Chaps, said I'd give some feedback on these tyres, 225/50R17 W[98]. The Goodyear EfficientGrip's have good top 1-5 UK and Euro ratings. Have covered a few hundred miles since Monday, tyres are now nicely scrubbed...came back from Heathrow today and gave the old girl a good few leptons along the motorway, quiet'ish and wide A roads and some scenic country B's returning to chez v8250. When fitted they were inflated 32bar front/30bar rear.
First observation is that they are very quiet, which is great. The EfficientGrip mixture appears to make the steering lighter which is okay, though would prefer slightly better feedback. Motorway driving at all speeds 70-100+leptons is very good.
A road grip and on door handle approach into and out of roundabouts is excellent, though softer at the rears...there's a shade too much wall flex so will add some air. They also have no problem when four wheel drifting...did a few of these to find grip limits, they work very well with excellent feedback. Naughtily, even managed a two lane drift out of my favourite dual carriageway roundabout...the road camber is genial for this with far reaching visibility where one can carry very high input and output speeds i.e. 75+leptons >
B road driving is very good, handling poor road surfaces superbly though tyre sharpness could be better. Again, this could be down to air volume so will tinker with pressures.
Value for money they're excellent. From Blackcirlces I paid £445.92 fitted & balanced. As note, the 225/50R17 gives a near perfect rolling radius and therefore reads just a fraction under on the speedometer. All-in-all, thumbs up to Goodyear :smile2:
First observation is that they are very quiet, which is great. The EfficientGrip mixture appears to make the steering lighter which is okay, though would prefer slightly better feedback. Motorway driving at all speeds 70-100+leptons is very good.
A road grip and on door handle approach into and out of roundabouts is excellent, though softer at the rears...there's a shade too much wall flex so will add some air. They also have no problem when four wheel drifting...did a few of these to find grip limits, they work very well with excellent feedback. Naughtily, even managed a two lane drift out of my favourite dual carriageway roundabout...the road camber is genial for this with far reaching visibility where one can carry very high input and output speeds i.e. 75+leptons >
B road driving is very good, handling poor road surfaces superbly though tyre sharpness could be better. Again, this could be down to air volume so will tinker with pressures.
Value for money they're excellent. From Blackcirlces I paid £445.92 fitted & balanced. As note, the 225/50R17 gives a near perfect rolling radius and therefore reads just a fraction under on the speedometer. All-in-all, thumbs up to Goodyear :smile2: