got it!

[skny]

got a set of continental sportcontact5 today in 215 45 17 91W XL, nice looking sidewall they got, also not noticeably harder than the 87W SC3's so well happy with them, still waiting for my other set of wheels to be refurbed, but since it may take another two weeks... spring comes, people change to summer tires and the refurb places are busy... so decided to put them on not to ruin my winter tires in this warm weather, thought they'd be off to the trash after this season but it turns out there's still lots of meat in them, few iphone pics I took today, will get some more tomorrow when the sun's out,

 

[Roy]

how much???

 

[BenW]

They're about the same price as CS3 Roy

I wish I'd got these on mine, when I came to pay for the CS3 the guy behind the desk said 'oooh, theres's a new CS5 now'. I was gutted!

 

[Foxspeed]

look a good tyre :thumbup:

 

[Arran]

What you think of them so far?

 

[skny]

yep, they're about the same price as the SC3, nice ride they offer, not gone significantly harsher than on the 87W so I guess the sidewall is not that stiffer, hadnt had a chance to take a spin in it today as it was cold and started raining and even some snow showed up, but I like the look of them on the car, the ride is just as good as the SC3 87W even though these are 91W XL.... as for the grip I am sure it will not disappoint, but will share my thoughts after I get a chance to do some more miles on them,

 

[BenW]

They're meant to be about the same as pilot sport 3's performance wise

 

[skny]

made a little run out yesterday evening, dry and sunny but the temperatures were about 5 - 6 C, a little cold for a summer tire to perform but they were surprisingly grippy, very happy with them, not to keen on the rain to come but it would be interesting to see how they cope in the wet,

 

[Roger200]

Interesting mate, been looking into what to get after the SC3's in a few weeks. Narrowed it down to the SC5's or Toyo's. So am interested to see what people think of the SC5's.

 

[BenW]

Toyo T1R are in a league below the CS3 so definitely wouldn't get them

 

[skny]

Roger200 all I can say they did not disappoint, I was afraid of the 91W XL index because I had a set of yokohama's before with that rating and they were incredibly stiff, so stiff it ruined the handling totally, the car was all over the place pulling me left and right depending on the shape of the road, ditched them after a week of driving, these (SC5) are not noticably worse in ride quality than the SC3, I can only feel them being stiffer when taking the corners, they dont "bend" as much as the SC3 does, me recommends!