts are currently £250 each.
The Contis on the Golf aren’t wearing anywhere near quick enough, I’m keen to get it into P4S but it would be a bit mad when they’ve still got around 5mm of tread on the front and a bit more than that on the back.
Dan - the wear rate on the GT4 rears is better than the P Zeros on our 2.9 Boxster! Less than 10k miles in just over 3.5 years (is that right?) is a poor effort....
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Post by Stuntman on Sept 19, 2019 20:10:15 GMT
Martin - it's a second car (actually a third car for the first two years of its time with me). When I was contracting away from home I never used the GT4, and when I was commuting to GKN in Redditch I mostly used the M3 as it was more comfortable for my 66 mile round trip every day (although more thirsty). I put quite a few miles on the M3 during that time, although still admittedly probably not at your level!
If I'd racked up those miles in the GT4 it would have made the car a massive outlier if/when I sell it or trade it in for another GT Porsche.
My current commute is 3 miles a day. I've been dailying the GT4 for the last 4 weeks!
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