Time for new tyres/tires - What are the new options?

[Evotion]

Hi all.
Not been on the forums for ages. My Emira is my daily driver and still loving it and amazed at how capable it is.

I have reached 10,000 miles, it is winter and the car is sliding all over the place.
I can't bring myself to check the wear but I am assuming I am almost at slicks, which I love. I have never liked grip Fookin dangerous though. I am not proud.

Now the cars have been out for a couple of years, is there any new data on what the best tyres/tires might now be for the Emira?

I am happy to go for fast summer/track tyres as I am happy to dice with death in the winter.

Cheers in advance.

 

[Six Speed Stephen]

What tires do you have on your car as stock?

I put on DWS 06+ for winter and they're incredible.

 

[Aero]

Congrats on hitting 10k.
I plan to go with these as I like all season tires if the choice is available.
Continental Tires

 

[Evotion]

Just got the originals on still.
Goodyear F1.

I don't care about the seasons. Just want the best tyres for grip/roadholding.
Not worried about temperatures either.

Common sense dictates that I get the Cup 2 tyres designed for the car.

 

[Six Speed Stephen]

Just got the originals on still.
Goodyear F1.

I don't care about the seasons. Just want the best tyres for grip/roadholding.
Not worried about temperatures either.

Common sense dictates that I get the Cup 2 tyres designed for the car.

Tire compounds care about the seasons tho

 

[Evotion]

Ha.

Okay, i promise to take it easy in cold conditions and not slide it.

 

[ADC]

 

[ADC]

I'm nowhere near your mileage yet, but I've found the Goodyears to be "fine" if I take it easy in the cold (certainly good enough that I can't be arsed swapping sets, and just steal my wife's car in super cold / icy weather), so I'll likely stick with those. Not sure I'd ever say the same about Cup 2s... they are next-level death traps in the cold or wet IMO

Have heard others saying they changing to PS4S and such, but meh... I like em, and have used em before, but figure Gavan tuned the Goodyears like he did for a reason

 

[jamesbxxx]

I was fortunate enough to chat with Gavin at Donington (Lotus was there supporting an early GT4 race) and he was pretty passionate about the level of development that went into choosing the Goodyear LTS tyres. I’m going to be sticking with them for sure. I bet PS4s would have been on the development list…

 

[Andy H]

PS4s or PS5s would be at the top of my shopping list. They had amazing grip on my M3 previously. They offer a really good balance between summer and winter useability too. It would interesting to know what made Lotus select the Goodyears.

 

[Mistral]

PS4s or PS5s would be at the top of my shopping list. They had amazing grip on my M3 previously. They offer a really good balance between summer and winter useability too. It would interesting to know what made Lotus select the Goodyears.

I imagine that the Goodyear deal was better than Michelin's for the Emira standard tyre so Gavan might have had to be passionate about them. They're certainly noisier than PS4s I've had on previous BMWs and I intend changing to them or PS5s when the time comes.

 

[ADC]

Ever get that Groundhog Day feeling?

Goodyear or Michelin durability ???

Won't be using the car on track (probably). Will be mostly for leisure/fun purposes. Cup2s are much higher end and costly so a better deal because the price is the same for FE. However, it's been said that Cup2s wear out pretty fast. I have seen 10,000-20,000kms quoted for the CUP2s...

www.emiraforum.com

 

[crashprash]

Based on this, I would like to go with AD09 (cheaper than Cup2) but they don't make the oem size for the rear

 

[Rupes]

As others have said, I wouldn’t suggest summer tires unless you’re a little closer to the equator. Breaking the tires lose is fun when predictable, but not fun when unpredictable due to cold weather unless you’re ready for another car (courtesy of your insurance company).

I think you’d just have more fun in general with all seasons since you can get similar performance year round.