Passenger Car Summer Premium Touring Tires
Below are all the reviewed passenger car summer premium touring tires on Tire Reviews. Please click into each tire for further details.
| Tire Reviewed | Dry Grip | Wet Grip | Feedback | Handling | Wear | Comfort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vredestein T Trac 2 (5) | 96% | 93% | 96% | 90% | 93% | 86% |
| Nokian eLine 2 (3) | 87% | 93% | 87% | 80% | 100% | 97% |
| Michelin Primacy HP Zero Pressure (7) | 91% | 84% | 83% | 87% | 94% | 96% |
| Hankook Ventus Prime 4 (33) | 93% | 91% | 88% | 90% | 84% | 86% |
| Dunlop SP Sport 560 (3) | 90% | 70% | 90% | 83% | 97% | 93% |
| Nokian iLine (16) | 94% | 90% | 86% | 77% | 86% | 94% |
| Vredestein Ultrac Satin (45) | 92% | 87% | 85% | 86% | 86% | 90% |
| Continental PremiumContact 7 (19) | 93% | 96% | 89% | 87% | 84% | 78% |
| Nokian Line (65) | 92% | 90% | 89% | 89% | 82% | 86% |
| Falken Sincera SN832 Ecorun (48) | 89% | 90% | 84% | 87% | 83% | 83% |
| Michelin Energy E3B (6) | 87% | 97% | 83% | 88% | 78% | 80% |
| Bridgestone Turanza T001 Evo (6) | 92% | 88% | 88% | 88% | 80% | 94% |
| Michelin Energy X2 Plus (6) | 88% | 87% | 72% | 88% | 86% | 88% |
| Kleber Dynaxer HP4 (16) | 93% | 89% | 85% | 73% | 86% | 88% |
| Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance 2 (79) | 91% | 88% | 81% | 85% | 90% | 83% |
| Goodyear Assurance Triplemax (6) | 90% | 90% | 80% | 82% | 84% | 82% |
| Falken Sincera SN110 Ecorun (8) | 87% | 86% | 81% | 89% | 73% | 87% |
| Pirelli Cinturato P7 C2 (21) | 90% | 84% | 85% | 83% | 83% | 86% |
| Dunlop SP Sport FM800 (50) | 88% | 87% | 80% | 85% | 85% | 85% |
| Toyo Proxes CF2 (103) | 88% | 83% | 82% | 83% | 84% | 86% |
| Bridgestone Turanza 6 (22) | 93% | 93% | 89% | 87% | 74% | 83% |
| Yokohama BluEarth XT AE61 (7) | 94% | 87% | 86% | 90% | 87% | 69% |
| Falken ZE914 (98) | 89% | 81% | 84% | 81% | 82% | 82% |
| Toyo Proxes R39 (3) | 97% | 83% | 93% | 83% | 73% | 80% |
| Michelin Defender (4) | 88% | 75% | 85% | 88% | 80% | 85% |
| Continental ContiMaxContact MC5 (41) | 89% | 81% | 80% | 80% | 78% | 86% |
| Michelin Primacy 4 Plus (25) | 88% | 86% | 78% | 73% | 85% | 87% |
| Continental UltraContact (12) | 88% | 84% | 82% | 74% | 90% | 83% |
| Yokohama BluEarth 1 (3) | 90% | 83% | 77% | 80% | 83% | 73% |
| Kumho Ecsta HS52 (10) | 91% | 81% | 85% | 85% | 82% | 64% |
| Nexen N Fera Primus (6) | 88% | 93% | 85% | 68% | 90% | 78% |
| Kumho Ecsta HS51 (35) | 87% | 85% | 77% | 80% | 80% | 86% |
| Toyo Proxes R32 (5) | 94% | 66% | 92% | 92% | 74% | 82% |
| Yokohama C Drive (45) | 86% | 82% | 83% | 77% | 77% | 86% |
| Hankook Ventus Prime 3 K125 (111) | 90% | 81% | 80% | 79% | 80% | 80% |
| Dunlop StreetResponse 2 (21) | 88% | 83% | 84% | 84% | 70% | 81% |
| Yokohama BluEarth GT AE51 (29) | 89% | 80% | 78% | 80% | 79% | 83% |
| Continental Premium Contact 6 (114) | 89% | 85% | 83% | 85% | 75% | 78% |
| Yokohama AVS dB v550 (6) | 88% | 77% | 83% | 82% | 67% | 92% |
| Toyo NanoEnergy R38 (8) | 88% | 81% | 78% | 81% | 76% | 80% |
| Michelin Energy Saver Plus (61) | 84% | 72% | 78% | 77% | 91% | 83% |
| Bridgestone Ecopia EP300 (11) | 83% | 78% | 77% | 82% | 86% | 76% |
| Falken ZIEX ZE310 EcoRun (98) | 87% | 83% | 81% | 80% | 77% | 79% |
| Nokian WetProof (20) | 88% | 92% | 76% | 85% | 63% | 81% |
| Continental UltraContact UC6 (45) | 87% | 83% | 73% | 77% | 80% | 84% |
| Falken ZIEX ZE914 EcoRun (89) | 85% | 81% | 81% | 82% | 78% | 76% |
| Yokohama BluEarth Es ES32 (45) | 83% | 78% | 80% | 81% | 74% | 86% |
| Bridgestone Turanza ER300 Ecopia (16) | 87% | 82% | 75% | 81% | 81% | 83% |
| Goodyear Assurance Triplemax 2 (19) | 86% | 78% | 74% | 79% | 84% | 76% |
| Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance (245) | 86% | 84% | 76% | 78% | 73% | 85% |
| Uniroyal RainExpert 3 (36) | 83% | 93% | 78% | 75% | 66% | 81% |
| Michelin Primacy 4 (154) | 85% | 82% | 74% | 77% | 82% | 84% |
| Pirelli Cinturato P1 Verde (45) | 83% | 75% | 79% | 74% | 84% | 80% |
| Dunlop SP Touring R1 (20) | 84% | 77% | 74% | 80% | 82% | 76% |
| Toyo Proxes R30 (3) | 83% | 70% | 87% | 83% | 77% | 70% |
| Toyo Proxes Comfort (12) | 83% | 78% | 75% | 68% | 81% | 86% |
| BFGoodrich Advantage (10) | 76% | 78% | 74% | 72% | 81% | 88% |
| Pirelli CINTURATO P1 (32) | 81% | 74% | 77% | 73% | 80% | 84% |
| Hankook OPTIMO ME02 K424 (4) | 88% | 63% | 85% | 73% | 90% | 83% |
| Fulda EcoControl HP (15) | 82% | 73% | 76% | 81% | 78% | 80% |
| Toyo NanoEnergy 3 (38) | 82% | 67% | 74% | 76% | 82% | 84% |
| Toyo R27 (3) | 83% | 77% | 83% | 77% | 80% | 60% |
| Kumho Solus HS51 Harmony Sports (5) | 85% | 80% | 65% | 65% | 80% | 90% |
| Yokohama AVS DB S2 (3) | 93% | 73% | 83% | 80% | 53% | 73% |
| Michelin Primacy 3 (191) | 85% | 79% | 76% | 77% | 69% | 80% |
| Michelin Energy XM2 (50) | 81% | 74% | 73% | 74% | 86% | 73% |
| Michelin Energy Saver (136) | 83% | 71% | 74% | 71% | 85% | 80% |
| Michelin Primacy HP (198) | 85% | 75% | 77% | 74% | 77% | 76% |
| Pirelli Cinturato P7 Blue (33) | 86% | 71% | 75% | 71% | 87% | 77% |
| Giti GitiSynergyH2 (14) | 78% | 86% | 65% | 65% | 89% | 69% |
| Michelin Primacy LC (12) | 82% | 79% | 67% | 68% | 73% | 88% |
| Bridgestone Turanza ER300 (193) | 83% | 77% | 77% | 72% | 78% | 71% |
| Continental ComfortContact CC6 (50) | 79% | 66% | 71% | 71% | 78% | 89% |
| Kumho Ecowing ES31 (16) | 79% | 69% | 75% | 64% | 77% | 80% |
| Continental Premium Contact 5 (116) | 87% | 82% | 76% | 77% | 58% | 78% |
| Falken ZE912 (200) | 82% | 74% | 75% | 70% | 71% | 79% |
| Apollo Aspire XP (7) | 79% | 77% | 74% | 76% | 73% | 71% |
| Bridgestone Turanza T005 RFT (7) | 89% | 79% | 83% | 81% | 53% | 74% |
| Goodyear EfficientGrip Compact (26) | 85% | 58% | 78% | 80% | 82% | 83% |
| Michelin e.Primacy (8) | 81% | 71% | 70% | 67% | 86% | 74% |
| Dunlop SP Sport LM704 (26) | 81% | 60% | 76% | 76% | 80% | 80% |
| Pirelli P6000 Powergy (11) | 83% | 67% | 71% | 75% | 85% | 70% |
| Pirelli CINTURATO P6 (20) | 86% | 81% | 81% | 62% | 67% | 71% |
| Continental UltraContact UC7 (3) | 83% | 73% | 67% | 67% | 70% | 80% |
| Michelin Pilot Primacy (52) | 80% | 76% | 71% | 68% | 85% | 71% |
| Continental Eco Contact 3 (54) | 80% | 78% | 73% | 68% | 74% | 78% |
| Bridgestone Turanza T005 (138) | 83% | 80% | 74% | 74% | 66% | 73% |
| Yokohama C Drive2 (31) | 79% | 73% | 70% | 69% | 71% | 81% |
| Dunlop SP Sport 200 (3) | 80% | 57% | 77% | 57% | 87% | 83% |
| Pirelli CINTURATO P7 (180) | 83% | 73% | 73% | 75% | 69% | 74% |
| Avon ZV7 (128) | 83% | 79% | 73% | 73% | 60% | 79% |
| Pirelli Powergy (19) | 83% | 78% | 74% | 75% | 61% | 76% |
| Continental Premium Contact 2 (198) | 84% | 77% | 75% | 73% | 62% | 73% |
| Continental PremiumContact (15) | 83% | 68% | 72% | 69% | 75% | 73% |
| Goodyear Excellence (125) | 79% | 70% | 72% | 71% | 72% | 73% |
| Goodyear OptiGrip (16) | 74% | 83% | 66% | 71% | 71% | 66% |
| Yokohama BluEarth AE01 (22) | 79% | 73% | 76% | 68% | 59% | 75% |
| Kumho Ecowing ES01 KH27 (20) | 76% | 63% | 73% | 61% | 76% | 80% |
| Bridgestone Ecopia EP200 (19) | 75% | 68% | 71% | 68% | 72% | 80% |
| Bridgestone Ecopia EP001S (4) | 83% | 83% | 70% | 78% | 58% | 80% |
| Yokohama A Drive (28) | 77% | 64% | 70% | 69% | 79% | 70% |
| Bridgestone Alenza 001 (18) | 84% | 77% | 70% | 80% | 66% | 65% |
| Nokian i3 (6) | 72% | 68% | 82% | 68% | 65% | 77% |
| Bridgestone DriveGuard (26) | 84% | 83% | 77% | 74% | 47% | 69% |
| Yokohama E70D db (10) | 73% | 68% | 76% | 74% | 71% | 69% |
| Pirelli P 7 (85) | 79% | 69% | 71% | 68% | 73% | 65% |
| Yokohama Aspec A349 BluEarth (11) | 72% | 59% | 69% | 78% | 87% | 65% |
| Sava Intensa HP2 (6) | 78% | 62% | 68% | 75% | 50% | 86% |
| Continental Eco Contact 5 (88) | 80% | 67% | 68% | 68% | 74% | 68% |
| Michelin Energy (42) | 71% | 65% | 59% | 61% | 84% | 76% |
| Toyo Proxes Sport (20) | 75% | 65% | 71% | 67% | 69% | 72% |
| Firestone RoadHawk (37) | 85% | 75% | 71% | 65% | 54% | 73% |
| Bridgestone Turanza T001 (105) | 80% | 70% | 70% | 67% | 63% | 72% |
| Goodyear Eagle NCT5 (91) | 75% | 61% | 68% | 61% | 78% | 69% |
| Yokohama dB super E spec (6) | 72% | 55% | 70% | 68% | 66% | 80% |
| Hankook Kinergy Eco 2 (15) | 79% | 67% | 58% | 66% | 68% | 65% |
| Avon ZT7 (11) | 79% | 73% | 69% | 64% | 60% | 72% |
| Yokohama Advan dB V552 (9) | 69% | 61% | 69% | 69% | 56% | 80% |
| Goodyear EfficientGrip (139) | 77% | 68% | 63% | 61% | 71% | 71% |
| Bridgestone Ecopia EP150 (58) | 75% | 68% | 68% | 67% | 63% | 68% |
| Goodyear Assurance ComfortDrive (5) | 68% | 63% | 45% | 75% | 80% | 78% |
| Bridgestone Turanza ER33 (21) | 75% | 59% | 69% | 61% | 91% | 57% |
| Pirelli P5000 (10) | 70% | 73% | 59% | 66% | 70% | 57% |
| Uniroyal RainExpert 5 (4) | 65% | 75% | 65% | 53% | 70% | 78% |
| Yokohama BluEarth AE50 (35) | 73% | 66% | 67% | 68% | 59% | 68% |
| Bridgestone Turanza ER300 RFT (11) | 66% | 57% | 67% | 67% | 70% | 65% |
| Nexen N Fera AU5 (6) | 62% | 52% | 64% | 70% | 67% | 80% |
| Bridgestone Turanza ER30 (43) | 78% | 61% | 67% | 62% | 72% | 57% |
| Dunlop SP Touring T1 (5) | 64% | 50% | 64% | 58% | 75% | 70% |
| Dunlop SP Sport 2050 (4) | 75% | 50% | 80% | 63% | 58% | 73% |
| Pirelli P3000 (17) | 74% | 57% | 66% | 58% | 65% | 67% |
| Firestone Multihawk 2 (6) | 82% | 52% | 56% | 75% | 52% | 64% |
| Pirelli Cinturato P 7 Ecoimpact (11) | 65% | 62% | 66% | 59% | 72% | 57% |
| Toyo NanoEnergy 2 (5) | 68% | 44% | 66% | 60% | 68% | 64% |
| Bridgestone Ecopia EP100 (8) | 69% | 60% | 63% | 53% | 64% | 63% |
| Continental EcoContact 6 (95) | 75% | 59% | 58% | 61% | 55% | 70% |
| Pirelli P6 (22) | 73% | 66% | 60% | 52% | 58% | 60% |
| Dunlop SP Sport 2020 (4) | 65% | 60% | 55% | 63% | 63% | 45% |
| Yokohama BluEarth E70 (9) | 73% | 63% | 59% | 69% | 67% | 45% |
| Pirelli P7000 (7) | 71% | 47% | 63% | 57% | 61% | 57% |
| Bridgestone Ecopia EP25 (12) | 65% | 46% | 63% | 62% | 55% | 62% |
| Pirelli P6000 (175) | 66% | 46% | 55% | 48% | 67% | 60% |
| Bridgestone Ecopia EP422 plus (10) | 55% | 54% | 50% | 49% | 51% | 61% |
| Dunlop SP Sport 2030 (9) | 64% | 58% | 48% | 49% | 38% | 38% |
| Bridgestone Turanza T002 (3) | 85% | 50% | 30% | 15% | 65% | 65% |
| Bridgestone Ecopia EP500 ologic (3) | 63% | 63% | 53% | 63% | 10% | 53% |
| Dunlop SP Sport 270 (11) | 67% | 27% | 51% | 49% | 35% | 55% |
| Bridgestone Turanza EL440 (12) | 51% | 45% | 55% | 45% | 35% | 45% |
Passenger Car Summer Premium Touring Tires with no reviews
Bridgestone Turanza EL42, Bridgestone Turanza ER70, Bridgestone Turanza T005 Driveguard, Bridgestone Turanza T005A, Continental CrossContact RX, Continental PureContact, Continental UltraContact NXT, Cooper CS7, Dunlop SP10, Falken ECORUN A A, Falken ZIEX CT50, Falken Ziex ZE914A Ecorun, Firestone Roadhawk 2 ENLITEN, Goodyear Assurance MaxLife, Goodyear Eagle Enforcer, Goodyear GT Eco Stage, Kumho ECSTA LX PLATINUM KU27, Laufenn G Fit EQ Plus, Michelin Energy Saver 4, Michelin Primacy 4 ST, Michelin XAS, Nexen Aria AH7, Nexen N Fera AU7, Nexen N Priz AH8, Nokian eLine, Nokian Hakka Blue 3, Nokian Hakka Green, Nokian Hakka Green 3, Nokian Hakka Green2, Nokian Nordman SX2, Nokian Nordman SZ, Nokian Wetproof 1, Nokian xLine, Pirelli P4000, Reference Summer, Reference Summer 16 inch, Reference Summer 17 inch, Reference Summer 18 inch, Reference Summer 19 inch, Toyo NanoEnergy 1, Toyo NanoEnergy R41, Toyo Proxes Ne, Vredestein Ultrac, Yokohama BluEarth air EF21, Yokohama Bluearth E51
Passenger Car Summer Premium Touring Tires Tire Review Highlights
Michelin Primacy 4 rated 96% while driving a Volvo V90 D4
Driving on a combination of roads for 1 average miles
Driving on a combination of roads for 1 average miles
Have tried other makes but have not found anything to match Michelin for reliability, performance, safety and longevity.
Best and only tires on the market for me personally.
Best and only tires on the market for me personally.
Falken ZIEX ZE310 EcoRun rated 76% while driving a Ford Fiesta
Driving on a combination of roads for 20000 average miles
Driving on a combination of roads for 20000 average miles
Only had these for about 20,000km - but still 5mm tread left.
Very reliable in wet and dry, decent feedback and comfortable as well as decent MPG return - I would definitely buy these again.
Very reliable in wet and dry, decent feedback and comfortable as well as decent MPG return - I would definitely buy these again.
Avon ZV7 rated 59% while driving a Ford Mondeo 2.0 ~TDCi Business Ed.
Driving on a combination of roads for 18000 average miles
Driving on a combination of roads for 18000 average miles
Seemingly good tire, let down by premature cracking around the longitudinal grooves.
I have these on a Mondeo, so not the most demanding car. I have checked pressures fairly regularly and never found them along way off the recommended values, but still within a couple of years have found them to be cracking really quite badly along the tire grooves, to the extent that the carcass is visible at the bottom of the cracks.
The tires are less than 3 years old, so age shouldn't really be a problem.
Having to replace these when they are less than half worn - so not best pleased. It looks as though I'm not alone if you check in the various motoring forums.
I have these on a Mondeo, so not the most demanding car. I have checked pressures fairly regularly and never found them along way off the recommended values, but still within a couple of years have found them to be cracking really quite badly along the tire grooves, to the extent that the carcass is visible at the bottom of the cracks.
The tires are less than 3 years old, so age shouldn't really be a problem.
Having to replace these when they are less than half worn - so not best pleased. It looks as though I'm not alone if you check in the various motoring forums.
Bridgestone Turanza T005 rated 36% while driving a Volkswagen T Roc
Driving on mostly motorways for 20000 average miles
Driving on mostly motorways for 20000 average miles
Worst tire ever, not safe in bad conditions and the tires crack all the way around which make any puncture repair impossible. Can’t understand why this tire cracking is not a bigger issue and drivers compensated. And why vw and Audi use them?
Continental EcoContact 6 rated 90% while driving a Mercedes Benz w123
Driving on mostly town for 5000 average miles
Driving on mostly town for 5000 average miles
An excellent premium tire at budget prices. Definitely wins on fuel efficiency, low rolling resistance and higher longevity. Sadly, prices aren't as low as they were a couple years ago but they are still excellent value compared to the cheap Chinese brands littering the market in the smaller tire sizes.
Avon ZV7 rated 83% while driving a BMW 530D
Driving on a combination of roads for 5000 spirited miles
Driving on a combination of roads for 5000 spirited miles
I like these, good wet & dry grip, when i got my BMW, it was on runflats(Horrible things No Grip) I was so sick of not being able to use my cars power, now shes no Ferrari, but no slug either, 500nm torque will unstick most tires in the wet, but these ZV7s have made a big difference to my cars handling in the wet, I will admit they can be a bit snappy on the limit, but not unless your arrogant with them, they are on rear axle on my car (RWD). E60 fairly big car, and I like to get on with it, these tires give good stability at high speed (100mph+) and feel planted. Good tire sensible price. will buy again as i will be interested to get all 4 tires the same and see the improvement, I ve got Vredestein on fronts axle, not bad but not good lack feel
Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance 2 rated 44% while driving a BMW 320i
Driving on a combination of roads for 1300 average miles
Driving on a combination of roads for 1300 average miles
These are EXTREMELY NOISY tires. My car is BMW F30 320 iA xDrive and the winter tires I have (Continental VikingContact 7) are very quiet - can't hear almost anything from the tires. But these Goodyear summer tires - oh my.... Horrible noise even at low speeds. During wet conditions the noise is much worse.
I regret buying these and will replace them with some other brand even though I have driven only 2 000 km with these.
Interestingly Goodyear Efficient Grip 1 tires were good and quiet on my BMW 530 but this 2-version is just an epic fail.
I regret buying these and will replace them with some other brand even though I have driven only 2 000 km with these.
Interestingly Goodyear Efficient Grip 1 tires were good and quiet on my BMW 530 but this 2-version is just an epic fail.
Continental PremiumContact 7 rated 87% while driving a Jaguar XF
Driving on mostly motorways for 5000 average miles
Driving on mostly motorways for 5000 average miles
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Goodyear Assurance ComfortDrive rated 60% while driving a Chrysler 300C
Driving on a combination of roads for 3000 average miles
Driving on a combination of roads for 3000 average miles
Pros: Smooth & comfortable ride as advertised. Cons: every single road imperfection (such as hot crack patch) and minor road bump, along with every single change in road "texture" comes right into the cabin. My previous 2 sets of Michelin MXm4's were superior to these Chinese tires. Stuck with them now!
Continental UltraContact rated 90% while driving a Mercedes Benz C180
Driving on a combination of roads for 3000 average miles
Driving on a combination of roads for 3000 average miles
Excellent grip both in dry and wet conditions. Only aquaplaning resistance in deeper puddles seems a bit average compared to my previous Michelin Primacy 4s. Its not bad, but just less impressive. Otherwise grip levels are similar. Road feedback is decent although steering response is not very sharp as the tire has very soft sidewall. Otherwise handling characteristics are very balanced and safe. Grip runs out progressively and there are no obvious understeer or oversteer characteristics. Feels very safe and controllable even at limit. Once again compared to my previous Primacy 4s this feels better. Primacy 4s had a ton of grip, but once you ran out of the grip, there was quite a lot of sudden understeer. UltraContacts give better confidence at the limit. Best part of the tire is comfort an noise levels. It's super smooth and silent compared to Primacy 4s which were in my opinion quite harsh and had nasty sound. after around 5000km can't really comment of wear. At least there is no noticeable wear at this stage, so seems good.
Overall I would recommend these to anyone looking for comfortable and safe touring tire. If sportiness is very important for you, then look elsewhere.
Overall I would recommend these to anyone looking for comfortable and safe touring tire. If sportiness is very important for you, then look elsewhere.
Avon ZV7 rated 73% while driving a Citroën berlingo
Driving on a combination of roads for 9000 spirited miles
Driving on a combination of roads for 9000 spirited miles
Just don't! I had Avon tires before, they were ace and lasted long. This however, not even sure they did the 9000 as I have winter tires too and didn't mark the mileage so it is an educated guess. They are good tires in terms of performance, can't fault them. Love their grip on wet and dry and give a stable cornering experience. I bought my car when it was 1 year old and they came with Michelin Supremacy or whatever it was and they were horrible. I felt I was driving on ice, especially in wet conditions so I quickly replaced them. On my former car I had the Avons and in fact I still have them in the shed as I sold the car with the winter tires, and that Avon is still solid at 6+ years old, no cracks, and did at least 25 000 miles. However the ones I bought in 2021 for the Berlingo they got cracks all over the place as described by other reviews. Also I didn't check the treads properly just briefly and it was around half way on the sides, never realised that they were almost on the legal limit in the middle until I've read it in the shop report that the tires were at 6%. We went away for a long weekend and having 3 little children I didn't take any chances, told the local shop to replace them. Since I had only 2 days to sort it out I went for the same again. First I thought I must have had done something to the tires myself like letting them on for this winter or the high speed travel on the autobahn had its toll or just simply had a bad batch as the other avons were fine. I hope I won't regret this decision, I came to look if it is really fine to have less than 3 year old tires with all the cracking. I was shocked to see all these reviews with the same issues. I wish I had the time to check around before I had to buy again, I would have avoided it!
I didn't mind the mileage as much as I wasn't particularly soft with them and this is a big box car, probably has a bit more force on the corners than the ford focus I had before but wasn't happy about it either. It is not cheap, it cost me £110 per tire fitted now. The guy in the shop said it is completely normal to have those cracks on a 3 years old tire. I guess he said that because he knew I bought those from them too. Anyway, this review is for that faulty set of tires. Since I normally use winter tires too I kept the front and back rotating therefore I had all 4 tires on 6% according to the tire shop. As many other it was the middle tread which was gone with the sides looking like half way done only.
There is one more aspect that probably nobody noticed, Now that I had the new ones fitted the car is more "bouncy" like the tires were overinflated. I am yet to check that (was nothing but raining badly since) but I doubt the shop put more air in them than shown on the sticker in the door frame and that's what I usually kept myself with regular checks and adjustments. If the pressure is in the same region it would mean that the tires are "softening" with time and road feedback changes. However, I must point out that I didn't notice any change in the grip on the worn tires. I wasn't pushing them to the limits though but in everyday spirited driving they didn't feel different.
I will come back in a year or two and give another feedback on the current set. Hopefully I will be lucky and these will last long and won't crack. Also I have a set of winter tires they are Avon too, at some point I'll do a review on them as well. In terms of performance they are the same as this so quite happy with those too, but now I am worried about the longevity.
I didn't mind the mileage as much as I wasn't particularly soft with them and this is a big box car, probably has a bit more force on the corners than the ford focus I had before but wasn't happy about it either. It is not cheap, it cost me £110 per tire fitted now. The guy in the shop said it is completely normal to have those cracks on a 3 years old tire. I guess he said that because he knew I bought those from them too. Anyway, this review is for that faulty set of tires. Since I normally use winter tires too I kept the front and back rotating therefore I had all 4 tires on 6% according to the tire shop. As many other it was the middle tread which was gone with the sides looking like half way done only.
There is one more aspect that probably nobody noticed, Now that I had the new ones fitted the car is more "bouncy" like the tires were overinflated. I am yet to check that (was nothing but raining badly since) but I doubt the shop put more air in them than shown on the sticker in the door frame and that's what I usually kept myself with regular checks and adjustments. If the pressure is in the same region it would mean that the tires are "softening" with time and road feedback changes. However, I must point out that I didn't notice any change in the grip on the worn tires. I wasn't pushing them to the limits though but in everyday spirited driving they didn't feel different.
I will come back in a year or two and give another feedback on the current set. Hopefully I will be lucky and these will last long and won't crack. Also I have a set of winter tires they are Avon too, at some point I'll do a review on them as well. In terms of performance they are the same as this so quite happy with those too, but now I am worried about the longevity.
Continental Premium Contact 6 rated 77% while driving a Opel Astra K 1.4T 150
Driving on mostly town for 15000 average miles
Driving on mostly town for 15000 average miles
Been using this tires for 15000 miles. I am very satisfied with the grip. Especially in dry surfaces it sticks the surface. There are some bad comments about the wet handling but in my opinion it is also good. I feel safe when i'm driving in wet. Steering response is my favorite thing about this tire, i bought this tire because of it. But when it comes to comfort, i would not prefer this tires again. My car is also stiff car and when it combined with a hard tires, i can feel all the bumps inside which is not comfortable for me with nearly %90 of urban usage.
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