Eagle F1 GSD3 or Micheline PE2's?

[weebaws]

Hi guys,

My front tyres are now on the wear bars so need replace pronto!

I have PE2's all round at the minute but fancy trying the F1's out. What's everyone's opinion on using different tyres front & rear (the PE2's on the back have loads of life left in them and I don't really want to waste money changing perfectly good tyres).

Anyone have any experience of F1 GSD3's on the front and PE2's at the rear?

 

[FiDoDiDo]

Used to have F1's on my old car and prefered them to the PE2's that I've got now so I'm tempted to change mine to F1's when the time comes.

 

[DrR]

Mines got 4 eagle f1's on, great tyres.

always put the new ones on the back.

 

[weebaws]

So change all 4 at once you reckon?

Will prob stick with the PE2's for now then and switch to something else when the rears need changing. Can't really go an extra £160 for something that doesn't really need doing.

Cheers for the advice though!

 

[DrR]

It's fine to have different tyres on, but always put the new ones on the back.

 

[weebaws]

Ah, so switch my rear tyres to the front and put the new ones on the back?

 

[DrR]

yeah, then when they wear out, you can but 2 more eagle f1's and have 4 matching tyres!

 

[weebaws]

woohoo! Cheers.. sorry for being a bit slow!

 

[Alan]

F1's mate.

 

[Griff]

Had GSD3's on my old Punto GT and my old FF 172. Much prefer the PE2's tbh.

 

[christian rea]

out of the 2 id say f1gsd3's pe2's not as gd my opinion

 

[TimR26]

The Eagle F1's won the Autocar tyre test last year.

 

[fUbAr]

The Eagle F1's won the Autocar tyre test last year.

also won the EVO tyre test... but the asemetrical F1s as they have stopped making the GSD3s

 

[Jay Payne]

Don't like the F1's personaly. Not sure which ones i had but they were the directional ones

 

[ant_wales]

Don't like the F1's personaly. Not sure which ones i had but they were the directional ones

Why not mate?

 

[Jay Payne]

Prefer conti's or michilen's I know they are highly regarded on here but i just felt they were not as grippy as id like. They also wore very badly on the edges (after hard use)

My mate has them on his 182 currently and he doesn't like them either.

 

[TimR26]

The Eagle F1's won the Autocar tyre test last year.

also won the EVO tyre test... but the asemetrical F1s as they have stopped making the GSD3s

Whats the difference between the two?

 

[beatjunkie]

Why do you put new tyres on the rear?to wear them in?

Im in the same boat, got quoted for 2 pe2s and came to over £200 lol so gonna get some f1s as used them before and were excellent!

 

[Jay Payne]

New tyres to the rear gives more grip on the rear and therefore if ur gonna get into trouble your more likely to get understeer (less scary) than oversteer (more scary)

 

[DrR]

New ones on the rear cos it's easier to control understeer than oversteer,
and otherwise the rear ones would never wear out.

 

[ant_wales]

On the subject of putting the newer tyres on the back... surely the tyre tread is the same pattern down to the illegal mark so wouldnt the older ones receive just as much road coverage as the new ones? (if you understand what i mean?)

 

[christian rea]

also won the EVO tyre test... but the asemetrical F1s as they have stopped making the GSD3s[/quote]

my mate brought 4 new ones last week . must have been old stock then agian he did get them for 50 a piece

 

[christian rea]

On the subject of putting the newer tyres on the back... surely the tyre tread is the same pattern down to the illegal mark so wouldnt the older ones receive just as much road coverage as the new ones? (if you understand what i mean?)

rong always have the best tread on the rear as it is the trailing wheel .its not the coverage its the amount it disperces eg waterr

 

[ant_wales]

On the subject of putting the newer tyres on the back... surely the tyre tread is the same pattern down to the illegal mark so wouldnt the older ones receive just as much road coverage as the new ones? (if you understand what i mean?)

rong always have the best tread on the rear as it is the trailing wheel .its not the coverage its the amount it disperces eg waterr

Ah right, thanks for the explaination.

 

[weebaws]

anyone know of somewhere doing better deals than blackcircles on the GSD3's? Been quoted £85/tyre fitted.

 

[ant_wales]

Check mytyres.co.uk, i swear you can get them for around £57 but thats not fitted.

 

[beatjunkie]

yeah there on mytyres for £57 but theres 2 types on there whats the difference?

also says that there will be a long waiting on these tyres

 

[ben_p]

ive had two sets of both.

PE2s get my vote every time

 

[Graham Gooch]

I love my PE2, possibly the best road tyre I've ever used tbh.