Tyre usage experience

Bumped into a comment posted in a forum I’m frequent to, eightgc2. There was this topic being discussed, the tyre choice recommendation. I thought it would be useful and excerpt’in it in here for my future reference..

Tyre choice is the most important upgrade in my opinion for our FDs. I’ve tried 3 types of good years, 2 types of Michellins and 2 types of Yokohamas, 2 bidgestones a Falken and recently the Toyo C1S. (over the last 4 years with 2 cars) I’ve realised one thing, each tyre makes the car a whole different experience.

My preference is Michellin and Bridgestones cos they do not to pull the steering as the road leans. I think this is true for American and European tyres (including Continental). All other tyres tend to pull left or right where the road leans left or right horizontally. Which means we need more steering input to go in a straight line in Malaysia. Malaysian roads — do not deserve to be called roads. To some, this may not be so important, but these tyres give our ride a “european” feel. Especially the more premium modals. In fact, I tried the PS2 recently (thanx to a friend) and I tell you — when I threw the steering right, this tyre centred the car for me. I can practically drive hands free on the NSE and feel refreshed 300km later.

The C1S is very comfortable too. I’m on them now — you cannot feel the road at all — and I’m on 215/45/R17 — it absorbs the rough tar well. It is also very good on performance on both wet and dry. I’ve driven through heavy rain and drained roads and never once did it pull left or right. However, they are not “sports tyres” — they are designed as comfortably good performing tyres… so I kind of miss the “grunt” that I used to get with ultra-high performance sportier modals. I might consider selling them off (only 3 weeks old) to get the PS2 after kena poisoned like that …

Hence, it all depends on taste. Not all of us bought the same colour car — so no one here can decide what will “taste” right for others.

And the price for the C1S, imported from Japan, cost around RM380++ per piece.

But I might be considering to get Michelin Primacy LC for around RM400-450 per piece since it is is more of comfort tyres and fuel savings caught me most.

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