Driver feedback on the Accelera PHI is highly polarised, but overall trends lean cautious-to-negative despite the low purchase price. Many owners find it acceptable or even good in the dry and like the value, comfort and low noise for a budget tire, with some reporting decent mileage. However, a large share of reviews describe very poor wet grip and wet braking (often called unpredictable or dangerous), along with frequent complaints about vague steering feel and occasional balance/out-of-round vibration issues.
What owners mention most counted across 158 reviews
I am "high-performance driver" no question I push the car to the limit when the opportunity presents itself. It often sees the red-line taking off whenever there are no cars in front of me. I enjoy seeing how hard it can be pushed through corners wet or dry.
For a BUDGET tire they are ok. But these are not performance tires. I had these on all four wheels when I bought the car (I actually negotiated a thousand dollars off the price because of these tires being on them). When the tires were new the wet grip was ok, as they got past 50% wear the wet grip practically disappeared - I mean practically zero grip in the wet. Dry grip was surprisingly ok for a budget tire all the way down to the min tread depth (but not at the level of "real" high performance tires). Noise was high though throughout the life of the tire. Tread life was good, not great - but these are NOT long life tires. They are "budget high performance" so for high performance tires the tread wear is ok.
I replaced these tires with Michelin Pilot Sport 3's - OMG what a difference - like night and day. The Michelin's had soooo much grip (WET and dry) it was exciting to drive the car again. Worth every cent - besides just the safety margin in the wet makes them certainly worth it.
If you are driving a cheap car, want to save money on tires and don't need wet grip for the life of the tire, then this could save you some dollars and be an ok tire. On all other counts do not consider these at all.
Just to reiterate about the PH1 or 2 and comments on here the tires are BUDGET
manufactured in Indonesia by the company that make Continentals under licence you will notice the familiar tread pattern between the two, but they are NOT CONTI,S you get what you pay for in this world and guy,s those with high performance cars you are only destroying your driving experience by fitting these,a set was fitted to my Jag STR by a previous owner since i changed to Yoko Advan 105,s the ride/handling is transformational , i would only use Accelera on cars where performance is not required or expected but been on a budget is the primary reason for fitting them. All in all a 1 star rating if fitted to high performance cars a five star rating on a budget /low performance car.
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Read some bad reviews on these tires, but decided to try them. I bought two and fitted them to the rear of the car TT 3.2 quattro. they really didnt like being paired with the fronts which were uni-direction and had a V pattern. The car was jittery and would not track straight. Never seen anything like it
I was going to take them off but noticed one of the fronts had a bulge (this would not have caused the issues I had) and decided to put two more Accelera PHI on.
What a transformation - Car handled nicely, tracked fine
As for reviews of dangerous in wet weather - I think they are absolutely fine. I assume those who feel the car handled poorly had paired the tires with other makes.
I WILL buy these tires again but will NOT mix them with other brand
I have covered 7000 miles on them and the tires will easily do another 7000 - so total of 14000 miles and I do not hang about traversing the mountain roads where I live
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I bought these for my cars as tire options are rather limited, and they were one of the few cheaper tires in my size and load rating. However I regretted having them fitted right from day one.
They are noisy, have poor grip especially in the wet where they are borderline dangerous. They have also worn very fast despite me having a proper 4 wheel alignment done when I had them fitted.
I am going back to Conti's next time, despite the fact that they are more expensive.
The Conti's gripped better, were quieter, made the car handle better and lasted longer.
Dont believe the negative reviews. Ive owned my a6 since new firstly running on its factory Continentals then Khumos and Avons .The Acceleras are as good as the others ive fitted , the only difference is they are much cheaper. Ive just fitted my 3rd set on the front. There are no issues with wet grip .The people who complain about them need to learn to drive properly and keep tires inflated to the correct pressure.
The guy/girl that has the E90 BMW M3, the clue is round a bend, not accelerating on a motorway slip road. The complete unpredictability of these tires is appalling. They just give way without warning, under no accelaration, or small amount of accelaration randomnly. Maybe your traction control helps you?
Bought an E90 BMW M3 which had a pair of these on the rear. I didn't even look at the brand of tires when I bought the car.
I drove the car back over 160 miles on damp and wet roads. Gave the car full throttle on several slip roads in 2nd gear right through to 8,400 rpm putting 414bhp down on the road with no issue. I'm not saying I'd personally opt for them if I was having new tires fitted but I've had no moments even driving fast on wet country roads. Anyone saying they are lethal in the wet needs to take a long hard look at their driving style. You clearly have no feel for a car or the limits of the tires.
I can get the tail out in a nice progressive, predictable slide coming out of wet junctions. When they wear out I'll probably go for a premium brand but that's nothing to do with the performance of these tires.
Give them a go if you're undecided. If a 4liter V8 can't break traction in the wet in a straight line under full throttle then most of you should be good.
In the wet, they have zero grip. No feedback. Constantly feel like you're driving on ice. Avoid if you have a performance car....cannot comment on normal cars but would assume its relative
Nearly half the price of my previous continental tires. Grip is not as good but they last nearly twice as long.If you drive like a nutter these are not the tires for you. I drive a lot in town with weekend trips on faster roads and in the dry these tires are fine. In wet conditions providing you have a steady right foot you will have no problems.
I would buy again as the only downside is road noise in my opinion.
OK in the dry. Just let go, completely without warning in the wet, without using hard acceleration, tickling the throttle, or no throttle at all can make these poor wet grip tires go! Example today, round a 90 degree slightly positively banked cambered bend, tickle throttle on way out and had to lift and correct back end stepping out at approx 25mph. I cannot stress how little confidence these tires give.
Shocking Tires in the wet - no confidence at all. Fitted to an approved used Audi TT. Garage replaced them at my request for Pirelli P Zero Rosso's. These tires are Very Dangerous in the wet !
