So, a year after buying my Cupra TDi and sticking some Falkens on the front, it comes time to replace my other two tyres (Dunlop Sport Maxx).
Thinking I'd probably be plumping for the cheaper Falkens again off I went to look at mytyres.co.uk only to find the price difference between Falkens and Goodyears has narrowed from ~£20 a tyre, to a few pence!
I did some reading, some reviews etc and the Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetrics were going to be the ones.
Ordered, delivered, fitted.
Now when I changed the fronts last time from Dunlops to Falkens the difference was hardly noticable other than I felt there was less grip.
With these though...
Immediate difference, just reversing out of the parking space, was how much easier it is to turn the steering wheel!
Second thing to notice, driving down the road, was how much less road noise there is to he heard. They really are so much quieter wether on cobbles, tarmac, 20mph or 80mph.
Then I find I no longer feel every single road bump, the ride is much smoother.
Finally the grip, now I know I've only done around 100 miles so far round town and a 60mile country drive, but their grip is a vast improvement, stick like glue on the hot summer tarmac but not really pushed them in the wet yet.
Overall, worth every penny. I notice the wear tating is 240 as opposed to the Falkens and Dunlops 260, so obviously they won't last as long, but still, I couldn't complain.
Thinking I'd probably be plumping for the cheaper Falkens again off I went to look at mytyres.co.uk only to find the price difference between Falkens and Goodyears has narrowed from ~£20 a tyre, to a few pence!
I did some reading, some reviews etc and the Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetrics were going to be the ones.
Ordered, delivered, fitted.
Now when I changed the fronts last time from Dunlops to Falkens the difference was hardly noticable other than I felt there was less grip.
With these though...
Immediate difference, just reversing out of the parking space, was how much easier it is to turn the steering wheel!
Second thing to notice, driving down the road, was how much less road noise there is to he heard. They really are so much quieter wether on cobbles, tarmac, 20mph or 80mph.
Then I find I no longer feel every single road bump, the ride is much smoother.
Finally the grip, now I know I've only done around 100 miles so far round town and a 60mile country drive, but their grip is a vast improvement, stick like glue on the hot summer tarmac but not really pushed them in the wet yet.
Overall, worth every penny. I notice the wear tating is 240 as opposed to the Falkens and Dunlops 260, so obviously they won't last as long, but still, I couldn't complain.
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