Tyres
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What sort of life are we getting out of our tyres? I've got bridge stone potenza on mine. I remember having those on my civic type r and the front two only lasted 12 months!
Got the Bridgestones on MY16 FR180, not very happy but nothing to do about it 
Just took delivery last week.
Just took delivery last week.
some dealers will just replace it, and some will say it's been damaged/knocked. Luck of the draw.
My 184 FR came with Pirelli Cinturato P7, and they've been OK.
My 184 FR came with Pirelli Cinturato P7, and they've been OK.
I have a Pulsar on Contisportcontact tyres, around 7500 km on them and they are pretty good IMO.
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The fronts on mine have worn quite badly. Problem is the car is pushing out a lot of torque and the front end is getting the brunt of it with wheel spinning on a few occasions. Noticed I'm nearly at the minimum wear indicator after over 8K miles. But the bridge stones are a terrible tyre. Every car that I've owned a car with Bridgestones and have had issues with. Not as bad as Dunlop sports which were plain lethal.
Also on a journey to work felt the backs not gripping and feels like the car lets go on back.
Can't wait to get them changed.
Bridgestones lasted just over 8K before I could stand it no more. Probably had about another 1K left on them but the lack of grip when accelerating left me feeling like I had bought the wrong car. They got considerably worse as they got closer to the legal limit.
Replaced with trusted Pilot Super Sports and left the healthy Brigestones on the rear. Car transformed. No more axle tramp and you have to be very aggresive to get them to spin. All round more confident, better drive with incredible dry and excellent wet grip and much improved in the damp.
Ran a couple of sets of these on my previous car with a bit more BHP and they outlasted the original Bridgestone Run Flats significantly so expecting to get 10K plus out of these. Worth every penny.
Word of caution with these. If its less than 8 degrees they don't grip well under acceleration until you get a mile or two on them. Seems like the compound needs to warm up more than others but it only take a mile or two and you shouldn't be caning a cold engine anyway so not an issue for me. Looking forward to summer.
Replaced with trusted Pilot Super Sports and left the healthy Brigestones on the rear. Car transformed. No more axle tramp and you have to be very aggresive to get them to spin. All round more confident, better drive with incredible dry and excellent wet grip and much improved in the damp.
Ran a couple of sets of these on my previous car with a bit more BHP and they outlasted the original Bridgestone Run Flats significantly so expecting to get 10K plus out of these. Worth every penny.
Word of caution with these. If its less than 8 degrees they don't grip well under acceleration until you get a mile or two on them. Seems like the compound needs to warm up more than others but it only take a mile or two and you shouldn't be caning a cold engine anyway so not an issue for me. Looking forward to summer.
Mine came with Bridgestones, rotated front to back on 8k and replaced all four at 15k. All pretty close to wear indicators.
Had I listened to everyone and known how good the car was going to be on the Pilot Super Sports I would have changed all four a lot earlier. Given how amazing the car is now I'm not expecting to get 15k out of the Michelin set purely as I'm driving it harder!!
My car is in for its first service on Monday. Have ordered 4 new Michelin Pilot Sport 4 s for it. The Bridgestones are seriously getting on my nerves. The fronts are close to the wear indicators. The backs are still good. But the car feels too sloppy on them and when the roads get damp it's even worse.
I did a bit of research on the pilot super sports, and there are some mixed reviews. And looking at the PS4s seem to get better reviews. Already ordered them now, but is anyone using PS4's on their 184 FR TDIs?
What are people's thoughts?
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I have the Bridgestones on mine, I recently bought the car @7500 miles and was shocked at how low the fronts are compared with rears. Even on the 150tdi they are pretty poor in the wet. Pilot supersports or conti's for me next.
I just changed my fronts to PS4s on my 184. Seem a lot better. Axle tramp gone, wheel spin reduced, feels more planted. Still have bridgestones on the rear but will change them out for the PS4s when ready.
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Now have Michelin PS4s fitted. What an improvement. Grip is excellent in both wet and dry conditions. Car feels a whole lot better. Although it cost me £483 to do so.
Wasn't aware the p4s tyres was out as they said January was the release date . Where did you purchase these from . Thanks
I`ve recently had continental contis fitted which seem pretty decent(most of the online tyre sites say they are standard fit on Audi`s) which I bought from tyreshopper and were delivered to and fitted at my local National tyres-there is also a money off code if you look on the net.
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