Drivers describe the Bridgestone Potenza RE050A as a sharp, sporty UHP tire with strong steering feel and confident dry grip, and many high-scoring reviews also praise its stable handling and braking in the wet when temperatures are moderate. However, a substantial share of owners report a firm/harsh ride and rising road noise as the tire ages, alongside notable performance drop-offs in cold conditions (and very poor snow/ice ability). Wear rate and value are polarising: some achieve long life with correct pressures/rotation, while many others see rapid wear-especially on driven axles/inner shoulders-making cost a frequent complaint.
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Driving a Holden cruze hatchback in Australia. Original tires when I bought the car brand new in 2013. Mostly city/urban and freeway driving. Done 75,000Kms on it and finally replacing them. Not spirited driving as I like to take t easy. Grip is great during the dry season and very serviceable in the wet. Have punctured 2 since buying he car but throughout its life didn't give me much issues. I would have bought it again if it wasn't pricey as I was happy with the performance.
Quality is good but doesn't reflect the price in my opinion
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235/35 R19 W
20,000 miles
Mostly Motorways
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30.000 km
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The tires were really good when they were new. After 10k miles the noise became unbearable and the tires needed warm up to behave normally. Tramlining is a thing with these tires. I would not buy them again.
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These came with our car, had to have the front pair replaced by the garage ( free of charge )as they were wearing away unevenly. They have only lasted for 8000 miles and are VERY noisy getting worse as the tread wore away, also grip has signicantly reduced as time goes on. Definately wont buy again. Gonig to buy a set of cheap ones, instead of wasting money on VERY expensive tires.
Reading all these reviews im a bit confused. Im wondering if some people have fake or out of date tires. Some people are saying this tire is hard and has no grip...and as it wears looses grip...and is too harsh and doesnt perform in snow...this tire has a 140 treadware it is a super soft summer tire...is so soft i the tire picks up all tiny grains of sediment off the roads and when i park my car i can see it all stuck to my tires. ive have had it on multiple cars now all modified fwd turbo which are difficult to get grip and these tires hold more slip ange into corners under throttle than any other full street tire ive had in the dry they grip like crazy excellent feel nd grip great in the wet as well. You need to play with tire pressures once you have the correct tire pressure its fantastic. Do not overinflate i usually use about 34psi. As this tire wears close to the wear bars it grips more aggressive. This is a performance sports summer tire...there will always be compromises for a performance tire and usually comfort, noise, wear cold grip are the consequences of that. Definitely takes longer to warm up in cold rainy weather. Definitely does not last long 45,000km on a full rotated set and i just ordered another set of re050a.j
I did 57,000 KM (35,500 miles) on a set of these tires before they were due to be replaced. My car is a heavy car (nearly 2 tonnes) and was advised to expect 20,000 to 25,000 KM from them. At 30,000 KM they were still going strong. I had them rotated and balanced every 5,000 KM since day 1 which i think made a huge difference to their longevity. Tire pressure was a constant 37psi for the whole of this time and the tires were filled with nitrogen gas from day 1.
These tires did the job. Not the best I have ever had, but with a bit of care they were made to work. The car is capable to doing 0 to 100 KPH (60 MPH) in 5.2 seconds and i did not always take it easy with the driving.
Tire wear was even on all 4 wheels.
I absolutely hate these tires. What a waste of my hard earned money.
I did do a little research before buying theses tires and must admit that most of them weren't good. But I chose to ignore them and thought maybe they are one of statements out of millions of customer. I thought I would play it safe and by buying runflat tires for my BMW 530i (272hp) and buy tires that Blackcircles has BMW recommend/approved logo on it, but boy was I wrong.
Only my two rear tires needed replacing, but I thought I would change all four tires to up the performance and handling, so that all four tires would be in synchronous harmony. But this is now the biggest regret in my life.
Theses tires are shocking, I have no corner confidence now, they are extremely loud, they tram line, extremely hard ride and have no give what so ever. They also very very bad when the tires are cold.
And I am confident it is not a problem with my car, as my car handle extremely well before and all four tires had even wear across them, which means tracking and wheel alignment was fine.
When new these tires might be considered decent but on a 400hp car they are no way sufficient. After 3000 kms the grip levels fall off dramatically even though the tread looks good. Touch the throttle around corners or try high speed corners and the traction control goes wild and cuts in.
I dont bother driving the car in the wet. I have to use 2nd gear to get away and wont go over 2500 RPM. ITs like driving on wheels of cheese
I still have between 30 and 40 percent left on the tires. They've worn quite well. Wet performance has been okay. Slight hydroplaning during heavy rains, but not too bad. My issue has been their propensity to understeer when pushed hard through faster corners. Wheelspin on takeoff is also an issue. will be changing to Bridgestone Adrenilin RE002/3s next.
All-round excellent tires. Bought these by accident and they're the best tires I've used to date on my car. Dry grip is phenomenal- when trying to powerslide,the tires grip and the clutch spins. There is only one other tire I've had that can manage that.
Wet grip is also very, very good. Road noise is ok, wear rate pretty good. They managed a full trip to Nurburgring plus a few laps at max attack, and still had tonnes of life in them.
