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    Posted: 15-May-2007 at 14:52

Anyone using Goodyear Eagle GSD3 F1s needs to read

The only ones that are good are the ones made in Germany, China made ones are crap and if you get ones made in Thailand you might as well be driving on marshmellows.

http://www.vpcuk.org/forums/showthread.php?t=19551

On researching more, I also found these threads:

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=23& amp;t=386634&i=0

http://alfaowner.com/Forum/general-alfa-discussion/75145-goo dyear-eagle-f1-owners-prospective-owners-read-this.html

http://forums.mercedesclub.org.uk/showthread.php?t=27908

http://www.talkaudio.co.uk/vbb/showthread.php?t=209298&p age=2

http://www.mrtrally.com.au/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=25369&a mp;whichpage=9

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from the first link:
Quote The one from Thailand is horrible it squeaks and induces alot of understeer,and generally has no grip,its ok for traction and breaking thought lol.

It has no grip but is ok for traction and breaking?


Just went out and checked my 4 - "Made in Germany" 

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I literally mounted mine yesterday and my rears are from Germany and my fronts from China.
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Originally posted by Kin Mak Kin Mak wrote:

I literally mounted mine yesterday

Perv!

Originally posted by Kin Mak Kin Mak wrote:

my rears are from Germany and my fronts from China.

Can you bring them back?
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That's worth knowing.  I have some on Mrs D's car.  Must take a little look later.  They feel fine but then the 318 doesn't exactly have the oomph to need the nth degree of traction!
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Originally posted by kbannon kbannon wrote:

from the first link:
Quote The one from Thailand is horrible it squeaks and induces alot of understeer,and generally has no grip,its ok for traction and breaking thought lol.

It has no grip but is ok for traction and breaking?


Just went out and checked my 4 - "Made in Germany" 

Note it's BREAKING, not BRAKING!!!
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Bring them back Kin. Go mad. Scream and shout if needs be. If they're made
in China then they should have been a lot cheaper. And I imagine they're for
the Chinese or Asian market not Europe and could be grey imports.

EDIT: Mine were all made in Deutchland. Yippee.

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No the ones made in China are for the European market as has all the legal requirements. Only difference is compound.
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well that's VERY interesting... partic with my initial experiences of the M3 on track with F1s all round (very understeery), then moved front F1s to rear, and P-zeros on front, where I was getting turn-in oversteer @ the VIP day last Jan. 

Wonder were they german, chinese, taiwanese, or waa. They did last 15k and several trackdays.



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I heard about this one a while back so I e-mailed Goodyear - the long and short of it is that the pukka ones should have a yellow dot on the sidewalls to signify that they were made in Europe.

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Originally posted by T.J. T.J. wrote:

well that's VERY interesting... partic with my initial
experiences of the M3 on track with F1s all round (very understeery), then
moved front F1s to rear, and P-zeros on front, where I was getting turn-in
oversteer @ the VIP day last Jan. 


Wonder were they german, chinese, taiwanese, or waa. They did last 15k
and several trackdays.



Now you have a genuine(ish) excuse. Turn in oversteer sounds like fun. I was
getting barely any understeer on the BDD last October in terrential rain.
Simply could not believe the amount of grip. Back would let go fairly easily,
but I think that normal.
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era no excuse - just an observation that might have contributed at the time for the way I subsequently drove!

Turn-in oversteer on turn... 6 - onto the back 'straight' - scared the be-jesus out of me the first time, I can tell you.

 
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Just went out and checked the new set of F1's I got on my ///M3, they say MADE IN GERMANY on them but mine are GS D2
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Originally posted by US M3 US M3 wrote:

Just went out and checked the new set of F1's I got on
my ///M3, they say MADE IN GERMANY on them but mine are GS D2


The GSD2 has something to do with the wheel size i think.
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Mine are all made in Germany but then they're over 3 years old.
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I was planning a set of these as my next purchase as I had heard good things.

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Originally posted by flyingalexf68 flyingalexf68 wrote:

Originally posted by US M3 US M3 wrote:

Just went out and checked the new set of F1's I got on
my ///M3, they say MADE IN GERMANY on them but mine are GS D2


The GSD2 has something to do with the wheel size i think.


gsd 2 is the model of eagle f1. these are very hard to get as they have been replaced by the gsd 3.
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Mine are all 'Made in Germany', front about three years old rears last August.

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Just got set fitted fronts 225/40/18 arrived quickly had to wait for back 255/35/18,Fronts made in china rear made in germany all have the same numbers on side walls threadwear e number etc.Bought from one of biggest tyre suppliers around.



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