MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk7 R and GTI => Mk7 General Area => Topic started by: GTD on September 09, 2015, 10:15:32 pm

Title: Tyre wear on GTD
Post by: GTD on September 09, 2015, 10:15:32 pm
Hi folks, I bought my GTD new in March last year and it has now covered about 8k, about 99% of it by my wife who doesn't drive the car hard at all. Had a check of the tyres tonight and the 2 fronts will need changed in the next few weeks!  :surprised:

My transit custom has just clocked 36k and has more tread on the front!

Originally the car came with contisport 2 which I believe are discontinued? I spoke to my local VW dealer and they recommend the contisport 5. I like the fact that all my tyres are by the same manufacturer but am not overly impressed by the wear rate.

Should I just stick another couple of contisports on or is there a better alternative?

 Oponeo is the cheapest I have found at £84 per tyre for a contisport 5. My local VW garage  want £140 per tyre!  :signLOL:
Title: Re: Tyre wear on GTD
Post by: MK1Campaign on September 10, 2015, 05:13:18 am
Wear sounds excessive to me.
Try tyre leader for the best prices.
Title: Re: Tyre wear on GTD
Post by: rich83 on September 10, 2015, 07:22:58 am
4 wheel alignment.
Title: Re: Tyre wear on GTD
Post by: GTD on September 10, 2015, 07:40:30 am
I thought it was excessive too, although my brother had a mk5 GTI diesel and that also went through tyres for fun. I suppose that the fact his missus was a racing driver didn't help..... :stupid:

On Tyreleader there are 6 different variations of contisport 5 225/40/18 92y. Which is the correct for my golf? AO-Audi and MO-Mercedes etc...... Prices range from £80 to £104!

Rich, I will get them aligned when I get the tyres changed. May even Call VW today and query the excessive wear.  :happy2:
Title: Re: Tyre wear on GTD
Post by: Biano44 on September 10, 2015, 08:21:56 am
Not that this will help but my local VW sales person went through the front tyres of his first MK7 in 3500miles. He does drive like a clown though!
Title: Re: Tyre wear on GTD
Post by: s3dubbin on September 10, 2015, 09:11:00 am
I'm sure my mk7 GTD came with bridgstones from factory. Looked Tues night, 14000 miles and I would say another 1000miles left in them.

Stevie.
Title: Re: Tyre wear on GTD
Post by: GTD on September 10, 2015, 11:30:47 am
 
Not that this will help but my local VW sales person went through the front tyres of his first MK7 in 3500miles. He does drive like a clown though!

That's mental! My missus drives like miss daisy, at least that's what she tells me!
I'm sure my mk7 GTD came with bridgstones from factory. Looked Tues night, 14000 miles and I would say another 1000miles left in them.



Stevie.

Maybe they found out that the continentals are not that great? What year is yours? Mines is a March 2014.

 
Title: Re: Tyre wear on GTD
Post by: s3dubbin on September 11, 2015, 08:16:31 am
Mine is Sept'14 64plate. I have just bought Conti contact 5's for my s3 8p need to see how they last on that at stage4.

Cheers, Stevie.
Title: Re: Tyre wear on GTD
Post by: tony_danza on September 11, 2015, 11:46:14 am
Conti Sports are quite a soft and sticky compound for grip, and wear accordingly. Where as Bridgestones are made of coal and churches, and that's why they do starship mileage and try and kill you in the wet.

Just pick somewhere on the scale, you can't have everything!
Title: Re: Tyre wear on GTD
Post by: PT82 on September 11, 2015, 12:43:30 pm
8k in 18 months. What the hell you buy a diesel for? lol
Title: Re: Tyre wear on GTD
Post by: GTD on September 11, 2015, 10:22:16 pm
8k in 18 months. What the hell you buy a diesel for? lol

Be lucky if I have done 1k in it mate, it's the wife's! Got a great deal on it and the GTI was more expensive.  :P
Title: Re: Tyre wear on GTD
Post by: Mitch H on September 11, 2015, 10:35:27 pm
Have they work evenly? And go with michelins if you want tyres to last longer :) front wheel drive diesels with lots of torque do chew through tyres though
Title: Re: Tyre wear on GTD
Post by: GTD on September 12, 2015, 08:55:42 am
Have they work evenly? And go with michelins if you want tyres to last longer :) front wheel drive diesels with lots of torque do chew through tyres though

Passenger side is worse which is understandable given the amount of roundabouts where I live. I called VW yesterday and they say they use 3 different tyre manufacturers to keep the prices competitive, pot luck what your car comes with I guess.

I had michelins on my mk5 GTI and they were excellent Mitch, I was actually thinking about buying the PS3's in the for sale section before they sold.
Title: Re: Tyre wear on GTD
Post by: J400uk on October 10, 2015, 07:15:08 pm
That does sound like excessive wear. Got mine in June and its just coming up to 7500 miles, tyres still looking pretty fresh.
Title: Re: Tyre wear on GTD
Post by: too hot on December 13, 2015, 05:34:31 pm
Ours is the same GTD  10k miles and two fronts on the wear limits.
Mine came with 19" Dunlops Sport Maxxs !
Title: Re: Tyre wear on GTD
Post by: dansmith180 on December 14, 2015, 11:14:08 pm
As above they change tyre manufacturers regularly depending on whos giving them the best deal.

Personally I don't like the Continentals at all and would go for a Michelin or Goodyear option.

That does seem pretty quick for wear as it took me about 10k to kill my fronts in a very well driven stage 1 gti. That was with Goodyear eagle f1 assy 2's

Title: Re: Tyre wear on GTD
Post by: GTD on December 15, 2015, 06:23:56 pm
I ended up buying conti sport contact 5's as the 2's are discontinued,  Tyreleader were best price. Stuck with Continental just so that the 4 corners are the same brand.

As long as they last until next March I will be happy as that's when I will be changing, starting to get itchy feet just now if I'm honest.... :driver:
Title: Re: Tyre wear on GTD
Post by: Norbreck21a on December 23, 2015, 12:06:02 pm
My MK7 GTD has just ticked over 20,000 miles and I still have 4mm left all round on the Bridgestone Potenza S001's it came form the factory with. To be honest, the Bridgestone's have always been crap for grip and tramping but wanted to get some use out of them before swapping.

Even thought they are not down to the legal limit, they are slipping more than they used to (if that's even possible), so I think a change of tyre is on in the new year. My shortlist so far are the Continental Sport contact 5's or the GoodYear Eagle F1 asymmetrical, but whilst I don't mind sacrificing some mileage for a better gripping tyre, (say around 15k miles), the stories I'm reading of tyres shot in 7-8k miles is a bit shocking !
Title: Re: Tyre wear on GTD
Post by: JamieUK on January 13, 2016, 07:15:51 pm
Have the tyres worn evenly? How do you know your wife doesn't drive the car hard  :evilgrin: :evilgrin:
Title: Re: Tyre wear on GTD
Post by: GTD on January 20, 2016, 08:21:39 am
She doesn't drive hard mate, my 5 year old is in the car 99% of the time. Passenger side was worse probably due to the amount of roundabouts in our area.   :sick: