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[Kevin Wood]

I have Goodyear Eagle F1 As2's on the front of the VW, not brilliant I must say. Average performance.

Do you have any air in them?

About 36 things of the stuff.

I can quite easily make them loose traction, perhaps more diesel torque driving the wrong wheels than anything else. 

That's why they feel average...

FTFY.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I have Goodyear Eagle F1 As2's on the front of the VW, not brilliant I must say. Average performance.

Do you have any air in them?

About 36 things of the stuff.

I can quite easily make them loose traction, perhaps more diesel torque than anything else. 

TB would probably mutter something about inadequate VW chassis design.

[Sir Tigger KC]

I paid £60 odd for my fronts....I suppose you'd call them mid range. General tire......Yank company.

I think the yanks should be compelled to use 'British english'

The word is centre......not center

The word is colour.......not color.

Perhaps we should start a war and take back the colonies.

We've got to take ourselves back first M'lud! 

[TheBoy]

I have Goodyear Eagle F1 As2's on the front of the VW, not brilliant I must say. Average performance.

I was unimpressed with performance.  And the fact I've had 3 failures out of 6 tyres isn't a good record either.

Religiously, 33psi front, 31psi rear.

[TheBoy]

I have Goodyear Eagle F1 As2's on the front of the VW, not brilliant I must say. Average performance.

Do you have any air in them?

About 36 things of the stuff.

I can quite easily make them loose traction, perhaps more diesel torque than anything else. 

TB would probably mutter something about inadequate VW chassis design.

Any FWD car can wheelspin with ease. That GY just makes it happen all the time when you don't want it to 


Although that Passat/A4/Superb chassis isn't that great, which doesn't help...  ...but adequate for an Alhambra

[tunnie]

Think the rear of a BMW 235i I drove tonight had michelin super pilot sport 3? Those broke traction easily as well 

Very easily   

[Doctor Gollum]

As quite it should with that torque...

Damn sight more enjoyable/informative/progressive*
than a wwd diesel grotbox I shouldn't wonder

* delete as applicable

[tunnie]

I preferred my VW, BMW ride very firm it was a M Spec 235. Very few chances to deploy the power on the commute.

You can actually enjoy driving without pushing the limits, just driving normally can be enjoyable.

But that's again for the insult on my car choice.

[Doctor Gollum]

You're welcome 

Don't forget, I have had the dubious honour of doing 135K miles, from new, in a VAG wwd grotbox...

[Viral_Jim]

As quite it should with that torque...

Damn sight more enjoyable/informative/progressive*
than a wwd diesel grotbox I shouldn't wonder

* delete as applicable

I'm running the updated version of that car and it is a real hoot! Coming back tonight at midnight down a deserted B road, even in the wet and cold the Michellin Pilot SS give great feedback, although you can definitely tell they're a summer tyre!

I preferred my VW, BMW ride very firm it was a M Spec 235. Very few chances to deploy the power on the commute.

This is my one criticism of the car, or perhaps our road network. It doesn't deal well with lumpy tarmac. I'll be interested to see what effect changing down to some 17" winter wheels has on the ride/handling.

 If I had my time over I probably would have picked a 140i and saved some money. The 140i has more power than you can (with any good sense) deploy on a public road. As for the full fat M-cars, they must be strictly for willy-waving purposes only, you'd have to be certifiable to give them the berries on a public road!?

Personally I've liked the vw's I've been in. Always seemed solid and well appointed inside. TBH if my ar$e had fitted in the seat, I probably would have had a golf r rather than the bimmer.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

As quite it should with that torque...

Damn sight more enjoyable/informative/progressive*
than a wwd diesel grotbox I shouldn't wonder

* delete as applicable

I'm running the updated version of that car and it is a real hoot! Coming back tonight at midnight down a deserted B road, even in the wet and cold the Michellin Pilot SS give great feedback, although you can definitely tell they're a summer tyre!

I preferred my VW, BMW ride very firm it was a M Spec 235. Very few chances to deploy the power on the commute.

This is my one criticism of the car, or perhaps our road network. It doesn't deal well with lumpy tarmac. I'll be interested to see what effect changing down to some 17" winter wheels has on the ride/handling.

 If I had my time over I probably would have picked a 140i and saved some money. The 140i has more power than you can (with any good sense) deploy on a public road. As for the full fat M-cars, they must be strictly for willy-waving purposes only, you'd have to be certifiable to give them the berries on a public road!?

Personally I've liked the vw's I've been in. Always seemed solid and well appointed inside. TBH if my ar$e had fitted in the seat, I probably would have had a golf r rather than the bimmer.

I never quite know what to make of these.

It is either an extremely expensive shopping car......or an excellent value performance saloon.

On balance I would say that £35000 is simply too much to pay for a Golf.

[Viral_Jim]

I'd be inclined to agree, except some of the discounts available are very generous. A reasonable spec can be had for £27-28k. Or, more realistically, about £320pcm. Good value for what you get in my book. Well, as good a value as any new car I suppose. 

However, revisiting my previous point, I suspect a gti would give you all the performance and fun required for £75 or so less PCM. I've very quickly come to the conclusion that modern performance cars are utterly unnecessary in the uk.

An eccentric friend of mine runs a triumph gt6 all year round and I love being in that. You can put it on the ragged edge at about 43mph. To do that in mine you'd be well over the ton. Far too much at stake for it to be any fun (for me at least). I suspect this is where cars like the mx-5 or gt86 really come into their own.

[tunnie]

I've had various thoughts on my car share buddies M235:


It is surprisingly encomical, over 30mpg even when driving in "TheBoy" mode.

Car tax is lower than the 3.2 Omega

Why no engine temp gauge? Can't tell when it's up to temp before spanking it.

No active cornering lights, standard on my VW.

BMW connected system and Nav is very impressive. Unlimited data, remote options to warm car etc. All great.

Seats are nice, but ride is very, very firm.

You can't sync the climate controls back to driver settings, after each side has been manually set on passenger side. Has to be manually done.

It's fast. Little rocket, 8 speed autobox big help.

[Mr Gav]

I've had various thoughts on my car share buddies M235:


It is surprisingly encomical, over 30mpg even when driving in "TheBoy" mode.

Car tax is lower than the 3.2 Omega

Why no engine temp gauge? Can't tell when it's up to temp before spanking it.

No active cornering lights, standard on my VW.

BMW connected system and Nav is very impressive. Unlimited data, remote options to warm car etc. All great.

Seats are nice, but ride is very, very firm.

You can't sync the climate controls back to driver settings, after each side has been manually set on passenger side. Has to be manually done.

It's fast. Little rocket, 8 speed autobox big help.

A car like that should have an oil temp gauge.

[Doctor Gollum]

Bros diesel 3 series managed a not unshabby 54 mpg over the last 1700 miles, including Inverness to the New Forrest on a single tank... can't argue with that...

It's always worth adding xenons if optional, as people always discover first time they drive in the dark...

The only way to get a £27k car for £320pm is to either put a 50% deposit down on HP, or to take out a PCP... which is a mugs game unless you do less than 5k miles a year