200: Fresh shoes on this weekend!

[Chris]

I never tend to push it in the wet, but there's been the odd occasion I've noticed some understeer when the roads have been wet/greasy - usually coming off a roundabout and accelerating early. It's only been slight and I put that down to the condition of the roads rather than the tyres, but I can see what you mean.

Yeah I find this too, sharp corners where a slight bit of grip is lost.

 

[Micah]

Yeah I find this too, sharp corners where a slight bit of grip is lost.

Chris, you forget that all @Jimmy 's roads up North are cobbled streets...

 

[Chris]

Chris, you forget that all @Jimmy 's roads up North are cobbled streets...

Very true! That did slip by me when I posted...

 

[Micah]

Very true! That did slip by me when I posted...

Great pun!

 

[Jimmy]

Chris, you forget that all @Jimmy 's roads up North are cobbled streets...

It's swerving to avoid this little b*****d that causes the problems...

 

[RossWoods93]

Yeah I find this too, sharp corners where a slight bit of grip is lost.

I think I've understeered three times noticeably during my time of ownership. that moment of praying/panicing where you wait for the grip to kick back before you're on the other side of the road!

 

[RossWoods93]

Slightly off topic... but I reckon the Clio did well to not crumble into a thousand pieces in the article below!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4139788/Car-careers-van-driver-TWO-WHEELS.html

 

[Jimmy]

Slightly off topic... but I reckon the Clio did well to not crumble into a thousand pieces in the article below!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4139788/Car-careers-van-driver-TWO-WHEELS.html

Typical moronic Audi driver....

 

[Chris]

Slightly off topic... but I reckon the Clio did well to not crumble into a thousand pieces in the article below!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4139788/Car-careers-van-driver-TWO-WHEELS.html

Holyyyy! Bet both of them had to have a full detail of there pants/seats after that.

 

[Helpimonfire]

I also went with a new set of shoes recently. The previous owner had a mix of LingLong Ditchfinder5000's and Wan King Skidmaster Extreme... So they went in the skip in favour of a set of Yokohama Advan Sport V105's. I read loads of reviews about tyres and although Continental got good reviews for the RS Clio, I wanted something with awesome wet weather performance and the Yoko's seem to get great reviews.

£87 a corner, not bad in my mind. My local tyre fitting establishment wanted £103 a corner for Conti CSC5's. If the Yoko's turn out to be shite then I'll switch to Conti's when they wear out

 

[RossWoods93]

Fresh shoes have been put on, wallet feels lighter and car feels grippier.

Managed to go round a roundabout without the fear of understeer/the back end throwing me in the nearest ditch.

Hopefully driving in the wet will be less of a traumatic experience also!

 

[Jimmy]

Good to hear you're happy with the tyres Ross. A new set always seems to make such a big difference when you get them on, well worth spending the money on them!

 

[Pav]

good stuff..take it easy

 

[Chris]

Fresh shoes have been put on, wallet feels lighter and car feels grippier.

Managed to go round a roundabout without the fear of understeer/the back end throwing me in the nearest ditch.

Hopefully driving in the wet will be less of a traumatic experience also!

Bet it's like night and day pal

Worth the empty wallet to not be in the nearest hedge!

 

[sevenfourate]

Fresh shoes have been put on, wallet feels lighter and car feels grippier.

Managed to go round a roundabout without the fear of understeer/the back end throwing me in the nearest ditch.

Hopefully driving in the wet will be less of a traumatic experience also!

What flavour did you go for in the end Ross ?

 

[RossWoods93]

What flavour did you go for in the end Ross ?

Stuck with the ContiSport Contact 5, maybe next time it comes to change them I can assess what's out there better!

 

[sevenfourate]

Stuck with the ContiSport Contact 5, maybe next time it comes to change them I can assess what's out there better!

Stunning rubber IMO. Pilot Sport 4 MAY be better. Nothing else comes close (To these two tyres) according to numerous tests.

Rest assured you MAY not have the very-very best - but theres 100's of worse choices out there.

Fabulous in the wet especially........

 

[jamesgw200]

i know the meganes are completely different but ive got pilot sport 4s and they're mega but at this time of the year you can easily get into a 4 wheel slide. roads are just covered in shite.

 

[DS197]

i know the meganes are completely different but ive got pilot sport 4s and they're mega but at this time of the year you can easily get into a 4 wheel slide. roads are just covered in shite.

Tights roundabouts are great fun for 4 wheel slides at this time of year. I love how playful the car is but also very forgiving

 

[jamesgw200]

Tights roundabouts are great fun for 4 wheel slides at this time of year. I love how playful the car is but also very forgiving

i tend to find all Renault sports very forgiving in these conditions!