Best Tires for the Volkswagen GTI MK5 (200)

The tires are great.
Great handling, great greep and feedback. I'm sure you could find a better alternative for dry roads, but Michelin shines in the wet as well.

However, I had the tires for almost 2 full (summer) seasons, buying them 22 months ago.
The tires, inexplicably ovalized over the past months, while being unused.
Now the tires, cannot be used on the car after only (almost) 2 YEARS and about 7-8.000 km.
Very very disappointed in the quality of these michelins.

Bought my Golf MK5 GTI witht those tires. This car has 200HP. In the dry they have some grip but in the wet the traction control has to kick in every corner. Also with those tires it feels like the car is floating. The wear and price is good, but if you like to have a safe drive, dont buy those tires!

These came on a Mark 5 GTI I bought 2nd hand this year and while they were nearly new when the car was bought in September 2013, they are going tomorrow in favor of Michelin Pilot Premacys. The road noise is terrible, the lack of grip is scary and the ride comfort is poor. All things considered, they are by far the worse tires I have ever owned. Spend the bit extra and get something decent.

I purchased 4 of these tires for my Golf GTi MK5 early spring (2013) to replace the Dunlop SP Sport Maxx that the car came with, on the basis that they are one of the best tires around and the auto tire tests would back that up. I would have to disagree.

Firstly they look under pressure, with the correct pressures in and even when I up the upped psi they still looked saggy. secondly, the sidewall of the tire felt like it was folding under the rim when cornering even at moderate speeds, thirdly they feel 'balloony' and lifeless and devoid of feel. They have made a great hot hatch feel terrible.

Only a glimmer of hope for these tires is that they where more quite -- less road noise than the Dunlop's.

They fronts have lasted about 7-8000 miles of mixed country lanes/dual carriageway/M'Way driving and I do not hang around. The rears still look like new. I will not buy these again, so much I have ordered a set of 4 Pirelli's PZero Rosso Asimmetrico that I had on my last two cars. They do everything well that these do badly. Please note Goodyear.

These were fitted to a Golf Mk5 GTI that I brought.

I replaced them with different wheels and tires (Vredestein Sessantas) however I noted that these S1 Evo2s were not a bad tire.

I found they had great dry grip, however in the wet they seemed to lack compared to the other high performance tires I'm used to. I found the limit was fairly easily reached and when it was reached, there was little feedback from the tires compared to other high performance tires I've used . It was quite difficult to judge, with a very "wooden" feeling coming from the tires.
However when they did break it was quite progressive rather than a sharp cliff/drop off.

As I only had them on for a short time I cannot really comment on wear however they seemed to lose around 2mm over 5000 so I estimate around 18k per pair of tires on the front, which is slightly more than I would get from a different set of performance tires (Eagle F1 Assy 2 or the Vredestein Sessantas which I prefer) however the lack of grip and feeling from the road, especially in wet conditions, means I cannot really recommend them unless you are on a budget and cannot stretch to better tires.

A decent enough tire but IMO Bridgestone hasn't really advanced the game far enough from the old RE001 Adrenalin. They have gone from class leader to mid-pack with this tire. Competitors like the Toyo T1 Sport and Goodyear Eagle F1Asymmetric 2 cost a bit more but are better performers.

Lots of road noise and a very hard tire.....Average to say the least....

Had a full set of these fitted and instantly noticed increased understeer (it even felt as if the sidewall was bending under lateral forces).The fronts lasted only 4000 miles before they were right down to the treadwear indicator! The rears however have lasted much longer ( the Golf being front wheel drive),however,after taking the car in for the 40,000 mile service , I had mentioned to my mechanic about a possible rear wheel bearing issue only to be told that the inner shoulders of both tires are ridged (think a beer bottle top)! The rears I should mention have done approx 15,000 miles , but even so for a flagship tire I found this unacceptable,not to mention cracking on the shoulder and in the grooves.Cant wait to get them off and fit Goodyear Eagle assym 2s to match the front.If you are looking for a premium brand...look elsewhere.

Having driven a number of leading high performance tires(Pirelli P Zero Dunlop Sport Maxx,Goodyear Eagle F1 asymmetric,Continental Sport Contact3),I was very pleased with all aspects of this new offering from Goodyear.The handling in both wet and dry was especially pleasing considering my driving style and 200 horses to the front wheels.Compared against the Conti 3s they replaced,the difference is night and day ,with upmost confidence in cornering especially worth mentioning.Would I recommend?,most definately,would I buy again?...yes.

GTI MK 5 (200)

I bought these tires after looking at all the reviews and recommendations for the GOLF GTI, these came up 4th best and found them on ebay for 90 per tire, bargain!

i had to get these after all the amazing reviews in the rain and ...OMG, they are INCREDIBLE,
i couldn't believe it, even driving this car hard in very wet roads and in fast situations you feel in total control, and my traction control rarely flashes up anymore!

i bought the car with box standard cheap tires, and having these fitted have changed the whole driving experience of my car!
these tire are perfect in the UK with all the wet weather! i recommend these tires to anyone! and anyone who has a car with more power then an average car..

they also have a really smart design "v shape" which looks really cool!