Stick with the Goodyear
Mich are to soft
Bridgestone to hard
Pirelli are Italian(need I say more)

 

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My Michelin Latitude Sports that came on the SQ lasted 12,000 miles, on guidance from the forum I switched to Goodyears, they are wearing well.

 

My s line plus came with bridgestone on and after 18500 miles the tread is still on 6mm according to the service technician.
The tyres also get rotated every 10,000 miles aswell even on my last Q5 which had 19 inch wheels they lasted 28000 miles and could have gone more.
But as always it all comes down to your style of driving as everybody drives different.
I would like to put all season tyres on mine when they are due for replacement can anyone recommend a good long lasting tyre.

DCD

 

Advice appreciated; what's the best way of rotating tyres? Is it simply swapping fronts for rears or do you swap off-side for near-side as well.
(For interest, I have Goodyear's on mine. At 7500 miles they seem to be wearing well).

 

I wouldn't put all season tyres on my car...IMO they're a compromise in summer and winter. I'd always advocate summer tyres for + 7 degrees and winter tyres and rims for below that.

 

Same here Hector.

 

Contrary to popular practice, I am not in favour of rotating tyres. The reason is that if alignment is out or other geometry problems, they might not come to your notice if you rotate your tyres.

Also interesting to note that the noise levels a in favour of Goodyear Excellence 70db. Bridgestone Dueller 71db. Michelin Latitude 72db. Fuel is E and wet grip is B for all 3 tyres

 

I am extremely happy with the Goodyears; done 25.000 miles and they are still far from replacement

 

Fitted a set of Eagle F1 Asymmetric SUV 69db Fuel Rated B Wet Grip Rated B
Overall better than the original by a big margin.

 

Carrot, are your tyres 20". I did not think F1 SUV came in the 255 45 20 size

 

I have got the Bridgestone's on my Q5 (20") and the fronts were replaced at around 32k miles and the rears do have a bit of life in them at nearly 37k miles.

No noisier than any of the others and a decent amount of grip.

Oh, I'm not know for being gentle and kind on my cars, so the fact that have lasted so long is a big plus point.

Very happy with them and wouldn't change them for another brand.

J

 

I got 38K out of Pirelli scorpion Verdi and that includes my wife racing to traffic lights and slamming on!

and I replaced them with Pirelli as they are pretty good boots

 

Anyone tried the Nankang AS1 tyres, they get good reviews and are really cheap compared to others

 

I was very happy to see Goodyears on mine when I collected it 1 year/10,500 miles ago. And still am, looking good!

 

Best is subjective (as most things are) Goodyear, Pirelli - the main brands.
I don't like michelin as they tend to have more road noise.

The black circles website has rating ons for you to make a trade off decision.

 

Has anyone tried Vredstein Ultrac in 20"? They seem to have pretty decent reviews and the price is decent!

 

Had them in 21", very good grip and wear,and road noise minimal ????

 

I reckon the Goodyears on mine are good for around 40,000 miles to the legal limit.

 

£127 a tyre on tyre leader for the 20" Vredestein Ultrac - it seems a great deal. Going to need 4 in the next couple of weeks.

 

My 09 2.0 tdI had Duellers (18) which lasted over 30k and I was pleased. Just getting a 3.0 tdi S line (20 in wheels) with Michelin fitted from factory. It seems from this site that these do not last as long and I wonder if they are fitted because they are "softer" than the Bridgestones to ease up the stiffer suspension?

 

I think not. My previous Q5 S Line had Michelin and my current SQ5 has Bridgestone. I would suggest Audi fit whatever is available and at the cheapest price they can negotiate.

 

The Nexen N'fera tyres I had fitted a year ago have been pretty good. Considering I needed 4 in an emergency and this was the only matching 4 I could get fitted on the same day, I have been pleasantly surprised!

 

Just had mine serviced at 3 years - 24k miles - still 5-5.5mm tread on all four corners for the original supplied goodyear excellence rubber - very pleased with that.

 

Autoexpress tyre test last week recommends Michelin PS4 followed by P-zeros

 

I just put some Michelin Latitude sport 3s on the rears. £240/corner.

 

Oponeo are doing the 21s for £225.

 

Honestly, we only had them put on the other day so it's kinda hard to tell and the SQ is the wife's car so she drives it mostly.
It's the rear we had swapped too. I need to check the pressures this weekend and will have a play then.

 

re my previous post - now need to change my Mich Latitude Sport at 21k miles. I suppose not bad but they do seem noisy and twitchy (may be because they are worn to 3mm though!). Think I will go back to Bridgestone.

 

Almost 3 years and 38,000 miles, after I started started this thread, my rear Goodyear tyres has 4mm tread remaining. The fronts have been swapped for winters each season and have the same tread left, so I guess the fronts have done about 26k miles. looking to get to 50k miles on the rears

 

The fronts have been swapped for winters each season

Do you not swap the rears to winters as well? If not that is contrary to all advice given (by Audi and tyre manufacturers) and could give you problems .....................