LOL!!! ive got eagle f1 gsd 3's all round on my valver.. 205/40/17 90 a corner! ouch f**kING brilliant tyres, last for about 8000,10000 miles something like that anywayz... Rich
Great tyre but i like daz have had failures . my sidewalls split on the fronts and i never even got that car on track. I guess it must have been a faulty batch or sumat, theose tyres are back with goodyear at present so will see what happens. Very scary to find that on a car that does lots of motorway miles. I find you need to do at least 400 miles to scrub them upo a bit as when new they feel crap . I was getting 19000 miles out of em on the front, proves i drive like a pussy lol
you know, i'm hearing so much bad stuff about f1's now, that i think i'm gonna buy another set of uniroyal rallye540's instead.
not wanting to point out the obvious, and knowing that you all know this (I'm not trying to be clever), wouldnt that be down to the fact that the fronts are gonna be more 'scrubbed in' than the rears, and that brand new tyres wont have as much grip due to the shiney surface, compared to tyres that have been used for 2 weeks?
You know what s1mma? You're dead right That's a good enough reason to put them on the front for me! Edited by: G_V_K
You guys must drive like absolute nutters! My F1 GSD2's (195/45/16) were on the back for about 7,500 and now have been on the front for a further 8,000 and still have about 4mm left. Lots of motorway miles though. Cheers
Not strictly relevant but I use Eagle F1 GSD3's 225/50/16's on my other toy - Celica GT-Four (for those who haven't heard of one its a 4wd 2l 16v Turbo) I can't fault the tyres - the level of grip is astounding and the GT-Four is a car you can really throw around. They have been on the car for about 8000 miles now and have lots of tread left, I don't envisage having to replace them in the next 6 months. The driving is a mix of motorway and smaller roads for work (read sedate) and B road blasting. The tyres also give a reassuring level of grip in the wet. my 2p
My fronts are due for replacement,been on since November They've done a bit of track work and some unofficial practice,tho
yes, but you do have to consider the lift off oversteer argument, which can occur in the wet when you have part worns on the rear and you buy 2 new tyres for the front. Your experience is a good warning about what can happen if you have fairly new fronts and new rears, but if there's many thousands of miles difference between the fronts and backs (with the fronts being the newer tyres) then you have to be prepared for lift off oversteer in the wet when the backs start to (semi)aquaplane before the fronts do because of the lack of tread. There was a long post on this on the old forum, which everyone agreed to disagree!
