Last week I eventually had to fit new tyres to my car. The originals were Bridgestone Turazas, which gave ok performance but were quite noisy, especially on harsh road surfaces. I bought one new front at 22K and fitted the spare on teh front at the same time, so now needed 4 new boots.

After a bit of research for a middle of the range tyres I plumped for Pirelli P6000 - what a bad choice it has been. Certainly good enough grip in all this wet weather but, although quieter in certain circumstances they most certainly are not on others, and the ride is so much more harsh that it completely spoils the driving experience.

Oh well only, just have to put the foot down and try to scrub them off as quickly as possible!!!!

Not had any experience of those tyres, but you might find fiddling with tyre pressures may make them a bit less harsh. I'd try running them slightly higher and see if it improves....

Chris

fella i changed the rubber on my octy last week and nearly went for the p6000s but was warned off by a work colleague who had them on his golf (he did say they were grippy though).

fyi: i settled for michelin energys.

I've used P6000s before now and found them a good, slightly sporty all round tyre with solid 'performance' in all areas but nothing special or disastrous. Perhaps just a touch firm on the ride, but then they give good mileage.

Overall mid-price = mid performance.

I hate P6000 for the following reasons.

- Reasonably grippy, for a hardish tyre, but seem to let go and squeal easily.

- Noisy

- I've seen loads that seem to egg on the inner sidewall at the rear of various cars of various brands among relatives and friends.

I wouldn't say they were particularly rock solid however and think that they might be over inflated.

I had P6000's on my Superb 2.5 tdi v6 and thought they were pretty good. Perhaps a little soft, since the first lot were only good for 20,000 miles, however provided excellent aquaplaning protection and high speed/ cornering stability.

In the description it does say they are for medium to high performance saloons, perhaps they just don't suit the Octavia.

On the Superb I had them at the upper end of the pressure banding for the vehicle due to frequently carrying bikes on the roof.

Nothing wrong with P6000`s probably dont suit the Octy though.....In my experience manufactures do lots of testing with tyres and the OE fitted ones are generally best:rolleyes: The new Mini for example runs fine on Pirellis but you put Goodyears on and all hell happens

Phil

Recently had issues with a different brand of tyres on mine...........:confused:

Changed from the original fit Dunlop sp01,s and went for the TOYO Proxes4.

Summary was that i had lost absolutely all the fab characteristics of the car at slow and high speeds. Almost felt like the car would 'wobble' on the tyres at anything above 60. Nowhere near the good cornering performance/s of the Dunlop and after a few intellectual talks with TOYO, they agreed to refund my tyres in full and i went straight back onto new Dunlop's as previous............. Best move ever!

Car is as it was from new now and i love the return of the adrenaline-packed handling from having reverted to the Dunlop's again:thumbup:

Much appreciated the professionalism and advice i received from TOYO and at least i tried the idea of using a different set of rubber for mine, but alas it was not for me or that of the Vrs.

hth.

It's odd that you say about OEM rubber as most cars these days come with one of two or three tyre types from new.

Eg on Octy I've seen Bridgestone, Michelin and Conti.

Surely they can't all have the same characteristics. I'd agree French cars do certainly seem happiest on French (Michelin) tyres.

Rather bizarre situation.