Conti Sport Tyre thread

Sin_Chase · 8 Apr 2013 at 22:52

Just put the OEM choice on and be done with it?

[TW]Fox · 8 Apr 2013 at 22:56

Sin_Chase said:
Just put the OEM choice on and be done with it?

The OEM choice for his car is probably the awful Bridgestone Potenza RE050 RFT's. Why would he want to put those on? Not only do they cost over a thousand quid for a set, they are also fairly terrible tyres which ruin the ride and handling of his car

Sin_Chase · 8 Apr 2013 at 23:00

[TW]Fox;24085485 said:
The OEM choice for his car is probably the awful Bridgestone Potenza RE050 RFT's. Why would he want to put those on? Not only do they cost over a thousand quid for a set, they are also fairly terrible tyres which ruin the ride and handling of his car

Well, if that is the case it makes perfect sense not to!

What do they fit when you do not spec RFTs, or is that not an 'option' ?

Kenai · 8 Apr 2013 at 23:06

[TW]Fox;24085025 said:
The CS3 is what, 8ish years old now.

The 3s weren't released as long ago as 2005 were they?

GT3 · 8 Apr 2013 at 23:34

2006 I think, my dad got a set when they first came out.

[TW]Fox · 8 Apr 2013 at 23:37

Sin_Chase said:
What do they fit when you do not spec RFTs, or is that not an 'option' ?

On the E60 there was no option - you had RFT's with no choice. The only difference was the 19 inch option wasn't offered with RFT's. The OEM tyre on that was either Contisport Contact 2 or Pilot Sport's I think.

Django x2 · 9 Apr 2013 at 08:21

Yeah, I have the 19" non RFT option

The OEM listed is the CS2, which is the same price as the CS3.....

Django x2 · 24 Apr 2014 at 16:26

Just to revive an old thread. I thought I would share what a woeful experience the CS3s were on the front of the E60. A horrible tyre which wore rapidly on the outside edge and caused a step to appear to the next central block section. This has produced road noise akin to wheel bearings (although my rear bearings were shot too, and have been done).

I find it odd that these tyres have only managed a year, and probably 20k miles, but there you go.

So, I'll be on the hunt for some MPSS for the fronts too.

rodenal · 24 Apr 2014 at 16:31

Sure you don't have alignment issues?

Sport contacts (2 through 5) have always been superb for me, had them on every car I've had for about the last 5 years barring the e46

20k doesn't sound like terrible wear to me though

Edit forgot they were on the front...that is a bit odd

Tute · 24 Apr 2014 at 16:38

Never had this trouble with either the CS3s or CS5s on the Leon.

I've moved to F1A2s on the Focus though.

stoofa · 24 Apr 2014 at 16:58

I'm still more than happy with Conti's on my car.
It came from the factory with SC2's all around.
I then replaced them with SC5's in 2 steps as the originals got close to the legal limit.
They have always worn evenly and have produced low road noise. Above all I trust the tyres so much in all weather conditions - I know they wont let me down.

But different cars and different tyres.....
Bridgestone REO50's always seemed to get a good write-up. In my old Octy vRS I had a set that wore down after around 8k miles and scared me everytime the roads were wet.

Django x2 · 24 Apr 2014 at 17:19

The car does run straight, and the wear seems even apart from this odd "step" in the tyre. Forum rumours suggest this is a common conti issue (especially on Audis), but not sure if that relates to the CS range.

Dandle · 24 Apr 2014 at 17:53

Django x2 said:
Just to revive an old thread. I thought I would share what a woeful experience the CS3s were on the front of the E60. A horrible tyre which wore rapidly on the outside edge and caused a step to appear to the next central block section. This has produced road noise akin to wheel bearings (although my rear bearings were shot too, and have been done).

I find it odd that these tyres have only managed a year, and probably 20k miles, but there you go.

So, I'll be on the hunt for some MPSS for the fronts too.

I has SC3 SSRs on my E61 and they were really good. They were miles better than the Eagle NCT5s they replaced which were the best runflat option BMW offered. I got about 16k out of the rears and the fronts lasted for two sets of rears. In fact they were that good that I was really unimpressed with the Assymetric 2 non runflats that I replaced them with (considering how everyone raved about the ride improvement). I found the very outside edge looked worn quickly but apart form that both front and rears wore very evenly.

rossk26 · 25 Apr 2014 at 08:20

Tute said:
Never had this trouble with either the CS3s or CS5s on the Leon.

I've moved to F1A2s on the Focus though.

I've just done this too, and looking back really regret it. The CS5's are better IMHO for our size than the F1A2s

Firestar_3x · 25 Apr 2014 at 08:38

Django x2 said:
So, I'll be on the hunt for some MPSS for the fronts too.

The MPSS is hands down the best tyre i've ever used, can't see me picking anything else over these.

[TW]Fox · 25 Apr 2014 at 12:40

Django x2 said:
Just to revive an old thread. I thought I would share what a woeful experience the CS3s were on the front of the E60. A horrible tyre which wore rapidly on the outside edge and caused a step to appear to the next central block section. This has produced road noise akin to wheel bearings (although my rear bearings were shot too, and have been done).

I find it odd that these tyres have only managed a year, and probably 20k miles, but there you go.

I didn't find any wear issues with the CSC3's I had on mine. They performed fine though like you towards the end I did begin to notice droning noise that made me think I needed a new wheel bearing.

Replaced them with F1A2's which seem better in every way but I had no specific criticism of the CS3 and whilst I wouldnt buy them again its more because they've been replaced by newer, better tyres now.