Bridgestone is a forum sponsor but that is not the reason why I suggested the Bridgestone RE003. They come in the size that you are looking for and I can speak from my personal experience on them because we have them on our Golf Mk5. We have never had Contis on any of my VWs so I cannot give you a recommendation on them one way or the other. My Caddy and (previously my Golf Mk3 for 15 years of commuting) run on Michelin Energy XM2s but these are 60-65 series commuting tyres. They have always given me good performance wet and dry and are extremely long wearing (my father who was a photocopier technician in Sydney and did 200-300 km a day, swore by the Michelins as the best value for money balance of wet/dry performance and long wear). I no long put Michelins on the Golf Mk3 and the two Ventos only because we do not do enough kms on these vehicles to justify shoeing them in the Michelins and the Michelins time expire before they run out of tread, so I started using Bridgestone MY02 and now Hankook Optimos (my tyre shop does not stock the MY02 anymore).Quote:
Originally Posted by Sword_Dude
Without ever having driven on the Michelin Pilot Sports, I would not hesitate to put them on my wife's Golf Mk5 in future for the right price. From all reviews they tend to be a better performance tyre than the Bridgestone RE003 but if you are only commuting then you will probably save a few bucks with the RE003 and you will probably not notice the difference in wet/dry performance.
I would stay away from HiFly. I have two on the back of one of the red Vento, my brother's mechanic in Melbourne put them on for me to replace two old bald tyres on the red Vento when I bought it at auction and ferried it up to Canberra. They were fine on the drive through metro Melbourne but were truly scary when I hit the highway - not enough sidewall ply strength or tread grip at high speed so made high speed corners on the older parts of the Hume Highway very scary. Once we have finished fixing up the red Vento it will get two more Hankook Optimos before it goes to Daughter No. 1 as her daily.
