TL:DR - hi! superb 280: wet skiddy without quality back tyres?

Hello everybody,

New to the forum and owning a skoda. I've got a 2019 superb sportline 280 hatch.

Are they known to get a bit unsettled at the back end in the wet?

With the job I do I've driven both manual and dsg Haldex skodas (octavias and kodiaq), quite hard, and never experienced this. Granted the work cars are all diesel with Michelin crossclimates.

I've had the car 2-3 months now and there's a bit of stuff in the boot. KN filter but other than that it's stock as far as I know. It's got the same tyres on that I bought it with, plenty of tread, but I think they're budget ones probably put on by the dealer.

The weird thing was that I wasn't even pushing it, just coming out of a roundabout up a left incline.

Does this sound familiar to anyone, is it just decent tyres needed or is there something re suspension I ought to look out for?

Tia

Welcome to the forum.

What tyres do you currently have fitted?

235/40/19s.

Something called Arduzza Epoch Sport ES, except the driver's side front which is a continental premium contact 6.

What pressures are you running, front and rear?

39 psi all round

I would normally prefer to run rears a little higher (around 0.2bar) than fronts, 39psi is approx. 2.7bar, which is getting up towards 'Eco' pressures.

I was unable to find credible reviews later than 2020 for Arduzzo - but they were rated at 2nd bottom (D) for wet performance by WhatTyre then - if that is close to present tyres, which appears likely, I'd consider it an extremely bad idea to have the front mix you have now!

Edited 2 hours ago2 hr by Warrior193
correction

Thanks a lot for that, I figured (and certainly hoped) cheapo tyres admittedly a bit over inflated 😳 was probably the issue.

Any recommendations from yourself or anyone else on what works well with the Superb? I've used Yokohama blu earth gt 235/40/19 on my AWD but tuned up Mundano for the last 5 or 6 years and have found them to be great all rounders

I had Continental Contacts (all season) fitted to the Octavia earlier this year because I tired of swapping summers and winters - they seem pretty good to me. I was looking for good wet performance combined with reasonable cold-weather traction.

1 hour ago, DeGorge said:

except the driver's side front

Do you mean your right front tyre is different from the left front one, or do I get it wrong?

I had a Superb Estate TDI190 4x4. Not a TSI280 for sure but similar max torque if I remember well.

I put Michelin PS4, which are widely recognized as one of the best tyres for Superb Mk3. I think Continental SportContact5 (or newer generation) should be interesting alternative.

Some go with Michelin PS4S but AFAIK, they make sense if you sometime have trackdays, otherwise PS4 will be efficient enough.

Maybe TSI280 owners may have other suggestions.

Yeah the dealer obviously decided that having an odd front tyre would "probably be alright, if he says sumfing we've got others wanting to buy it".

Been saving some dough to get 4 new shoes anyway, I'll just have to move up the old timetable after today's shenanigans.

Was also considering ps4's

And these Goodyear Eagle F1 "designed for VW etc". Had Eagle F1 on my focus st2 wagon about 10 years ago and they were pretty nice too.

So much choice!

I had Eagle F1s on a civic a while back and they were poor in the wet... The vredestein ultrac sessanta i replaced them with we're far better.