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[The Cambelt Kid]

Hi Guys,

I've been pulling my hair out recently looking for some new rubber for my MV6.  I really want Continental Sport 2's as the car came with them, but can't really afford £110 per corner.  So i've found a source which sells a pair of Goodyear F1's for 166 notes.

What's the gen on F1's on the Omega and can i have them all round ie: Is the F1 tread safe on the front?

I have scanned the web/OOF from top to bottom but can't seem to find any solid info, well not enought to get the money out of my bank!

Any input on this would be great as i need to get some rubber by the weekend.  I've also considered buying x4 MV6/Elite rims with rubber from a breaker.  I did this on my 2.0 a while back and managed to replace all 4 worn tyres and corroded GLS alloys for nearly new CDX ones.  The lot cost £170!  

[Darth Loo-knee]

I went to get my tracking done yesterday and picked up a booklet which had several tyres all doing a test, and a tyre i have never heard of won
i will find it then post the tyre

[Jay w]

the Goody F1 is one of the best performance tyres you can get, but be warned they are soft tyres and if you get more than 10K out of them on a miggy they you will doing well

[The Cambelt Kid]

the Goody F1 is one of the best performance tyres you can get, but be warned they are soft tyres and if you get more than 10K out of them on a miggy they you will doing well

As low as 10k?? WOW!

Not too sure how the Conti 2's compare as i've been a bit of an idiot and let all 4 of them run at 23/25 psi for a long quite a while - long enough to f**k them up!  

I spent all that time and effort doing my LPG, cambelt and rust proofing and yet i let a schoolboy error like this slip through the net...  

So £160 for a pair of soft Goodyear F1's is a bit of a false economy then?

Cheers
Marc

[Darth Loo-knee]

The Magazine is Powercar.

the test was between,
Continental Sport Contact 3, Dunlop SP Sportmaxx, Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric, Hankook Ventus S1 Evo,
Michelin Pilot Sports 2, Pirelli P Zero Nero, Toyo Proxes T1 R, Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta.

the test was aquaplaning, braking, driving safety, cornering, slalom, comfort...

Vredestein were the overall winner.

[Kevin Wood]

Just put a couple of Sportmaxx on mine. 94 quid a pop fitted and balanced, IIRC.

Kevin

[cem_devecioglu]

The Magazine is Powercar.

the test was between,
Continental Sport Contact 3, Dunlop SP Sportmaxx, Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric, Hankook Ventus S1 Evo,
Michelin Pilot Sports 2, Pirelli P Zero Nero, Toyo Proxes T1 R, Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta.

the test was aquaplaning, braking, driving safety, cornering, slalom, comfort...

Vredestein were the overall winner.

[Weds]

Hi Guys,


What's the gen on F1's on the Omega and can i have them all round ie: Is the F1 tread safe on the front?

I have scanned the web/OOF from top to bottom but can't seem to find any solid info, well not enought to get the money out of my bank!

  

I used to have Goodyear F1 all round on my previous 3ltr Elite, I loved them, very grippy in dry or wet, but, there's always a but, they were quite expensive and a bit soft, expect high wear rate, I suppose thats the trade off for being grippy.

[The Cambelt Kid]

It's just one of those things... more money now, less tomorrow.  But just beore xmas i think i'm going for the cheaper ones.  

I found Dunlop SP2000 E 235/45 R17 Y  for £78.99 fitted at blackcircles.com, nearly 1/2 that of teh conti's, so can't be that bad... ?

http://www.blackcircles.com/information?modelid=234918&cid=&productid=294976

I'm sure Mark DTM said he used Avon tyres a while ago, but can't seem to find the evidence, mayeb Avon need a look?

[hotel21]

I have F1's all round on mine, good grip, wet or dry.  They do wear but the grip is from rubber tyres, not million mile plastic Michelins .....  Last fronts were less than 9k but alignment was out.....   New ones went on the rear, old rears on the front.  FNS shoulder wearing quickest - but I put that down to living in a roundabout covered town.

[Marks DTM Calib]

Give ETS a call.......cheaper than black circles.

[shyboy]

Call me stuffy if you like, but I buy modestly priced tyres every time and would be horrified if I only managed 10/15k out of them, because I'm not interested in driving to the limit as I suspect some forum members are. My tyres never have to cope with 'sideways' driving, or keeping the back end in line when cornering, and even the cheapest seem to do 30/35k regularly. And I don't notice any real problems with tramlining and other such instability.
Boring? OK. But not only do I enjoy economy, I also tend to get fewer component breakdown problems because they are seldom sretched to their limits.
By the way, I'm currently using 4 'Maxxis' tyres. Never seen them before, but they behave perfectly well on my 2.0l tourer estate.
Cheers,
Bill.

[Jay w]

if i can get more than 20K out of a set of tyres then i would consider them to be a good set of tyres.....

I don't rag the car, most of my mileage is motorway at about the legal limit, there is some A road stiuff that i do, but again that is morely dual carridgeway

I have Dunlop SP9090S fitted to the car currently, because i suffer from bad wear on the inside edge i have the local tyre centre swap them over when they start to wear, this was done last weekend.
So far they have done 15K, i would imagine they would last another 5k and then they will be dead on the edges.

I really should get up to WIM to get the suspension set up but spare time is not something i have  

[Kevin Wood]

I really should get up to WIM to get the suspension set up but spare time is not something i have

It's only an hour of your time and the cost of one tyre

Wish I'd done it before I'd trashed a set of fronts in 15k  

Kevin

[Jay w]

I really should get up to WIM to get the suspension set up but spare time is not something i have

It's only an hour of your time and the cost of one tyre

Wish I'd done it before I'd trashed a set of fronts in 15k  

Kevin

I know, but with work being so busy i cant find the time and the weekends i am in Plymouth with the family.....

its gutting because i know a lot of my issues would be resolved.....