My rear tyres would need replacing soon, just wondering what tyres people have experience with. I have done research and found 3 that get mentioned as being the market leaders:

1) Michelin Pilot Super Sport
2) Continental Contact sport 5P
3) Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2

Or shall i stick to the OEM tyres made by bridgestone. Wondering what peoples thoughts are. I am inclinded to go fir the michelins purely because they have brilliant reviews in dry, but they also have mixed reviews in the wet. Goodyear are supposed to be great in the wet, not as great as michelins in the dry, but also they don't have any rim protection. The continentals are supposed to be good at both dry and wet, but apparently they dont last that long.

Just wondering what people have on thier cars. Thanks

I have Super Sports and find that they have far superior performance in the dry AND wet than the original PS2's.

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My rear tyres would need replacing soon, just wondering what tyres people have experience with. I have done research and found 3 that get mentioned as being the market leaders:

1) Michelin Pilot Super Sport
2) Continental Contact sport 5P
3) Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2

Or shall i stick to the OEM tyres made by bridgestone. Wondering what peoples thoughts are. I am inclinded to go fir the michelins purely because they have brilliant reviews in dry, but they also have mixed reviews in the wet. Goodyear are supposed to be great in the wet, not as great as michelins in the dry, but also they don't have any rim protection. The continentals are supposed to be good at both dry and wet, but apparently they dont last that long.

Just wondering what people have on thier cars. Thanks
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Just to add that rim protection of the OEM tyres (and presumably others offering this facility) is useless. Even at tickover, gently nudging even the lowest curb will push the rubber out of the way to scrape the rim revealing bright shiny metal as a vivid contrast to the "black" finish - so you just have to be careful. I don't think any of the alternatives you suggest would be bad tyres and the differences would be quite subtle. It is probably worthwhile looking for reviews which indicate whether the charactersics you want last throughout the life of the tyre.

Thanks for your replies. I am seriously considering the michelin pilot super sport, have heard only great things about them, and they don't wear down as fast as the others.
i have been to a couple tyre places, however no one stocks them, they are 'special order'. And then they try to sell me other tyres they have in stock, asking me why i want the michelins!

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Thanks for your replies. I am seriously considering the michelin pilot super sport, have heard only great things about them, and they don't wear down as fast as the others.
i have been to a couple tyre places, however no one stocks them, they are 'special order'. And then they try to sell me other tyres they have in stock, asking me why i want the michelins!
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I brought mine from WIM/Blackboots, but Tony did have to order them as he did not hold stock in the size I needed.

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My rear tyres would need replacing soon, just wondering what tyres people have experience with. I have done research and found 3 that get mentioned as being the market leaders:

1) Michelin Pilot Super Sport
2) Continental Contact sport 5P
3) Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2

Or shall i stick to the OEM tyres made by bridgestone. Wondering what peoples thoughts are. I am inclinded to go fir the michelins purely because they have brilliant reviews in dry, but they also have mixed reviews in the wet. Goodyear are supposed to be great in the wet, not as great as michelins in the dry, but also they don't have any rim protection. The continentals are supposed to be good at both dry and wet, but apparently they dont last that long.

Just wondering what people have on thier cars. Thanks
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I've been very happy with (the many) sets of Conti's I've had

I have ordered the michelins, awaiting delivery, which will take 3 weeks apparently! thank god i'm in no real rush