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What owners say summarised from 38 reviews

Dry grip and value are the clearest strengths of the Accelera Iota, with 14 and 13 favorable comments respectively across 38 reviews from 37 owners. Wet grip is much more divided, with ten positive comments and seven criticisms, some describing loss of confidence at ordinary speeds. Noise is evenly split, while comfort draws six favorable and four critical comments. The average score is 67.7%, with 23 positive, seven neutral and eight negative reviews overall. Wear experiences vary, and one repeat owner moved from enthusiasm to dissatisfaction with wet performance and tread life. That follow-up is useful individual experience, but the many reviews without a stated stage do not establish a general ageing pattern.

What owners mention most counted across 38 reviews

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Owner ratings averaged from 39 ratings

  • Owner score 67%
  • Dry Grip 78%
  • Wear 67%
  • Comfort 65%
  • Road Feedback 64%
  • Wet Grip 64%
  • Handling 63%

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Score spread across 38 written reviews
70%
Member
  • BMW X6 M
  • 315/35 R20 W
  • 1,000 miles
  • A Combination of Roads
  • Spirited
Had them on as replacement for my Continental Run flats; a fraction of the price.That was one of main consideration for change, cost and harsh ride.
No regrets and best of all, my X6 is lees bumpier and ride comfort amazingly uncompromised.
And no electronic warnings.....
Just hoping...no punctures.
Cheers
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 7
  • Wet Grip 7
  • Road Feedback 7
  • Handling 6
  • Wear 6
  • Comfort 8
  • Buy again 8
Helpful 498
44%
Member
  • Lexus RX400
  • 235/55 R18
  • 8,000 miles
  • A Combination of Roads
  • Easy Going
Dry grip is ok, terrible in the wet, even warm and damp conditions resemble driving in frosty conditions such is the poor grip. Very noisy on the motorway too. I bought my used car with 4 of these newly put on it, I will change them shortly before winter weather sets in as I have very little confidence in them giving any sort of capability in snow or ice.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 7
  • Wet Grip 4
  • Road Feedback 5
  • Handling 4
  • Wear 5
  • Comfort 4
  • Buy again 2
Helpful 480
87%
Member
Had these on all four corners of my Volvo XC90 for 6 years so gone few a few sets. These have been great. They are a tad noisier than the scorpions but I can't hunk per £ they are much better. I've used General Grabbers and in my opinion the Accellera iota are better. I had 5 new tires fitted for £72 each corner. Bargain. As for the chap who said that he replied these after a week... You must have more money than sense!
These are great tires on the Volvo.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 10
  • Wet Grip 8
  • Road Feedback 8
  • Handling 8
  • Wear 8
  • Comfort 9
  • Buy again 10
Helpful 482

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10%
Member

Do yourself a favor and dont buy this terrible tires, Replaced my worn OE Pirelli Scorpios with these to save same cash, worst decision ever made, as soon as I left the tire center I knew I made a huge mistake, these are the noisiest tires Id ever had and the ride was bone jarring and they screamed when taking a slow turn, it ruined my ML350, ugh, dumped them a week later and installed Contisupercontact 2, what a difference! I am no tire snob but my ML rode much worse than my son's lifted pick up with 35 MT tires, this is no joke. Never again Accelera.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 1
  • Wet Grip 1
  • Road Feedback 1
  • Handling 1
  • Comfort 1
  • Buy again 1
Helpful 478
31%
Member
Cheap to buy. Poor wet tracking. Only managed to get 15,000 miles from a set of 4 fitted to my Freelander 2. Not driven hard. False economy buying these tires, as they didn't last very long, disappointing wet performance.
Wouldn't buy again.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 7
  • Wet Grip 3
  • Road Feedback 3
  • Handling 3
  • Wear 1
  • Comfort 4
  • Buy again 1
Helpful 466
90%
Member
  • Audi Q7
  • 295/35 R21
  • 10,000 miles
  • A Combination of Roads
  • Spirited
Driving both city and country roads in Australia, I have pushed these tires to my driving limits and absolutely love them. Feel totally safe in dry and wet weather. Will definitely buy them again.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 9
  • Wet Grip 9
  • Wear 8
  • Comfort 9
  • Buy again 10
Helpful 463
85%
Member
I wanted to try some 22's on my Cayenne Turbo. I didn't want to invest too much into this trial test run and found these tires at onlinetires.com. So far the dry and wet grip on a ~500HP/+500ftlbs Porsche Cayenne Twin Turbo. Use these when I have my 22's on. We are heading into the winter now and still have my 22's on. Grip has been good and no issues. Dry and wet grip has been fantastic. Can't comment on tread wear yet but so far so good even tread no issues. Ride is no different then my stock 255/55-18's with new Yoko's. The lower sidewall height definitely helps in the corning.

I'm not sure about the guy with the VW touareg but no issues with vibration etc. I think they just need to have their touareg serviced and repaired. Sounds like they have some suspension issues. My Cayenne Turbo is riding great with these 285/35-22 Accerla tires.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 9
  • Wet Grip 8
  • Road Feedback 8
  • Handling 8
  • Comfort 8
  • Buy again 10
Helpful 595
21%
Member
Absolutely ATROCIOUS! Put a set of 295's VW Torueg R-Line as we could not get ANY other tire for it (ridiculous rim / tire size by VW...... again).

These Accelera tires vibrate the living daylights out of the steering wheel, our hands literally tingle after ten minutes of driving, they pull to the left even after three x four wheel alignments and its like driving on cobble stones all the time only you are actually on a smooth highway!.

Multiple wheel and tire balances and the tire guy actually apologised that the tires were basically "such crap"! His words! He's now trying to find us another tire..... In a 21" rim..... Stupid size that virtually no-one makes a tire for!

Never again for Accelera or a VW!
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 4
  • Wet Grip 2
  • Road Feedback 1
  • Handling 5
  • Wear 1
  • Comfort 1
  • Buy again 1
Helpful 454
34%
Member
  • Mazda CX7
  • 235/60 R18
  • 5,000 miles
  • Mostly Town
  • Easy Going
I put these tires on my Mazda and what a mistake. They catch a groove in the road and vibrate the whole front end. On a 200 mile trip I thought the front end was going to come apart because the ride was so rough. When I returned, I had the balance and alignment checked and all checked out fine so it was the tire. Definitely not a match for my car and wont take this chance again.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 6
  • Wear 8
  • Comfort 1
  • Buy again 1
Helpful 445
91%
Member
I purchased these tires for my Freelander 2. I was worried about buying this budget brand, but there was no reason for me to be. For the money, they're an excellent tire. Great dry grip, good wet grip. Wear well. No complaints & would buy again. Covered 10k up to now.
As good as premium brands I have used in the past, for alot less cash.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 10
  • Wet Grip 9
  • Road Feedback 9
  • Handling 8
  • Wear 9
  • Comfort 9
  • Buy again 10
Helpful 503
80%
Member
Fitted as a replacement for the OE Pirelli scorpions so a lot to live up to.Fitted to a Disco 3 doing many motorway miles with occasional light off road , wet fields,snow,these tires never failed. slightly noisier than the Pirellis but not much,wear was good and dealt with the weight of the Disco really well. Not much different in the wet.Fitted at least 6 sets to the Disco and they lasted for between 12 to 14,000 miles.Ran higher tire pressures than vehicle manufacturer recommended for the Pirellis which improved tire wear and noise with out much effect to grip.According to my fitter, who fitted them all , the Tires fitted well, balanced easy and caused him no real problems.Will be fitting these to the Range Rover Sport.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 8
  • Wet Grip 7
  • Road Feedback 8
  • Handling 8
  • Wear 8
  • Comfort 7
  • Buy again 10
Helpful 434
86%
Member
  • BMW
  • 315/35 R20
  • 11,000 miles
  • Mostly Country Roads
  • Average
Tires already on car when I bought it.11000 miles on still 5-6mm on front,2.5mm in mid tread but 5-6mm on outsides of rears(over inflated?)Gave them a real testing in the wet recently and are still excellent,so ordered new rears but will not fit untill I need to.I use different wheels & tires in winter,so cannot comment in snow or mud,but seemed OK on frosty roads prior to swapping.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 10
  • Wet Grip 9
  • Road Feedback 8
  • Handling 8
  • Wear 8
  • Comfort 7
  • Buy again 10
Helpful 461
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