Re: Tyres advice
TripleM said:
Is yours the regular Eagle F1 or the GS-D3 type?
Alot of people are getting the first one as far as I know while in magazines, it's the latter one that GoodYear advertises.
Eagle F1 GS-D3 made in Germany...
Some interesting reads...
After driving the Audis and Corvettes that Goodyear made available for demonstrations and comparisons with the Michelin
Pilot Sport and Bridgestone Potenza S-03, tire retailers and wholesalers agreed the new F1 seemed to shine in the wet
and is admirably quiet for an ultra performance product.
``I was very impressed with it. I like the balance of the tire,'' said Chuck Scott, who heads marketing for Big State Tire Supply, a wholesale distributor based in Lubbock, Texas. ``You didn't have to work with it to get pretty good times. It was comfortable, both wet and dry. I'm somewhat of a cynic but I like the tire a hell of a lot.''
Larry Deatherage, president of Dee's Tire Stores Inc. in Yukon, Okla., said he ``didn't have to use the brakes in the wet course with the Eagle F1s.'' The second-generation tire man is convinced the tire will sell. ``The pricing is right,'' Mr. Deatherage said. ``It's a very good value for that type of car. It fits everything from Nissans to Mercedes to the Pontiac Grand Am. It's a good broad line of tires. I'm very impressed. I'm sure it'll be OE next year, or, if not, in the real near future.''
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Distributor Tire Rack listed the Goodyear Eagle F1 GS D3 radial atop its Max Performance tire survey, with customers rating the tire on its traction, cornering stability, steering response, ride comfort and willingness to buy again.
Eagle F1 scored a 9.4 out of 10 points in the repurchase category. No other tire scored more than 8.6.
Tire Rack officials also rated Goodyear's tire highly in a separate competition against Bridgestone and Michelin tires. Although competitive on dry pavement, neither tire could match the lap times of the Eagle F1 GS D3 on a wet track, Tire Rack experts said.
