Turdy tyres

Rockunrolla · 13 Apr 2014

Ive been out this afternoon on some very rural B-roads with good ahead view so to causing a hazard to anyone else ,, and give the car a hell of a spanking in preparation to a silverstone track day next month ,
And the grip is pants , like im driving on gravel , fish tailing and sliding all over ,, straight line braking grip so poor that ABS takes over and i nearly over run the turn :nooo:

I have Bridgestone potenza tyres all good 6mm on but there just TURD ,
has anyone else experienced this on these tyres :?:

Im binning them off for the Michelin pilot super sports .....

berni29 · 14 Apr 2014

Hi

I am not really much help, but how old are they? It sounds to me like they may have gone off a bit. Have fun with the new set!

All the best

Berni

PeterS · 14 Apr 2014

I run Bridgestones and have used them for Alpine trips and track days.

I am really impressed with them.

They start to go off when they are only half worn though, need to have over 4mm on them.

DynoMike · 14 Apr 2014

I run S02A's all round, they get very greasy if you overheat the tread. Almost like a tyre deflation. The trick for mine was to lower the pressures, even on the road.

They were pretty good on the track until the hot pressures went up again, then, same result. However, I feel they are a much maligned tyre, after all I had read on here I expected them to be crap, but in reality I find them pretty good all-rounders.

Zingari · 14 Apr 2014

Avon - The 'inventor' of pneumatic tyres :thumb:

Roro · 15 Apr 2014

Get your geo checked out as - might be that, not tyres :?:

- Also sounds like tyre pressures could be off so check those too if you haven't already :thumb:

Maxie · 16 Apr 2014

Rockunrolla said:
Ive been out this afternoon on some very rural B-roads.... and give the car a hell of a spanking. And the grip is pants , like im driving on gravel , fish tailing and sliding all over ,, straight line braking grip so poor that ABS takes over and i nearly over run the turn. I have Bridgestone potenza tyres all good 6mm on but there just TURD ,
has anyone else experienced this on these tyres :?:

I am surprised by your findings; I have only ever run Bridgestones on both 911s I have had and haven't had any reason to complain.

Like others have suggested, checking tyre pressures, geo and other things like bump-stops, bushes and the like might be worthwhile doing. Also, 997 springs have a poor reputation for quality - get under the car and check condition too.

~ Maxie

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