Contisport Contact 2's

[TW]Fox

[TW]Fox

[TW]Fox

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I've done about 7k and my F1's are down to 4mm.

Whilst I appreciate that ultimate grip does not lend itself to ultimate life, the Assymetrics have lasted noticeably less time than the GS-D3's I had before them. I'll probably just suck it up and buy some more but it would be daft to not at least look at alternative options.

Mytyres appear to have a pretty good deal on Continental Contisport Contact 2 and they seem to come out pretty well in the tyre tests - not quite as good as the F1 in the wet, slightly better in the dry. At £165 each they are only a fiver a corner more than the Assymetrics.

I'd imagine quite a lot of you have these as they tend to be OEM fit on quite a few cars.

How do you find the wear rate?

I'm also concerned about mixing tyre brands front to back. Should I be? I guess technically although I've got F1's all round at the moment the rears are Assymetric and the fronts GS-D3 (They discontinued the GS-D3's so I had no choice!) so I'd imagine it would be little different in this regard?
 
I bought the VXR with 12k miles on it, The rears were still the original CS2s, the fronts had already changed, and done over 50% wear on the replacement CS3s (CS2s are supposed to be discontinued I thought!). These were replaced with another set of CS3s at around 15k, which lasted until around 21k.

Quite simply, as I said to you on IRC, they are terrible.

Now stop being a snob, buy some upper-end mid range tyres (Sessanta/FK452/KU31) where the wear rate becomes irrelevant, with no real loss in performance.
 
Michelin Pilot Sport 3. We know the PS2 was the best mainstream dry performance tyre, was noted for it's useful wear rate, and the PS3 is said to address the fact it wasn't the best wet tyre with no negative effects.
 
MikeHiow said:
Now stop being a snob, buy some upper-end mid range tyres (Sessanta/FK452/KU31) where the wear rate becomes irrelevant, with no real loss in performance.
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I dont think he's being a snob, because tyre concern is concern well spent, but there is something to be said for the rest of that.

Maybe buy 4 new Falkens or something similar, so you start on a nice even keel.

On the other hand, now that you are working, maybe stick to what you know if you are doing more miles and you really are concerned.
 
PMKeates said:
Michelin Pilot Sport 3. We know the PS2 was the best mainstream dry performance tyre, was noted for it's useful wear rate, and the PS3 is said to address the fact it wasn't the best wet tyre with no negative effects.
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I am not interested in paying £230 a corner for a tyre which appears to be, frankly, rather mediocre. This particular tyre is not one which I will consider, I'm after wear reports on the Continental :)
 
[TW]Fox;16578635 said:
I am not interested in paying £230 a corner for a tyre which appears to be, frankly, rather mediocre. This particular tyre is not one which I will consider, I'm after wear reports on the Continental :)
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I had them on my VXR before my Kumhos. They lasted a total of 17k miles, 12k will the standard 240bhp and 5k with 300bhp. They gripped well in both wet and dry although they were a little noiser than the KU31's I have now.
 
I had Contisport Contact 2's as OEM on the car and they lasted just over 13k on the front where the F1s last around 10-11k. The wear rate of the F1s seem to vary greatly between cars my girlfriend's Zafira only managed 6-7k where the Contisport Contact 2's and 3s have lasted past 13k.

The Contisport Contact 2's don't offer the same level as grip as the F1s Assymetrics in most circumstances particularly when it is damp but they do offer better grip from a standing start. I also noticed under heavy braking from 100mph + they were more stable than the F1s which cause the car to wiggle about at the rear. They also don't melt on track days like the F1s did on a hot day but they also wouldn't allow me to get the rear inside wheel well in the air they would just wash wide. Since I don't regulary brake hard from 100mph + or do traffic light GPs these are minor problems with the F1s to me.

I would stick with the F1s personally.
 
I had Sport contact 2s on my Golf and they lasted for about 15k miles - the dry grip was good and the wet grip wasn't bad. I know it's a different type of car but I liked them.
 
I can't comment on sport contact 2s, I'm pretty sure they haven't been made for a couple of years so will be old stock if available.

I can compare Sport Contact 3s though. My car came with Eagle NCT5s which when the rears were down to the limit the fronts still had 4mm left and had covered 18000miles. I put the new Contis on together and they have now covered about 7500 miles, the rears have just under 4mm left and the fronts 6mm. My car and driving style aren't particularly good to tyres and it looks like i'm going to get just over half the life out of the SC3s compared to the NCT5s. They do grip better but its not a night and day difference, they probably do have a very similar wear grade to the Eagle F1s judging how quick people seem to wear them out.
 
Sport Contacts 2 last about 17k so far on my badass Passat and still room to go ;p

also havent crashed yet.

SOOO... relevant insight!
 
I have Hankook Evo V12s on my 200 and the grip is fine. No idea what your tyre tests say but I have never lost grip in wet or dry and have no traction control and 250+ hp through the rear wheels.

Got them about 6k ago and there is still plenty of tread left on them.

Think I paid around 130 each for 255/35/18.
 
Oh and mixing tyre brands front and back should be ok - just don't do it on the same axle (as I'm sure you already know!).
 
[TW]Fox;16578635 said:
I am not interested in paying £230 a corner for a tyre which appears to be, frankly, rather mediocre. This particular tyre is not one which I will consider, I'm after wear reports on the Continental :)
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Hmm i disagree, you get what you pay for with these. Fantastic wet & dry grip and much MUCH better wear rates than eagle F1s :)

surley you can get them cheaper if you have a good look around
 
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