Vauxhall Zafira 1.9 tdi Tires

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Tire Reviewed Dry Grip Wet Grip Feedback Handling Wear Comfort
Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta (237) 91% 88% 87% 85% 79% 85%
Kumho Ecsta KU39 (123) 86% 78% 80% 76% 73% 81%
Toyo Proxes CF1 (45) 85% 80% 80% 76% 68% 80%
Michelin Energy Saver (136) 83% 71% 74% 71% 85% 80%
Continental Sport Contact 3 (244) 88% 80% 81% 77% 62% 74%
Falken ZE912 (200) 82% 74% 75% 70% 71% 79%
Continental Premium Contact 2 (198) 84% 77% 75% 73% 62% 73%
Nexen N6000 (63) 81% 70% 74% 65% 71% 74%
Continental Sport Contact 2 (229) 85% 75% 76% 72% 61% 66%
Bridgestone Potenza RE050 (57) 83% 69% 76% 69% 66% 61%
Goodyear EfficientGrip (139) 77% 68% 63% 61% 71% 71%
Marangoni Mythos (29) 69% 55% 58% 60% 62% 58%
Primewell PZ900 (59) 72% 58% 54% 57% 57% 50%
Accelera PHI (158) 68% 44% 53% 52% 66% 58%
Accelera Alpha (130) 65% 44% 53% 49% 69% 56%
Pirelli P6000 (175) 66% 46% 55% 48% 67% 60%
Event WL905 (129) 59% 30% 41% 39% 60% 49%

Vauxhall Zafira 1.9 tdi Tire Review Highlights

Writing about the Primewell PZ900 given 76% (225-45-17-)
Driving on mostly country roads for 100 spirited miles
i have just put these on my Zafira 1.9 150 sri, replacing a previous budget tire that was terrible. Had a good tootle around in the wet, and these have much better grip all the way to the limit, and good feedback and feel when you get there. even in the wet, minimal spinning in second with harsh acceleration, which you would expect with a cheaper tire in the wet. noise much better than previous budget tire, which cost a fiver more. i will wait for the british summer to feedback on dry performance, but in the wet as good as previous continentals i have had on.
tire reviewed on 2013-05-24 11:24:44
Writing about the Continental Sport Contact 3 given 89% (225-45-17-W)
Driving on a combination of roads for 17000 average miles
A good choice on the Zafira with good rim protection to help reduce kerb damage. Good Grip. Useless in snow!!
tire reviewed on 2013-04-09 17:10:27
Writing about the Accelera Alpha given 21% (215-50-17-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 8000 average miles
Awful tires, and the worst tires I have ever had on a car in the wet. These tires will let go where as others would grip. Be warned if you get some!

In the dry, I suppose these are just OK but that is about as far as it would go. These tires were on the car when I bought it, just waiting for them to ware down, which won't be too long now and they will be replaced by something decent.
tire reviewed on 2013-04-06 17:29:50
Writing about the Event WL905 given 54% (205-55-16-)
Driving on mostly country roads for 36000 average miles
A very hard wearing tire, The peolple who fitted my most recent tires told me the event WL905 are favoured by the taxi drivers in Eastbourne for durability.
Grip isn't great but OK for slower drivers. Ride is quite harsh though so low score for comfort. Good for Summer use but cold weather grip a little lacking as expected from hard wearing rubber. The last one of these tires left on my Zafira has done about 40000 miles on the back. Recommended on basis of costs alone but there are much better gripping tires out there.
tire reviewed on 2013-03-24 15:06:22
Writing about the Bridgestone Potenza RE050 given 77% (225-45-17-V)
Driving on a combination of roads for 65000 average miles
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tire reviewed on 2013-01-31 13:01:05
Writing about the Accelera PHI given 93% (225-40-18-)
Driving on mostly country roads for 8000 spirited miles
I had dunlop spo1 on before these and I wanted the same grip and ride quality
put these on and I was very surprised, very grippy wet and dry no aqua planing at all and I drive aggressively also as quiet very pleased will buy again
tire reviewed on 2013-01-27 05:14:51
Writing about the Kumho Ecsta KU39 given 93% (225-45-17-W)
Driving on a combination of roads for 6000 average miles
very good tires had kumhos before last time had the ku31's which were really good couldnt get them this time, so thought would give these ago and so far they have not dissapointed. hopefully they are as good as the 31's.
tire reviewed on 2012-10-03 12:30:55
Writing about the Falken ZE912 given 94% (225-45-17-)
Driving on mostly motorways for 8000 spirited miles
I bought these tires after thorough research bearing cost and performance in mind and I have not been disappointed in replacing my Bridgestone Potenza's with these Falken ZE912's. I had originally set out to buy Falken FK452's which I had previously put on the rear of my RX-8 with no complaints whatsoever. The FK452's where out of stock at the time so stuck to the same brand and I have had no regrets. Being the 150 BHP Zaf, I do like to push it a bit (which helps me reminisce in the old RX-8 days) and the tires have never let me down. I don't find the noise too much - why would I? I drive a diesel! The ZE912's, or even the FK452's, in my opinion, are no brainers! Hope this helps!
tire reviewed on 2011-11-01 15:11:18
Writing about the Toyo Proxes CF1 given 100% (225-45-17-W)
Driving on a combination of roads for 10000 easy going miles
Recommended to my Dad by our local tire depot, but turns out they are very long lasting (10k miles + on the fronts in a heavy Diesel MPV that isn't driven overly hard). I have put Toyos on the back of my Vectra, miles better looking tread pattern compared to Avons on front (and I've discovered the perils on a previous car of budget tires on the back in bends). Will be curious to see how long they last. And they're barely more expensive than the current fronts. Result
tire reviewed on 2011-03-31 10:53:05
Writing about the Goodyear EfficientGrip given 21% (225-45-17-)
Driving on mostly motorways for 13000 average miles
I've had to endure 2 sets of these tires now on the front of a Vauxhall Zafira - Don't get the choice of tires as it's a LEX fleet vehicle. No grip in wet, just wheelspin everytime I pulled off. Lasted 13K miles per pair when a pair of Pirelli P zeros lasted me in excess of 20K miles so hardly a high mileage tire. Very little driving feedback, vibration at steering wheel which couldn't be balanced out.

As fitted to police fleets.... No wonder they never catch any criminals!!

AVOID
tire reviewed on 2011-02-17 17:02:03
Writing about the Continental Sport Contact 2 given 68% (195-65-15-V)
Driving on mostly motorways for 17 average miles

This is the original spec tire for my car. Fitted front pair 06/08/09 and had to replace them on 30/01/10 after 17,585 miles. One was just on the lagal limit!! other had 2mm on it.

OK tire but disapointing wear for a premium brand. Has a tendency to follow lines in the road. No problems with wet/dry/ice conditions.

Fuel economy was between 9-10 miles/litre. Mainly on motoway one up, some times fully loaded.
tire reviewed on 2010-11-24 04:40:20
Writing about the Goodyear EfficientGrip given 92% (195-65-15-V)
Driving on mostly motorways for 100 average miles

I commute in excess of 30K miles per year, 85% on the M5. The rest being on A roads and country lanes.

Mostly it is myself, alternate weekend up to full load of kids/adults. On holiday fully loaded. Run tires at 32-33 psi (35 is a touch too hard)


The first pair of Continentals Contract 2(?140) (origal fitting) covered 17,585 miles. This I thought was not that good.Tried Mitchelins next that managed 21k miles.

Fitted first pair of Efficient grips in Jan 2010. ?140 fully fitted from Kwik Fit. Extremly impressed by tire wear, performance and generally handling. Fuel economy is between 10-11 Miles per litre.

Changed them 16/10/10 having done 24,200 miles. They had between 2 and 1.6mm left but were getting a bit twitchy on some road surfaces and wet performance was deterioating but still OK.

Manged to get the replacement pair for ?124 have checked on line price and then haggled with local independant dealer. New tyes have average tread depth of 8.5mm.

Must say highly impressed with them on the front. Will consider pair of Bridgestones to go on the back when the two non branded tires need replacement.
tire reviewed on 2010-11-23 05:00:45
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