Across 115 owner ratings the Avon ZZ3 averages 76%. Owners rate Dry Grip highest at 8.4 out of 10 and Wear lowest at 7. 55 of those reviews come from owners past 10,000 miles. 71% of owners score it 70% or better.
These are good tires. Eagle F1's are still the best tire I've used although on my previous car (a Vectra). The only other tires I've used on my A3 were Dunlop SP 9000's on 17" manufacturer alloys. These 19" ZZ3's were on replicate RS4 wheels.
These have lasted fairly well, the rears still have plenty of life in them - the fronts are finished now I've done 14k miles on them.
I can't rate the progressiveness and feedback - the steering on my A3 is somewhat over assisted and the progressiveness on 19's is always going to lack slightly. I don't think I've pushed them enough in the corners to offer an opinion.
Due to a puncture in back near side and buckling the front near side on bl**dy pot holes I've unconsciously run these tires at low PSI (9 on the rear, possibly lower on the front) without a problem - not for extended periods but for sufficient time to get me to a garage. Re-inflate them and they ran fine again - hope this dispells comments about this tire having thin side walls.
Road noise could be better but again, I've only run these on my 19's so can't compare with other manufacturers. I don't think it's fair to rate the comfort on such low profile (235/35/19's) - it's pretty hard. One of the reasons I'm dropping back to 17" alloys is comfort.
Dry grip was good when they had more tread, it's still not bad, only suffering from wheel spin in 2nd and, if I was in the right rev range, 3rd (TDI 2.0 remapped to 170bhp, 380Nm torque).
Wet performance wasn't too much different, easier to spin the wheels up, never really had any scary moments on them in the wet otherwise.
If you've found a good price on these I'd recommend them.
Had a set of these through work, wasn't expecting too much, but have found them to be much better in the dry AND wet than the previous F1's.
Was warned they may be rather soft and wear quickly but haven't seen much of that yet, still look almost as good as new.
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Bought for price and because in this rare dimension it was the only sports oriented tire. Replaced aged Michelins HX MXM.
Pleasant surprise, good grip in both dry and wet while progressive and friendly on the limit. Very good steering feedback since sides are really hard but this causes noise. In Greece though, noise is not a serious issue, all tires are relatively quiet due to very worn and slippery roads. Wear is high for Greece where tires usually age and dont wear but generally tires dont last long with me (spirited drive....). They are first in my shortlist (very short list since dimension is uncommon).
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I had these fitted to my Skoda VRS and they were a revalation !
The previous tires were Bridgestone Potenzas (poor wet performance) but the Avons are fantastic.
There's nothing like having some confidence in your tires when it's tipping down, these are the ones for me in future. They are great in the dry as well. I've had Goodyear F1, Toyos etc, ignore the hype, fit these.
After driving several focus st's before buying mine 2nd hand these where on the front. Nothing special in the dry but in the wet they because dangerous. The front end of the car skated around and they give no confidence at all. Since then I have had goodyear f1's and kumhos and even champiro's but nothing was everas bad as these. There are alot more tires for less money whihc give you more.
I have been in the motor trade for approx 12 years and have seen 10,000 if not more tires to be fitted to various cars of all shapes and sizes. The feed back i have had from customers about the ZZ3 is generally quite positive. Having said that i'm not convinced that some, if not a lot of motorists understand what is really going on beneath themselves and the road. In a nut shell, the ZZ3 is a good tire, but providing you don't drive anything bigger or maybe heavier than a Vectra. Place them on a Rover 75 (i've seen this time & time again) & your asking for major trouble. But overall, they aren't too bad. Just don't fit them to the bigger than the average saloon. You've been warned!!!
I have always stuck to Pirelli tires (P zero) in the past. I needed some tires quickly and could only get Avon. Well frankly I think that I would now ask for Avon. Good in both the wet and the dry with good grip on cornering. Country roads are coped with easily and so are motorways. Great performance all round
Nice brand tire for the price but wears badly for heavier cars. Also the outerwall seems to wear first, even on the back. Didn't last to well, front 10,000 and back 15,000.
I'm sorry to say, but i think these tires are dangerous! My car is maintained to the highest standards and so i know it is the tires giving me problems. I have no idea what the car is going to do in the wet despite being quattro. The tires have loads of tread left on them but i am changing all 4 as i cant live with them anymore. I usually drive on manufacturer recommended tires, and thats what i'm going back to. They are also the noisiest tires i have ever known. I'm fed up of telling passengers that its the tires making the noise and not my wheel bearings!
A good all round middle range tire, impressive for the money, a nice progressive, safe road tire, will never break any lap records with this tire but recommended for road use, certainly on par with Toyo Proxies in most situations.
A good tire design with very progressive grip generation in both wet and dry conditions. My complaints would be a lack of feedback caused in my opinion by a thin tire side wall and a tendancy to pick up punctures at an alarming rate. In total I've purchased 11 Avon ZZ3's and have lost 5 to un-repairable punctures or high speed deflations.
