MK5 Golf GTI

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Title: Bridgestone Potenza RE050A
Post by: njdudsbury on July 25, 2012, 12:40:45 pm

Thinking of putting a set of these on mine (18" monzas) instead on conti sport contact 3 which I have been happy with and wear rate is good
Any comments or views?

Title: Re: Bridgestone Potenza RE050A
Post by: E30Dom on July 25, 2012, 12:42:33 pm

I prefer my conti sc5's over my potenzas...

Title: Re: Bridgestone Potenza RE050A
Post by: samdem on July 25, 2012, 12:45:33 pm

Those are the tyres that come with the mk5 gti as standard.. i just got 2 new ones as i didnt see a reason to swap brands. theyre fine for me!

Title: Re: Bridgestone Potenza RE050A
Post by: Gene Hunt on July 25, 2012, 12:46:11 pm

I would stick with the Conti's,german quality. :smiley:

Title: Re: Bridgestone Potenza RE050A
Post by: david25 on July 25, 2012, 01:02:10 pm

The new SC5 isnt favoured very much even in Germany.

http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Article/2012-Sport-Auto-Summer-Tyre-Test.htm

Title: Re: Bridgestone Potenza RE050A
Post by: kevinm on July 25, 2012, 01:28:07 pm

They were factory fitted to mine. I changed to GY ASSY2's a few months ago. The bridgestones are a bit better in the dry but cant touch the goodyears in the wet or for road noise.

The RE050A's were shocking in the wet once they went below 4mm thread. The back would break away without notice. They still had 3mm thread left on them when I got rid.

Title: Re: Bridgestone Potenza RE050A
Post by: danishmkvgti on July 25, 2012, 01:34:55 pm

They we fitted to mine when i bought it, couldn't get rid of them soom enough, as mentioned poor grip in the wet and no grip in the dry, and they were squared after a few hours of stilstand, so bumpety at the start of each ride  :fighting: