Discussion
Front tyres need replacing as inside 1 inch of tread on both are almost bare (only inside 1" on both fronts, the rest of the tread across both tyres are ok). Given unusual wear, I will obviously need a full alignment doing (which is a bit annoying given it must have been set up like this when I bought the car, for both inner fronts to be exactly the same), but the car now has 7k miles in total so they'd have needed doing sometime soon anyway I suppose.
Wondered if anyone has fitted anything different than Pirelli to their FF and if so, what we're the results?
I've always stuck with Pirelli on sportier cars and Conti's on my Range Rovers, but the FF has always felt 'a bit slippery/twitchy', especially at the rear until the tyres are properly warm, whitch I've noticed more in this car than any others. The rear tyres have plenty of tread and even wear btw, but may get all 4 changed when it goes in.
Wondered if anyone has fitted anything different than Pirelli to their FF and if so, what we're the results?
I've always stuck with Pirelli on sportier cars and Conti's on my Range Rovers, but the FF has always felt 'a bit slippery/twitchy', especially at the rear until the tyres are properly warm, whitch I've noticed more in this car than any others. The rear tyres have plenty of tread and even wear btw, but may get all 4 changed when it goes in.
On Ferrarichat they're saying the Michelin Pilot Supersports are more grippy but that comes at the cost of less grip in the wet. I've MPSS on my M135i and they're a fantastic Summer tyre. My FF currently has the Pirelli SottoZero winter tyres but various reports recommend the Michelin Alpin as the better tyre
Summers - there's a new Michelin Tyre which is meant to be excellent. I have Alpins on my Supercharged Alpina for winter and they are awful. So much so I refused them when Ferrari offered me them as the only option for the FF. I have Continental TS830 on another Alpina and they are the best winter tyres I've run on a car with lots of torque both in traction and braking from speed with big brakes (caveat, haven't tried the sottozero)
DanS said:
Summers - there's a new Michelin Tyre which is meant to be excellent. I have Alpins on my Supercharged Alpina for winter and they are awful. So much so I refused them when Ferrari offered me them as the only option for the FF. I have Continental TS830 on another Alpina and they are the best winter tyres I've run on a car with lots of torque both in traction and braking from speed with big brakes (caveat, haven't tried the sottozero)
Anything specifically awful about them? I have Alpins on my FF and sotozeros on an Impreza I own. Both seem decent winter tyres. Alpins marginally better at a guess.LukeyLikey said:
DanS said:
Summers - there's a new Michelin Tyre which is meant to be excellent. I have Alpins on my Supercharged Alpina for winter and they are awful. So much so I refused them when Ferrari offered me them as the only option for the FF. I have Continental TS830 on another Alpina and they are the best winter tyres I've run on a car with lots of torque both in traction and braking from speed with big brakes (caveat, haven't tried the sottozero)
Anything specifically awful about them? I have Alpins on my FF and sotozeros on an Impreza I own. Both seem decent winter tyres. Alpins marginally better at a guess.Gassing Station | Ferrari V12 | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff