So what OEM tyres is your Mk7 being fitted with a the factory ?

[monkey boy kev]

Mine came with Bridgestone potenzas

 

[tubbs]

Just checked the car i'm picking up tomorrow, seems that these are 225/45 r17 91w Dunlop Sport Maxx RT.

 

[Markc]

Continental Premium contact on mine

 

[DW58]

Sounds like the tire fitting section of the production line is run on the "eeney-meeney-miney-mo" principle at Volkswagen

 

[Markc]

i do find it very strange why they dont have a set make of tyre

 

[DW58]

So be honest - I think they ought to offer tyre selection as part of the ordering process.

 

[tubbs]

I reckon they should too. I am happy with the Dunlop EU ratings but if I could have chosen from a selection based on noise, grip and fuel economy, that would have been cool!

 

[mcmaddy]

@dw58 nothing wrong with hankook tyres. good enough for maserati then good enough for your golf.

 

[DW58]

I'm sure they are, but I still don't like the idea. If I'm forking out for a German car, I want European tyres.

 

[vwman]

I'm sure they are, but I still don't like the idea. If I'm forking out for a German car, I want European tyres.

I suspect VW get the Hankooks from the Hungarian plant.

Plenty of the VW parts originate from Hungary I notice.

 

[mcmaddy]

majority are made in Poland and Czech republic.

 

[DW58]

Perhaps it's a combination of snobbery/xenophobia on my part - I don't really know.

To me good tyres means Michelin, Continental, Pirelli, Dunlop, Bridgestone etc. - I have no idea about Hankook tyres, there's just something in me ringing alarm bells - call me stupid, but I'm a cantankerous old fart who knows what he likes and likes what he knows.

 

[Dagobah]

Picked up my SE today and its fitted with Continental tyres - "ContiPremiumContact 5"

 

[tubbs]

Picked up my SE today and its fitted with Continental tyres - "ContiPremiumContact 5"

Is that with standard 16" alloys?

 

[Dagobah]

Yes mate, just the standard 16" Toronto alloys.