Looking for a set of four tyres for my new shape Corsa 1.4 SXi. Last time I bothered about such things, I had some Eagle F1 GSD3s but Toyo Proxes came highly recommended. Whats good on the market these days? Certainly not looking to spend silly money, but I dont want budget tyres.

Size is 195 / 55 R16

Eagle F1s are still the best. Slight overkill on a 1.4 Corsa though I would have thought?

Quote from: Clockd 0NeEagle F1s are still the best. Slight overkill on a 1.4 Corsa though I would have thought?

Definitely agree with that - although youd probably get better longevity than most people are used to!

I recently put Kumhos on my 1.2 Punto and theyre great.

Try Hawleys down on Holme lane mate.
Got some reasonable ones on the Honda for less than Black Circles wanted.

Quote from: Clockd 0NeEagle F1s are still the best. Slight overkill on a 1.4 Corsa though I would have thought?

Ive no idea. Loved them on my old 1.8 Focus...

I dont think you can have overkill on tyres, even on the slowest car theyll still give the best grip and seeing as theyre all thats keeping the car in touch with the road you should go for as much grip as you can get

I have Continental SportContacts on the Teapot at the mo and they grip nicely in dry and wet.

Jaimz

I agree to a point, but these arnt just good gripping, they are peformance tyres. How hard does one have to anticipate driving such a small car to really warrant that kind of performance tyre? I mean a good set of more economically wearing tyres I would think is more suitable.

I might try Conti Sports on the Audi when it comes time to change them. It has some BFGs on at the moment, so not so bad I dont think.

So if Eagle F1s are over the top, what sort of price point should I be looking at? I really dont want to scrimp and save, but Im hardly flush with cash at the moment.

Although I did find out yesterday that the little beauty has a 20k service interval, so those rears can last a bit longer

Quote from: MaldonadoSo if Eagle F1s are over the top, what sort of price point should I be looking at? I really dont want to scrimp and save, but Im hardly flush with cash at the moment.

Although I did find out yesterday that the little beauty has a 20k service interval, so those rears can last a bit longer

My kumhos were about £44 a tyre but thats on the upgrade 16" alloys the original owner put on so would have been less. On my old rover 414 I had Pirelli P3000s (GREAT tyres!) at about £34.00 a pop but these were like £65 on the bigger wheels!!

its a corsa.. why waste money on good tyres?

i punctured the company car tyre, only things quik fit had in stock was £200. Leasing company had no choice  
drove 40 miles & had another puncture... another £200 tyre had to go on. They lasted about 10,000 miles. lot of money & a load of sh*t.

Think they was continentals.

Quote from: Eggtasticoits a corsa.. why waste money on good tyres?

Youre incredibly unhelpful, arent you? As Jaimz says, theyre all thats keeping the car in touch with the road. If spending a little extra money on tyres would give even a small percentage chance of avoiding an accident then its worth it.

Speaking from experience when some old woman stepped out in front of me (normal queue of traffic doing 30 in a 30) some time after I had put Eagle F1s on my Focus, I stopped literally inches away from her. If I had non-premium tyres on, she would have been knocked down without question.

Im running Fuldas on the Veccy, seem to be rather nice.  Though I did swap out a set of NCT5s for them, because the NCT5s used to send me skidding all over the f*cking road as soon as I popped my foot down in the wet.  

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Quote from: Eggtasticoits a corsa.. why waste money on good tyres?

Youre incredibly unhelpful, arent you? As Jaimz says, theyre all thats keeping the car in touch with the road. If spending a little extra money on tyres would give even a small percentage chance of avoiding an accident then its worth it.

Speaking from experience when some old woman stepped out in front of me (normal queue of traffic doing 30 in a 30) some time after I had put Eagle F1s on my Focus, I stopped literally inches away from her. If I had non-premium tyres on, she would have been knocked down without question.

 

your drive a corsa. a 1.4 PoS, not as if your doing 80mph up & down the motorways 6 hours a day.

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Quote from: Eggtasticoits a corsa.. why waste money on good tyres?

Youre incredibly unhelpful, arent you? As Jaimz says, theyre all thats keeping the car in touch with the road. If spending a little extra money on tyres would give even a small percentage chance of avoiding an accident then its worth it.

Speaking from experience when some old woman stepped out in front of me (normal queue of traffic doing 30 in a 30) some time after I had put Eagle F1s on my Focus, I stopped literally inches away from her. If I had non-premium tyres on, she would have been knocked down without question.

 

your drive a corsa. a 1.4 PoS, not as if your doing 80mph up & down the motorways 6 hours a day.

Thats entirely irrelevant, as my example shows.

And in actual fact its my girlfriend who drives the car, increasing my desire for safety.