Which tyres?

[Toms306]

I've never had F1s but I currently have Eagle NCT 5's all round on the Golf and they last surprisingly well, bearing in mind the torquey diesel and the fact they get used hard and like spinning/squealing quite a lot until the TC/ESP cuts in....they've barely worn in the last 6 months (7000miles) that I've had them on! :o Infact, I took more off the Proxes on the 1.4 in the same amount of time!

And I belive the F1s are supposed to be better than NCT 5's so depending on price, they're not a bad choice imo.

You probably wont wear them as hard Tom, as with the TC kicking in they'll stop spinning, and in any case you wont really have enough torque to spin 2nd, meaning when you spin 1st you'll just sit at peak power until the wheels catch up. that'll be like 20mph which wont take too much out the tyres.

Hmm, that makes sense I guess, hadn't thought of it like that........I was just expecting to ra*e through tyres with a little more than 130BHP haha.

You can't sit at peak power though as the TC cuts engine power as well as applying brakes, even if you sit with your foot flat (which I don't do btw lol). And the torque in second is surprising tbh, I really can't floor it till I'm in third as it just spins in second then obv TC cuts in and kills power (not ideal), but also with such a small power band you get through 2nd bloody quick anyway so might aswell wait till 3rd.