Stock Tire Options

[K_C]

Seems like local dealers have the all season tires on their GTIs. Did anyones US GTI come with the Bridgestone Potenza S001?

 

[Tk_mkv1]

i got the pirelli cilantro's which are shit

 

[K_C]

Did you ask of they could be swapped for the summer option?

 

[the bruce]

US-market GTIs come with A/S from the Puebla plant. You just could talk
to the dealer if they'd swap them for something better (eg. Michelin PSS)
or get them at a tire shop and sell the A/S on your own.

 

[K_C]

Weird since true car shows it as a no cost option to get summer tires. Also, all the press cars used for review come with the summer tires.

 

[zipcoolie]

I ordered mine with summer tires, no cost option.

 

[K_C]

I just asked dealer if they would swap out all seasons for summers, but they said no. I want to wait for PP models anyways. Hopefully those come with summers.

 

[K_C]

And by the way, I'm in Florida. Why would dealers get all seasons!?

 

[porusski]

i got the pirelli cilantro's which are shit

Why's that? The GTI I'm looking at has those tires.

 

[ohsnapzombies1]

i got the pirelli cilantro's which are shit

Why's that? The GTI I'm looking at has those tires.

Cilantro's. lol.

They aren't that bad. I don't do any hard driving. Just some spirited back road here and there. They held up fine in the rain too. If your planning on driving like a bad man, then I can see where the Cituratos would be a problem.

 

[porusski]

Cilantro's. lol.

They aren't that bad. I don't do any hard driving. Just some spirited back road here and there. They held up fine in the rain too. If your planning on driving like a bad man, then I can see where the Cituratos would be a problem.

I heard they're really quite too.

 

[ohsnapzombies1]

I heard they're really quite too.

they're pretty quiet. I have no complaints on road noise. It's been up to 76 degrees all the way down to 30 here. Tire performs as it should of an A/S.

 

[Indrek909]

one problem with the Pirellis is after couple days of rain they turn brownish/grayish after a wash and tire shine it's back to normal

 

[miko427]

one problem with the Pirellis is after couple days of rain they turn brownish/grayish after a wash and tire shine it's back to normal

I noticed this too on my Pirelli zero nero's. They just turn into an ugly brown color. It throws off the look of the car. I'm actively trying to wear these down to switch to michelin pss.

 

[the bruce]

one problem with the Pirellis is after couple days of rain they turn brownish/grayish after a wash and tire shine it's back to normal

Strange they still suffer from that coloration. I noticed the same some years ago
with factory supplied Pirellis (P Zero Rosso) when I had an A3.