I'm on my third set of tyres.

First were stock Bridgestones which were fine and grippy in all conditions, but poor on road noise.

Then I got a set of Goodyear Asy 3's which were better grip and slightly better on the noise front.

A couple of months ago I stumped-up the extra to try a set of Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S 245/35 R19 Y (93) at £189.85 per tyre from Blackcircles.

I'm not disappointed! I'd say that they have slightly better grip than the Asy 3's (not much in it).

Not only are the Michelins quieter on the road (the Euro specs suggested they would be slightly noisier than the Goodyears) but from the moment I got them it felt like the ride improved markedly - it was like I'd got new suspension in with the deal!

They are more expensive, but the advertising suggests that I might get up to 5000 extra miles out of the set over other tyres. That remains to be seen, but whatever happens these will be my next set of tyres.

Blackhole128 wrote:I'm on my third set of tyres.

First were stock Bridgestones which were fine and grippy in all conditions, but poor on road noise.

Then I got a set of Goodyear Asy 3's which were better grip and slightly better on the noise front.

A couple of months ago I stumped-up the extra to try a set of Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S 245/35 R19 Y (93) at £189.85 per tyre from Blackcircles.

I'm not disappointed! I'd say that they have slightly better grip than the Asy 3's (not much in it).

Not only are the Michelins quieter on the road (the Euro specs suggested they would be slightly noisier than the Goodyears) but from the moment I got them it felt like the ride improved markedly - it was like I'd got new suspension in with the deal!

They are more expensive, but the advertising suggests that I might get up to 5000 extra miles out of the set over other tyres. That remains to be seen, but whatever happens these will be my next set of tyres.

Would you say they are better than the Conti contact 6? also do the Michelin come with a rim protector? I like the fact the Conti's seem to have a big rim protector on? I'm looking to change all 4 tyres and really don't know which ones to go for? I have the Hankooks on at the mo. On the TTS is it best to go for RO1 or RO2?

stumardy wrote:
Would you say they are better than the Conti contact 6? ?

I said this 3 posts ago! To expand a little, probably a little better if all the tests are to be believed, and will almost certainly last longer. I don't rate the rim protection that highly on them though. No idea about the Contis in that respect

stumardy wrote:

Blackhole128 wrote:I'm on my third set of tyres.

First were stock Bridgestones which were fine and grippy in all conditions, but poor on road noise.

Then I got a set of Goodyear Asy 3's which were better grip and slightly better on the noise front.

A couple of months ago I stumped-up the extra to try a set of Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S 245/35 R19 Y (93) at £189.85 per tyre from Blackcircles.

I'm not disappointed! I'd say that they have slightly better grip than the Asy 3's (not much in it).

Not only are the Michelins quieter on the road (the Euro specs suggested they would be slightly noisier than the Goodyears) but from the moment I got them it felt like the ride improved markedly - it was like I'd got new suspension in with the deal!

They are more expensive, but the advertising suggests that I might get up to 5000 extra miles out of the set over other tyres. That remains to be seen, but whatever happens these will be my next set of tyres.

Would you say they are better than the Conti contact 6? also do the Michelin come with a rim protector? I like the fact the Conti's seem to have a big rim protector on? I'm looking to change all 4 tyres and really don't know which ones to go for? I have the Hankooks on at the mo. On the TTS is it best to go for RO1 or RO2?

I've never had Contis so I can't comment on them.

The Michelin do have rim protection, but since having them I've managed to badly scuff my near-side rear and my offside front!

I've found that rubber rim protection doesn't really protect much with any of the tyres I've had so far.

Time to phone the Alloy insurance people for me.

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I've never had Contis so I can't comment on them.
The Michelin do have rim protection, but since having them I've managed to badly scuff my near-side rear and my offside front!

I've found that rubber rim protection doesn't really protect much with any of the tyres I've had so far.
Time to phone the Alloy insurance people for me. [/quote]

Yep, an absolute must imo. None of these low profile tyres offer any real protection if you really kerb the wheel. Note that some insurers won't cover diamond cut alloys. Period.

My first set were Continental Contisportcontact 5 which came from factory, they were fine no issues as such but towards the end one tire had a bubble and another was just losing air through some fine cracks in the side wall. The roads in my city are shite so what applies to me might not apply to everyone. Now I’ve switched over to Michelin pilot sport 4s and I can tell you there is a huge difference between these two. PS4s are the best tires I’ve ever owned, a lot more responsive and grip levels are phenomenal. The contisportcontact6 are out now never tried those so no idea, don’t know anyone who’s tried those either so can’t comment, maybe they are better than CSC5? I’d recommend PS4S blindly though!

Harsha369 wrote:My first set were Continental Contisportcontact 5 which came from factory, they were fine no issues as such but towards the end one tire had a bubble and another was just losing air through some fine cracks in the side wall. The roads in my city are shite so what applies to me might not apply to everyone. Now I’ve switched over to Michelin pilot sport 4s and I can tell you there is a huge difference between these two. PS4s are the best tires I’ve ever owned, a lot more responsive and grip levels are phenomenal. The contisportcontact6 are out now never tried those so no idea, don’t anyone who’s tried those either so can’t comment, maybe they are better than CSC5? I’d recommend PS4S blindly though!

Spoke to a friend who got some Hankook from factory he is planning to change to ps4s or csc6, will keep you guys posted. He said the hankooks were very mediocre.

*UPDATE* My friend went with Michellin Pilot Sport 4S as well. People here prefer the PS4S over the continental CSC6. Anyone else with further input on CSC6 should share their experience.

I’ve recently bought a mk3 TTS
When Buying it the car had hankooks on it but it needed 2 front tyres
They said they would replace the fronts before I collected it, which they did but they didn’t match the rears.

I’d already in my head decided I’d put some good quality tyres on all round.

On my mk2 I had Goodyear f1’s and was very happy with them but fancied a change

Ended up on getting conti 6’s
Found the ride to be smooth, noise to be a lot better and the grip is awesome, drove it last night for the first time in the wet and made an effort to push it hard on islands etc to test wet grip and found them to be excellent


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moro anis wrote:I had Yokohamas on mine (20") and was very pleased with them.

Very quiet, good road holding in all conditions plus a kerbing band.

My TTS 20" came with Yokohama Advan Sport V105's. Those and the (awful) Pirelli P Zero are the OEM spec tires (yes, i haha) here in the states. None of the other (limited) options for the 20" wheels come close to these in terms of test results and reviews, so I'll be keeping with these even though they're a bit pricy.

ReTTro fit wrote:I’ve recently bought a mk3 TTS
When Buying it the car had hankooks on it but it needed 2 front tyres
They said they would replace the fronts before I collected it, which they did but they didn’t match the rears.

I’d already in my head decided I’d put some good quality tyres on all round.

On my mk2 I had Goodyear f1’s and was very happy with them but fancied a change

Ended up on getting conti 6’s
Found the ride to be smooth, noise to be a lot better and the grip is awesome, drove it last night for the first time in the wet and made an effort to push it hard on islands etc to test wet grip and found them to be excellent

Totally agree with this, the Contis are great tyres, the Hankooks just don't do it on a performance car that is Quattro.



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I had 4 Michelin Pilot Sport 4S fitted yesterday. £720 with mobile fitting from Black Circles. They feel better then the Hankooks so far but I’ve not really tested them yet. Have to say though, the Hankook lasted almost 30k miles on the front. Quite surprised by that.

So new tyres feel better than old tyres...

Toshiba wrote:So new tyres feel better than old tyres...

Well quite. No surprise to me, hence I am reserving judgement for now!

How are the MPS4S performing in the cold weather? My Bridgestone tyres are fairly poor in the cold weather.