I was browsing the reddit e-golf page and saw this testing. Interested to hear if people are also switching out their tyres and their own results doing so. I’m still on the supplied Bridgestones as I’ve had the car only a month or so.
I don't know of any other five-passenger hatchbacks that can pull a full g on a dusty skidpad and still return 119 MPGe.
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A lot ( including myself ) hated the OEM factory fitted Bridgestone’s.
They are a hard compound and therefore the grip / traction is poor.
Trying to grab a slot on a busy round about or road junction in wet weather has the result of spinning the front wheels almost every time !.
The road noise is poor and this only increases as the tyres become more & more worn.
The issues with these tyres have been covered at length on the forum.
At change out time, people have favoured / opted for Pilot Sports / Cross Climates / Good Year’s.
All have received better results that the original OEM tyres.
VW appear to favour fitting the Bridgestone’s on almost all of their 17 inch wheel and tyre combo’s.
I went for the Good Years on my GTE at the time and was super pleased with the results.
The Pilot Sports will offer the maximum amount of grip because of there soft compound, but they will wear quickly.
A bit more suited to a Golf R if you like ?.
A bit over the top for an e.Golf if you ask me.
Reduced road / cabin noise was high on my list of priorities.
The Good Years offered the lowest rolling resistant, but did not suffer from poor grip or traction.
Basically, any of the above is an improvement over the Bridgestone’s in my book.
I would never purchase them at the time of replacement !.
VW recommend that the front and rear wheels should be exchanged every 5,000 miles.
This I conformed with, as I wanted them ALL off the car at the same time.
I replaced all four tyres at around 24,000 miles.
There was still some wear left on them but the side walls had started to show signs of cracking on all four tyres.
Good enough excuse to get shut of them.
The Good Years where like a “Night and Day” difference.