GriffoVRS

Had to get some new tyres recently, but I did not buy the Goodyear Assymetrics due to some reports of high wear (got Pirelli P-Zero Rossos in the end).

The TPM actually works by using the ABS sensors to detect how fast each of the wheels are turning relative to each other. If you put a new tyre on, more tread, bigger diameter, slower rotation for the same given speed of the car. If a tyre looses pressure, it gets smaller, hence has to rotate faster for any given speed of the car. As per the other advice, press the button to reset once all of the tyres are correctly inflated.

Things look like they are going through at his liability. He was pretty apologetic at the time (not that it helped much). I don't have to pay any excess, and I will get a 'comparable' hire car. That will be an interesting discussion when they call me!

Thanks guys. The other thing is that I was actually driving into my own road when it happened! They say that most accidents happen within five miles of your house (or something like that). Gutted :thumbdwn:

Couple of pictures of my pride and joy after a van decided to reverse into it. I was pressing the horn (with both hands!?!), but he kept on coming.:orb_sad:

The Goodyears have a good write-up, but there are varying reports on how quickly they wear. That's why I went for the Pirellis.

The Air Con dries the air, so the engine heat is less important. I think what it is, is that the residual damp air in the system is blown onto the cold windscreen and condenses. It then takes a bit for the Air Con to remove the water, and start drying the screen. Don't think there is much you can do, other than wait for the screen to clear (or use a cloth).

I have just put 2 Pirelli P-Zero Rossos on my vRS, same size - £230 all in, so similar money. I have put the Pirellis on the back, and put the half worn Contis on to the front. I had always put new tyres onto the front of the car, thinking that I preferred the traction and reduced understeer, until I went and spun a car (Honda Accord Type S) in the wet because the rears were not as good as the fronts. The thing was that I had no warning at all as the fronts were not understeering at all, and then the back just let go. With the Honda I had Bridgestones on the front and Yokohamas on the back. After the spin I put the Yokos on the front and did my best to wear them out so I could get rid of them

Worked a treat. 4200 miles to go. That will take it to well over 18,500 miles for the first service. Cheers.

My mate with the Focus ST really rated the Falken 452s, but my usual garage (just across the road from work) couldn't get hold of them. Went for Pirelli P-Zero Rossos in the end. A lot cheaper than the Conti SportContact 2's but not as cheap as the Falkens. Have put the Pirellis on the back, so it is a bit dificult to tell what they are like at the moment. However, putting the SportContact 2's from the rear on the front has transformed the car. As the characteristics had changed slowly as the tyres had worn down, I hadn't realised how bad the fronts had got. I now have 'some' traction away from the lights and the turn in is much better.

With regard to 2. on variable servicing, is there a way of seeing what the predicted mileage of the next service is? Cheers.

Finally thought that I had settled on getting Goodyear F1 Assymetrics to replace my Continental SportContact 2s which require replacing after only 14,000 miles on the front. I am now worried that the Goodyears are likely to wear as fast as the Contis or in fact worse! Back to the drawing board! :confused: The Falkens sound good though. My mate has Falkens on a Focus ST so I will get his opinion on them as well.

My SportContact 2's (same size) have only lasted 14,000 miles on the front so I was planning to go for Goodyear F1 Assymetrics on the advice that I have got from this site.

I definitely wasn't holding the button down on the remote at the time. I repeated the trick at least three times on the trot by opening the doors with a single or double press on the remote. Nothing happened to the windows until I opened the door and two seconds later all the windows wound down! Previous to this starting to happen (the day before) I had been holding the button down to wind down all of the windows to clear the condensation off them, but I don't know what else that I had done for this to repeat itself :confused:

I have just had the opposite, after opening the door the all of the windows automatically went down after two seconds. I cured this by manually closing the windows with the interior switches, and the locking the doors with the remote. Unfortunately I don't know how I activated this feature in the first place, but it is something to do with holding down the button on the remote for a period of time in combination with something else. I guess that you can probably programme the opposite, i.e. to close the windows.

I've got a Octy PD vRS with 225/40/18 Continental SportContact 2's. I actually like them with good grip in the dry and the wet. The problem is the fronts will need changing soon after only 13,000 miles. I must admit that I got the car last November (with 6000 miles) and it took me a while to get used to controlling the wheelspin with all that torque, which may have contributed to some of the wear. Has anyone had any experience with the SportContact 3's, as I fancy keeping Continentals on both ends of the car? I mixed some Yokahama's (rears) and Bridgestones (fronts) on an Honda Accord and ending up going backwards in the wet as the grip was so rubbish from the Yokahama's. I ended up putting them on the front and putting up with the understeer until I wore them out (as quickly as possible!).

I have owned my Octavia PD vRS for about 9 months after trading in my Honda Accord Type S. As of yet I haven't regretting going to the 'dark side' (diesel!). I did try the petrol vRS and thought it was fantastic but in the long term I thought that the diesel would be the more sensible option. The PD vRS is as quick as the Honda through the gears, but in every other circumstance is quicker due to the oomph of all of that torque. It is also much more economical (33 - 50% without really trying). I get the same mpg as my wife's Micra but have 170 hp and all that torque! The only thing is the engine is a bit rough after the Honda's (I would like to try the CR engine). I have only had one problem with a sensor on the exhaust which seems a reasonably common problem. This was replaced under warranty with no hassle by Simpsons of Preston. Looking forward to spending more time in my vRS!