Road Tyres

[toolie72 67 1 Cars]

Needing fronts, going to go to wee place down the road, don't really want to spend more than£250

Yokohamas on it but shop doesn't get them but I'd quite like to give them the business anyway

Our a roads in the highlands are like your b roads-I'm a hundred miles from closest motorway, I use the car everyday for fun/grin/hooligan factor

Any recommendations of tyres that I'm likely to get from local tyre supplier (local shop for local people tubs)

[allanallen 528 2 Cars]

Michelin pilot sport 3s, superb road tyre

[calvinhorse 870]

Michelin pilots, I've have a second hand set on my 405 (195/50/15) the wet and dry grip is phenomenal, and they last forever, I honestly can't remember when I had them put on it was that long ago and I do 300 miles a week!

 

I have another set on my 309 and they will be going through a 3rd MOT in July without being changed

[toolie72 67 1 Cars]

Pilots it is then-cheers

[DBG 16]

Michelin PS3s are a great tyre (have them on my wife's car), but I recently fitted Bridgestone RE003s to the 205 and they're fantastic! Bit softer though, so don't think they'll last as long as the Michelins (if that's a consideration).

[j_turnell 137 3 Cars]

I run Toyo R1r's on mine and find them to give excellent grip in wet and dry, I noticed a lot of the Caterfield boys using them so thought I would give them a go. They are reasonably soft so not sure how long they will last. Not used the PS3's myself but heard good things.

[Simmo 2 1 Cars]

I have PS3s on my Focus RS and they're fantastic, for both road and occasional track use.

 

The 205 has AD08s which I rate too but that's mainly track use...

[mac73 0 1 Cars]

Continentals on mine and our other cars and i am enjoying the same roads as you they are quite grippy round our now famous roads

 

[Gman 29]

I have PS3s on my Focus RS and they're fantastic, for both road and occasional track use.

 

The 205 has AD08s which I rate too but that's mainly track use...

 

How do you find the AD08's on the road? Running R888's on the road is a no no as they're too loud and crashy with the harder side walls. The AD08's must also have fairly solid side walls, so just wondered how they are on the road as well.

[dobboy 231 2 Cars]

I have AD08R's on mine and they're brill, and they were very good on track too.

 

I also bought them for two other cars I've had.

[toolie72 67 1 Cars]

Hmm, been to local tyre place and he's talked me out of the pilots

Reckons Vredstein quintracks 4 (summat like that they're called) will be better up here as they work in cold weather unlike pilots

(Milton of leys, Inverness) theres only a quid of difference but he's got them on his own car

205s my Daily driver-won't take it out 4inches+ of snow as always get stuck (50 yards from house like a d*ck)

[j_turnell 137 3 Cars]

No offence to your tyre man but I'd rather go with opinions of people that actually use them on a 205, I've not heard a bad word said against them. It's not as if they are slicks and they need to be at a certain temperature before they perform, it's a road tyre so they will be fine.

[welshpug 1,666]

id bet that he has a bigger profit margin on the vredesteins.

[toolie72 67 1 Cars]

Oucha-bet his ears are burning now hehe

[dobboy 231 2 Cars]

Yeah toolie, better buying the PS3's and worry about the snow when it comes. Can always fire on a couple of snow tyres late July!

 

All the reviews of the PS3's are good and they are cheap as chips.

[allanallen 528 2 Cars]

Haha, top salesman! Buy the ps3s

[toolie72 67 1 Cars]

Dobboy-be a pretty mild winter up here if I have to wait till July for the snow haha-at least it clears the blooming campervans off the roads!!

[dobboy 231 2 Cars]

Dobboy-be a pretty mild winter up here if I have to wait till July for the snow haha-at least it clears the blooming campervans off the roads!!

Na, the midges will have cleared them before the snow!

 

I remember years ago watching a bus load of Japanese tourists getting off a tour bus to take some pictures at the side of Loch Lomond, a few minutes later they all started slapping their heads/faces.

 

20 minutes later it was like a race back to the bus as they all shouted "Fak thees fow gimov sodgees!"

[Simmo 2 1 Cars]

How do you find the AD08's on the road? Running R888's on the road is a no no as they're too loud and crashy with the harder side walls. The AD08's must also have fairly solid side walls, so just wondered how they are on the road as well.

I like the feel of them on the road but the car is stripped with poly Windows so cannot comment on road noise really!

[johnnyboy666 195 1 Cars]

If you can get them in the right size Falken Ziex ze914's are definitely worth a look, great in the wet and cold, and very grippy in the dry. I'm not quite as far north as you, but they seem to handle the pothole-ridden Lanarkshire roads pretty well.

 

And for the snow, I got a cheap pair of 206 steels from a scrappy, and some mud and snow remoulds, they're pretty impressive (except when the snow thaws and you try to go over 40mph!)

[Henry Yorke 269 3 Cars]

If you are worried about snow, get a spare set of wheels with snow tyres. That will make your pilots last twice as long too. I switch wheels in winter for safety as my wife is a nurse and travels early mornings etc.

[toolie72 67 1 Cars]

Thinking now to put pilots on front, all weather tyres on rear and swap them as I need them-it's my daily and quite frankly it already handles better than my natural talent and ability-yes I've spun it three times in the 21years I've owned it but that was me driving like an as@hole-I'm 44 now so I should know better (most of the time lol)