Gee: The tyres youve used in the past Eagle F1 and T1R are both strong performers in the wet. Eagle F1 was tested better over the T1R in every aspect.
Are you looking for a wet tyre or dry? If your living in Europe and often wet, then I guess its hard to go past Eagle F1. In Australia, we have dry and wet seasons so we have the exclusive Bridgestone RE001 which performs highly in wet and dry.
Yeah, in the UK so is wet a lot of the time. Maybe I should stick with the F1's. How will the tyre wall perform with a 195/50 profile?
Semi slicks like RE01R, RS2 etc etc are very slipery in the wet. If other users here dont think so, then maybe theyve havent tried enough tyres in different weather conditions. Search up the net or magazines for tyre reviews to help your choice. As blinx says, theres heaps of good tyres but choice should be made depending on your application and weather conditions.
i have yokohama s-drive and i am happy with them apart from the traction in wet.
Can i ask you something? I see that prices in England for tyres like toyo t1r or yokohama parada are ridiculously low, like 30pounds per tyre. Can you explain why this is so? Because prices for the same tyre to other countries are much higher which can reach up to double price!!
Been running the RS2 for a long while now, Good in the dry & wet, used them on track also, got A048 & 888 on my track rims but if its raining I keep my roadwearing RS2 rims on, better sidewall than the F1's and more feedback imo, and @ £49 delivered (Julian Rarerims) good value. The Bridgestones may be as good or better but they are too expensive for a daily drive imo and harder to get hold of.
If you find a tyre that suits your driving style then all is well, but dont go cheap on tyres or brakes.
The RS2 is the better tyre over the F1 for me, more grip & feedback, I run 50's anyway again more feel & control imo, also if you decide on the odd trackday and dont have another set of rims/tyres the RS2 will out perform the F1.
As for noise, maybe but my EK is loud so I dont notice.
The Parada is still a decent road tyre on a budget but I wont be using them again as the RS2 is just better & not that much more cash.