Volkswagen Mk7 Golf R Tires

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Tire Reviewed Dry Grip Wet Grip Feedback Handling Wear Comfort
Goodyear Eagle F1 SuperSport (55) 95% 81% 91% 92% 70% 74%
Michelin Pilot Sport 4 (322) 91% 88% 81% 84% 73% 78%
Continental WinterContact TS 850 P (19) 84% 86% 84% 85% 82% 79%
Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 (18) 96% 59% 90% 92% 61% 75%
Michelin Primacy 4 (165) 85% 81% 74% 76% 81% 83%
Yokohama ADVAN APEX V601 (17) 92% 80% 82% 81% 64% 74%
Continental Sport Contact 6 (89) 90% 86% 81% 82% 53% 77%
Momo Outrun M3 (20) 81% 68% 71% 75% 70% 81%
Bridgestone Potenza S001 (160) 83% 69% 74% 74% 67% 61%
Toyo Proxes Sport (20) 75% 65% 71% 67% 69% 72%

Volkswagen Mk7 Golf R Tire Review Highlights

Writing about the Momo Outrun M3 given 53% (225-40-18-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 5000 spirited miles
Came on a second hand golf r I bought.
They work fine for a grandma's car. Then again I'd never fit cheap tires to my grandma's car because I'm not that evil.
Like many others have said, they handle speed fine, but with directional inputs, everything becomes very vague. They take a while to warm up for any grip, but then once they do warm up, they'll overheat and become sloppy and even more vague within a few corners on a canyon run.
Buy them if you're being forced to, but swap them out as quick as you can.
tire reviewed on 2024-05-31 16:51:18
Writing about the Yokohama ADVAN APEX V601 given 67% (225-40-18-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 7000 average miles
Dry Grip is good. Wet Grip is acceptable but not really great. Highspeed cornering gives me less confident on how the tire behave. It sometime gives tire noise on corner as if its trying to grip the road.
tire reviewed on 2024-05-12 03:12:38
Writing about the Yokohama ADVAN APEX V601 given 67% (225-40-18-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 7000 average miles
Dry Grip is good. Wet Grip is acceptable but not really great. Highspeed cornering gives me less confident on how the tire behave. It sometime gives tire noise on corner as if its trying to grip the road.
tire reviewed on 2024-05-11 22:23:33
Writing about the Yokohama ADVAN APEX V601 given 67% (225-40-18-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 7000 average miles
Dry Grip is good. Wet Grip is acceptable but not really great. Highspeed cornering gives me less confident on how the tire behave. It sometime gives tire noise on corner as if its trying to grip the road.
tire reviewed on 2024-05-11 04:28:57
Writing about the Goodyear Eagle F1 SuperSport given 50% (235-35-19-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 15000 average miles
Stock tires from a VW Golf R. On road they are ok, with fine traction for daily driving, with some driving mixed in. I do find they are rather noisy for a tire of this type. When I switch from my winter tires to these summer tires, I notice an increase in NVH which doesn't seem intuitive but every year I notice the difference.

On track is a different story, I do not recommend them. They're fine under braking and acceleration. You'll need more negative camber to get the tires to bite in corners and on exit. But regardless of suspension and alignment changes they get greasy very quickly and their ideal temperature range is very narrow. Feedback is poor and wear is high as a result. Based on their design and my experience the shoulders of the tire aren't robust enough. For a tire with such glowing reviews I am very disappointed in their performance for light track use (autocross and short tracks, 8 laps per day following a 2 lap warm up, 1 lap push, 1 lap cool down sequence. 3-4 times a year).
tire reviewed on 2023-08-04 10:48:05
Writing about the Goodyear Eagle F1 SuperSport given 76% (235-35-19-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 10000 average miles
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tire reviewed on 2023-06-14 11:26:12
Writing about the Michelin Pilot Sport 4 given 87% (225-40-18-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 20000 spirited miles
Great handling tire Very good at water displacement with minimal pulling through puddles High road noise
tire reviewed on 2021-11-18 03:10:47
Writing about the Continental Sport Contact 6 given 69% (225-45-17-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 1500 spirited miles
Fantastic tire in the dry, yet to find the limit In corners and gives strong confident braking. Okay in the summer wet >7c but understeers and slides in winter wet
tire reviewed on 2021-09-28 13:10:21
Writing about the Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 given 76% (235-35-19-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 20000 spirited miles
Optimum dry grip is reached when the tire reaches performance temperature. This can only be achieved driving on a track - public roads don't give enough opportunity to go fast safely around corners to generate heat. Once they're hot, they're sticky and provide loads of grip in the dry. Wet grip isn't too bad when they're hot, but they do cool off a bit quick. However, in the wet they are consistent with their grip, so once the temperature settles, you know what to expect. Feedback is average. You really ought to know your vehicle's handling characteristics, rather than rely on this tire to tell you how it's coping on the road surface. Wear is consistent. They provide just as much grip towards the end of their life as at the start. Used as a daily driver with moderate to easy cornering and acceleration, you should expect about 40,000 km. If used on sporadically on the track, about 20,000 km to 30,000 km. Comfort isn't too bad. They are a tad noisy on the coarser bitumen surfaces on the country roads in south west Australia, but still adequate. I've compared these to the original fitted Bridgestones that were road tires. The main difference between them is the wet handling is much better on the Bridgestones, but the Bridgestones lost a lot of grip suddenly two-thirds towards the end of their life. This made them initially, dangerously unpredictable. I actually removed them before they ran out of tread. Since them, I've had two sets of Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2s.
tire reviewed on 2021-05-22 06:46:36
Writing about the Michelin Pilot Sport 4 given 83% (225-45-17-)
Driving on mostly motorways for 5000 average miles
Great tire for the road. Hard driving leads the tire to struggle after a short amount of time. In the wet this tire is simply the best I have tried!
tire reviewed on 2020-05-19 06:59:20
Writing about the Continental WinterContact TS 850 P given 77% (225-40-18-W)
Driving on mostly country roads for 500 spirited miles
Brought a set of alloys wheels + TS850P (225/40 R18)s for winter use. Swapped out ContiSportContact 5Ps (230/35 R19)s which are great but stop working at temperatures lower than 10degC.

These are really confidence inspiring on the ungritted roads that I have to transit every morning and evening. Great grip, steering feel and comfort. Can't comment on snow traction yet.

On previous Jag XF I ran Nokian WR A4 which were good in snow but only okay in other conditions. Can't do a direct comparison as new car is AWD but TS850Ps feel far superior in the wet and cold that is more common in
UK than full on snow.

Would probably have gone for TS860Ss had they been available but these TS850Ps I'm sure are nearly as good. Only downside is that they are a bit pricey so shop around. If you can go for a wheel + tire package for best value and minimizing chance of denting your posh summer wheels. I keep my cars typically for 7+years so I'll get the usage out of them in that time.

Bring on the snow !
tire reviewed on 2018-12-05 10:01:50
Writing about the Michelin Primacy 4 given 47% (225-45-18-)
Driving on mostly country roads for 2000 spirited miles
Awful tires in the cool - anything less than 15 degrees centigrade and they loose grip when cornerning under power or acceleration on a Golf R DSG 310.

Dismal tires, the worst of four sets on this car over 51,000 miles.....
tire reviewed on 2018-11-15 06:00:42
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