Tires Pirelli or Continental

good tyres got a set on my 01 TT, handling, ride, + traction is great but not a lot of miles on them as this is my summer fun car!!

Absolutely great tires. I’ve used them year-round on other vehicles, and they are the best all-around performers I’ve encountered.

I have run the Conti DWS as my tire of choice on my previous Mk. 6 GTI and current 2016 R. I owned the GTI in Eugene, OR where we had a LOT of wet weather and snow was readily available close by or driving south to visit California.

This will be my third season with the DWS 06 on 18¨ Enkei Racing PF01 wheels on my 2015 R, same as my Michelin 18¨ PSS's are mounted on for summer use. As has been noted here by others these tires have performed extremely well, although not exposed to some of our extreme amounts of snow we've had recently.

I have had the Contis and the Michelins (on 18s). Both are great. Contis were way better in the wet in my opinion. The softer sidewalls also delivered a smoother ride, but gave a bit in performance (push/under steer).

Selling a set of Neuspeed RSe102 wheels (Hyper Black) and Pirelli P ZERO (PZ4) tires. These came off a 2015 Passat B7 and simply transformed the cars handling, very impressive tire and wheel setup.

I can add that I have Continental (Dealer supplied) 195 -65 - 15 on steelies on my 16 GSW. Using the electronic systems in the car, with 4 tall and narrow, winter tires, gives confident snow traction. Fuel mileage is not adversely affected and the noise level has not increased.

I just got some Continental ExtremeContact Sports and they're not too expensive but really nice.

I have had a few Pirelli tires. The only Pirelli tire I was ever impressed with were the Rosso's and the Corsa's. One thing to mention is Pirelli mileage warranties have always been inflated (as well as many other companies). Do not expect 50k out of these and track every rotation and do them on time. With other Pirelli performance all season tires they were good for the first 1/3 of tread then got borderline undividable in snow and heavy rain. More noticeable than other competitors when worn. One thing to note is I have always liked the Pirelli sidewall stiffness compared to Michelin and Continental.

I had Pirelli Winter Carving Edge tires on my MK6 for four winters - they sucked!