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Toyo › Tires

mikdivad 12 Nov 2005, 12:33

Rating 4.0

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In my opinion the ride quality/comfort did not change when I switched to this 19" setup compared to the stock 18" Aristos. If anything I think the tires are a little more compliant and comfortable than the Michelins. The Toyo Proxes 4 offer superb handling in the dry and wet, and decent performance in the snow. They are great all season performance tires that have a long tread life.

Pros: superb handling in dry/wet

Cons: minimal curb rash

Vehicle: Volkswagen

Mileage: 8000 km

MICHELIN › Tires

Racewagon 28 Oct 2005, 04:13

Rating 5.0

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I run 245/40/17 Michelin Pilot sport cups on 17x8" Et 35 rims with stock springs -> no rubbing

Pros: no rubbing, stock springs

Vehicle: Volkswagen Golf

Goodyear › Tires

20AE3600 26 Oct 2005, 17:41

Rating 5.0

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Pretty much any replacment market tire will corner better than the OE tire. The OE tires are tuned to the OEM requirements, where ride and noise are the primary concerns for 95% of all OEM fitments. since you have winters, get a good Max performance Summer tire like the Goodyear Eagle F1 GS D3. It was just rated the best all around max performance summer tire in the latest issue of Eurotuner magazine. In the end, any Max performance Summer tire will be far better at cornering than your OE tires.

Pros: better cornering than OE

Cons: ride and noise concerns

MICHELIN › Tires

raythompson 20 Oct 2005, 21:27

Rating 5.0

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Just installed new tires on our Phaeton. The old Michelins were actually dangerous. For reference, I'm not talking about driving through giant puddles at high speed; every time this happened we were on the freeway. So -- I researched everything out there and settled on the Michelin® Pilot Sport A/S (255/45R18). All I can say is... WOW!!! What a huge difference in performance; the car turns in much better and grips like crazy. These tires should be standard on this car! This tire seems to improve on the factory tire in every area of performance, and is supposed to be superb in the wet as well.

Pros: huge difference in performance

Cons: old tires dangerous

Vehicle: Volkswagen Phaeton

Mileage: 12000 km

Part number: 255/45R18

Nokia › Tires

proflounderer 19 Oct 2005, 04:45

Rating 4.5

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Try looking up NOKIAN brand tires. got a set of them last year and they turn the EV into a snow mobile in the winter and do real well in the rain as well.

Pros: good in snow, good in rain

Vehicle: Volkswagen

Toyo › Tires

projectracerabbit 9 Aug 2005, 20:30

Rating 5.0

ordered my tires today from onlinetires.com 4 toyo proxes t-1r 215-45-15 under 400 bucks shiped

Vehicle: Volkswagen

Pirelli › Tires

Veegubble U 18 Jun 2005, 04:07

Rating 4.0

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I have the Pirelli Nero M&S. A very good tire in all regards. Quiet, smooth, decent ride, wet and dry capabilities, and they last a long time compared to MXes or Azenis.

Pros: quiet, smooth, decent ride

Cons: not good in snow

Vehicle: Volkswagen Jetta

MICHELIN › Tires

VgRt6 24 Apr 2005, 15:19

Rating 4.0

Luckily Bridgestone has a 30-day test drive program where if you're not happy with the tires for any reason, you can return them for a full refund. I walked into Curry's, told them I didn't like Potenzas and walked out with a set of Michelin MXV$ Plus tires.

Pros: full refund, test drive program

Cons: didn't like Potenzas

Pirelli › Tires

bayarea415 13 Sep 2004, 16:23

Rating 3.0

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Car feel slippery, sway little left to right constantly when on freeway (I noticed it only does that when at high speed--freeway speed--especially when vehicle is running on those comb-lines cement paved.

Cons: feel slippery, sway left to right

Mileage: 6000 km

Toyo › Tires

LYKUNO 29 Sep 2004, 01:38

Rating 2.0

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I put T1S's on my 96 GTI last spring (on SSR Comps), and by October (maybe 7-8000 miles later) they developed a really irritating humming sound -- this despite being well balanced, inflated properly and cared for (no curb jumping, pothole hitting or other abuse). Couldn't see any evidence of cupping or unusual wear, but they just got annoyingly loud. Nothing turning up the radio couldn't drown out though.

Cons: irritating humming sound

Vehicle: Volkswagen

Mileage: 12875 km