Wheels/Tyres: Best 17" tyres?

[AngryScot]

I have Nokian Z Line summer tyres (on my C30 admittedly), really pleased with them. Good in the wet in particular (important in Scotland...), not massively pricey and they don't wear out as quickly as some other tyres I've had. Can be a difficult brand to find though.

[02Anders]

Originally Posted by Bonefishblues

http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Article...-Tyre-Test.htm

May be a more impartial source?

Now that was indeed beneficial - thank you!!
Testing performed by EVO leaves me quite convinced - I should think that they know what they are doing.
ContiSportContact 5 it is then!!
Decision made.

Cheers for all your input Gents...

[MrJames]

I don't know their method of testing doesn't seem that great also I had Pirelli P Zero on the car before the Primacy 3 and quite frankly they were shocking....

[Bonefishblues]

P Zeros hadn't been developed much since their early iterations aiui. Clearly that seems to have been addressed.

Evo's annual tyre test is regarded as one of the most thorough in the industry and particularly relvant t o real world driving by the enthusiast.

[960kg]

Originally Posted by 02Anders

So it's time a treat my C70 T5 to four new 225/45-17 tyres.
I've always been very fond of Continental tyres - not cheap, but damn they are good! So I'm leaning towards a set of ContiSportContact.
But I'm keen to hear your thoughts first. In your experience, what's the best tyre for my C70? It should perhaps be said that I do like to use the performance of my car. But it's of course still at daily for me, so I'm not after an all-out track tyre or similar.
All input is most welcome...

I have just fitted Goodyear Eagle Assymetrics and they are a superb A grade tyre.

Had conti`s on the Merc. which was there std. fitment but now Goodyears have come into fashion for them.

Apparently Police cars use Goodyear.

[GMC]

Originally Posted by Thanatos

hankook v12 115 are great or uniroyal rainsport 3 as there great and i currently have both one seton my s60 and a set on the v70

Agree, Uniroyal Rainsports are excellent. I'm also a fan of Vredestein Ultrac

[Spawned66]

I have the Goodyear F1's on my C70 as well and they are very impressive.

[brickman]

Looking at some Nokian zLine in 215/45 r17 for 17x7.5j comets. The UniRoyal rainsport 3's I fitted about a year ago have been unbeatable in the wet, good in the dry and very quiet/nothing untoward in the fuel/drag department.

But hell they have worn fast, helped in part due to front end problems that no garage can find, 4 sets of alignment done in the past 12-18 months and each one varies wildly to the next. I.e. today a local national just did it, then drove up the road to the other one and shows the front wheels as being 4 degree's out in toe to each other (massive).

Would get rainsports again, but I feel I'm doing exactly the same as I did last year which is fitting borderline winter, wet weather tyres at the beginning of the dry season.

[Bonefishblues]

Originally Posted by brickman

Looking at some Nokian zLine in 215/45 r17 for 17x7.5j comets. The UniRoyal rainsport 3's I fitted about a year ago have been unbeatable in the wet, good in the dry and very quiet/nothing untoward in the fuel/drag department.

But hell they have worn fast, helped in part due to front end problems that no garage can find, 4 sets of alignment done in the past 12-18 months and each one varies wildly to the next. I.e. today a local national just did it, then drove up the road to the other one and shows the front wheels as being 4 degree's out in toe to each other (massive).

Would get rainsports again, but I feel I'm doing exactly the same as I did last year which is fitting borderline winter, wet weather tyres at the beginning of the dry season.

Riiiiight!

[02Anders]

Just thought I would follow up on this thread seeing as I was the one who started it...

As of today I've now got a new set of 225/45 ContiSport 5's on my C70.
Now I obviously can't compare them to all the other tyres that were suggested in this thread, but I can say that they are absolutely awesome! Off came a set of old Falken's, and on the new Conti's which have them beat on every single account.
The ride is both a lot more quiet, but somehow it manages to also be both more comfortable yet also offer a lot more traction. Where the old Falkens would scramble and scrub while struggling to find traction when pressing on a bit, the Conti's just grab and go. Less torque steer is bliss...
I'm certainly a happy Conti customer!