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What?
Ok sure, it's a subsiduary of Continental but it tacking 'Continental' onto the name to make it sound more premium is ridiculous.
'Yea, I drive a Volkswagen Skoda Fabia'.
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What?
Ok sure, it's a subsiduary of Continental but it tacking 'Continental' onto the name to make it sound more premium is ridiculous.
'Yea, I drive a Volkswagen Skoda Fabia'.
[TW]Fox;17696453 said:
Continental own and operate the Uniroyal brand.
But yeah, calling them 'Continental Uniroyal' tyres isn't technically true. Uniroyal are marketed as the 'rain tyre' for Continental.
Oops just noticed your edit
I also had Hero tyres, they were indeed crap
No, it's just a seperate brand. 'The Rain Tyre' has always been Uniroyals tagline probably since even before it was bought out.
This is key really, it's why tyre testing that doesn't take 'the car' into the mix or in fact it's set up is pointless. The world tells me the Goodyears I have on my RS4 are ace, all the magazines tell the same but compared to the PZero's they simply don't feel as good at the more extreme limits of adhesion on my Owdee and suffer from front end wash during tight turning like the PZero's never did, a 4WD thing I am told but more so with the GY's. I have no idea why nor do I care, they simply don't feel as good and the car is less sharp at extremes and no review will convince me otherwise for it is a fact on my experience of MY car.
To be fair all the magazine tests I've read where the F1 wins have also stated it doesnt have the feel of the other tyres.
[TW]Fox;17696535 said:
Didn't say they were the same brand, ubersonic did that with his wording; all I said was that Continental owns and operates the brand. They also manufacture tyres from the same factory, which makes your VAG Skoda example even truer.
Yup, Uniroyal have always had an emphasis on wet weather performance. I got the 'Rain Tyre' bit from a tyre suppliers website:
"Uniroyal, as marketed by Conti, is sold as being the "Rain Tyre" and carries an umbrella logo. The tyre brand is well established in France, Belgium and Germany, and has a sizeable foothold in the UK."
Whether Uniroyal marketed their tyres as the "Rain Tyre" before hand I don't know, likely though.
Aye, read that too when I did a bit of googling earlier. Bit weird how it is used by two rival brands, although not in the same markets.
Tell that to Auto Zeitung...
http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Article/2010-Auto-Zeitung-Ultra-High-Performance-Summer-Tyre-Test.htmYet another problem is tyre companies naming convention. The P Zero is actually quite a decent tyre, but it's tarred with the same brush as the rubbish P Zero Nero / Rosso etc.
That, coupled with some updates to the P Zero earlier in the year which Pirelli decided to tell no one about I'm not surprised there's so much confusion regarding tyres.
Well im going for rainsports in a few weeks, mainly because they seem to be better than average all rounders, with superb performance in adverse conditions. Something like the T1 or F1, my car would tear to shreads in 6 months or so, the rainsports hopefully are a bit harder compound.
This whole post is utter rubbish, Ive run both eagle F1's and Toyo T1's on my old Pumaspeed fiesta, which was about 140bhp n/a upped to about 180bhp with the nitro on. and the toyos are the better tyre, there is no question, they are more predicatable, they dont break away as quick, and they dont develop bulges in the walls.
The only thing the goodyears have going for them is they have a bit more all-out grip in the dry, which is no good if they snap away to quickly. The toyos, whilst feeling a little more wallowy, will not take you by suprise in the same way, and are so much more progressive in terms of performance.
This whole post is utter rubbish, Ive run both eagle F1's and Toyo T1's on my old Pumaspeed fiesta, which was about 140bhp n/a upped to about 180bhp with the nitro on. and the toyos are the better tyre, there is no question, they are more predicatable, they dont break away as quick, and they dont develop bulges in the walls.
The only thing the goodyears have going for them is they have a bit more all-out grip in the dry, which is no good if they snap away to quickly. The toyos, whilst feeling a little more wallowy, will not take you by suprise in the same way, and are so much more progressive in terms of performance.
Why compare them with average all rounders? Something like a ContiSport Contact3 will be better in almost all ways?
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Car - Honda Integra Type R (UK car)
Tyre size - 195/50/15
Previous tyre - Bridgestone RE040 (205/50/15
Dry Grip - Nearly on par with the OEM tyre which is very good (bridgestone RE010)
Dry braking - very good no squeals
Wet Grip - a lot better than my previous tyre which took a lot of heat to get going in the wet these warm up very quickly and progressively break away and has no issues with standing water cuts straight through it
Wet braking - Excellent in the cold
Sidewall - very strong just like my previous tyre so no much flex and due to the down size in tyre width less flex
Turn in - same as the previous tyre as well running oem psi's 35f/33r
Feedback - good feedback responds very well to everything i throw at it
Comfort - Superb, much quieter than the bridgestones on motorways as they gave off a lot of noise when travelling on motorways
Summary - its not the best tyre money can buy but at under £200 fitted for all round i can't complain and would recommend these to anyone looking for a good tyre in the wet as well as firm side walls especially integra owners, the rs2's are superior in terms of dry grip but for an every day car these would give you the best of both worlds and not burn a hole in your pocket
Car - Honda Integra Type R (UK car)
Tyre size - 195/50/15
Previous tyre - Bridgestone RE040 (205/50/15
Dry Grip - Nearly on par with the OEM tyre which is very good (bridgestone RE010)
Dry braking - very good no squeals
Wet Grip - a lot better than my previous tyre which took a lot of heat to get going in the wet these warm up very quickly and progressively break away and has no issues with standing water cuts straight through it
Wet braking - Excellent in the cold
Sidewall - very strong just like my previous tyre so no much flex and due to the down size in tyre width less flex
Turn in - same as the previous tyre as well running oem psi's 35f/33r
Feedback - good feedback responds very well to everything i throw at it
Comfort - Superb, much quieter than the bridgestones on motorways as they gave off a lot of noise when travelling on motorways
Summary - its not the best tyre money can buy but at under £200 fitted for all round i can't complain and would recommend these to anyone looking for a good tyre in the wet as well as firm side walls especially integra owners, the rs2's are superior in terms of dry grip but for an every day car these would give you the best of both worlds and not burn a hole in your pocket
[TW]Fox;17696453 said:
Uniroyal is the wet weather division of Continental, its the same as saying Mercedes AMG, or Sega AM2, or Commodore Amiga.
Different company with the same name, the US Uniroyal inc is an almost defunct company owned by Michelin, Uniroyal were a Belgian company until they were absorbed by Continental. They are owned by Continental, all the R&D is done by Continental, the tyres are made by Continental and promoted as their wet weather division, Uniroyal are not a separate entity any more just a name.
Its kinda like Gibson still selling guitars under the Epiphone name, they are still Gibson guitars (they created the Epiphone name for the launch of the Les Paul because they didn't want is associated with the Gibson name in case it failed)
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Essentially, yes. They are good allrounders which won't break the bank.
[TW]Fox;17698066 said:
Primarily because the CS3's will cost you a lot more, and may wear more quickly.