Owner feedback on the Bridgestone Potenza S001 is mixed (64.5% average), with most agreement around strong dry grip and capable dry handling, but significant dissatisfaction in other areas. Around half of owners who mention it criticise wet grip, with some describing it as confidence-sapping or even dangerous in the rain, particularly as temperatures drop. Comfort and refinement are the biggest consistent drawbacks: roughly two in five report high road noise and around a third find the ride harsh. Tread life splits owners almost evenly, so longevity appears to depend heavily on car, setup and driving style.
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Spin during 1st and 2nd gear but overall an okay tire, wouldn't choose this tire but it was on my MK7 Golf GTI as standard so kept them but now moving on Michelin Pilot Sport 4.
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Volkswagen
225/40 R18 W
19 miles
A Combination of Roads
Average
New VW Golf mk7 GTD was originally fitted with Bridgestone Potenza S001's. At 19,000 miles the front tires still had 3mm tread and the rear's 5mm but the ride was very hard and uncomfortable, with every pit, pothole and bump in the road surface transmitted though the tires. Despite there being plenty of legal life remaining I changed all four tires to Michelin Pilot Sport 4's with an immediate improvement in ride comfort. It feels like all roads have been recenly resurfaced. Dry and wet handling are improved too. Too soon to evaluate wear, but I'm expecting the Michelin's to easily out-perform the Bridgestone's.
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Tires only lasted 7000 miles before needing to be replaced on the front but have been dying to get rid of them since only a few weeks old anyway! With about 200bhp I'm surprised they would spin through to 3rd gear in the dry and sometime further in the wet but I must admit the cornering grip has been well above expectation.
For casual driving these tires are good enough: quiet, long lasting and have good wet grip. However, the tires have rather mediocre dry weather performance which quickly deteriorates as the tires get hot. When this happens the tires squeal at even lower speeds and run out of traction much earlier to the point where dry tarmac starts to feel like wet. This must be kept in mind if doing pro-longed fast road driving in warm or dry weather at which point I'd recommend looking elsewhere for high performance tires.
Had these on a 335d Coupe and my current 340i saloon. On the 335d they were great - plenty of grip is all conditions, very resistant to aquaplaning. However, like all RFTs, the ride was firm .Switch to my 340i and, until recently, I'd have said exactly the same. However, now the front tires have worn down to ~3mm, there is an alarming tendency to understeer. If you buy these tires, don't expect to run them down to the anywhere close to the 1.6mm legal minimum.
I would never have these tires on a car again even if factory fitted, 3.8 mil tread depth center, all tires worn out on o/s edges
There are no tracking issues! done 21,150 miles of easy driving.
Wet surface on incline from stand still wheel spin "very little power to the wheels"
Better grip in the dry, Very bad road noise and it's like riding on brick tires, heavy steering.
Would not recommend at all.
Changed to Fulda Sportcontrol 2 100% better in all departments
Because the state of the roads in this country these Bridgestone s001 are useless.. brand new car 2016 and the tires are delaminating , with plenty of tread left,, I've not taken this car up to 100 MPH. SO ITS NOT THE SPEED THAT DONE THESE TYRES IN. The front don't grip the road if pulling away to quick.. These tires DONT suit the golf front wheel drive,, and very bumpy on the road ..Noise level not to bad being low profiles..
Good tire nothing special i do have them on Polo GTI, and BMW. I do check pressure every week but i wouldn't be able to get 30k. I do love driving cars and motorbikes so i do use cars to full potential sometimes.would i buy again probably not. I am not Bridgestone guy, only because i have better all round tires, and i do find them a bit stiff, maybe on the smooth road would be a diffrent review but Sydney roads are pretty bad.
The dry grip is excellent aswell as the road feedback and handling. Some people have complained and said that the tire feels wobbly when turning - However, this is nothing I have felt during my time owning them. The wet grip is also overall good and I have driven in 150km/h when it has been raining like HELL NO, still without problems and with no tendence to aquaplane. The wear rate is a little bit higher, which comes as no suprise for this kind of performance tire. However, if you are considering this tire, also do consider if you can stand the high noise they will make.
Due to a cheap price and convenience I decided to fit these Potenzas to the front end of my Megane RS. When i got into the car a few things were immediate: the noise of the tire is much louder than what I was previously used to, and often road noise would drown out exhaust noise when not pushing or reving hard :(... these tires felt stiffer than the Michelin PSS i replaced and certainly more crashy around town and over bumps. The MPG i got dropped too indicating perhaps a softer compound and higher wear rate. In terms of performance the dry performance accelerating was OK though not to the PSS standard, the traction when accelerating was prone to disappearing quite quickly when the tire was in the wet which obviously didn't helping my wear rate... The stiff construction of the tire helped however when going round corners, in fact the car felt perfectly damped around quicker corners and a real joy to chuck around... I would receive a lot of feedback too when pushing! I just needed to adjust to the slightly lower traction, especially in the wet. I wouldn't buy these tires again and the main reasons for this are: the noise, wear and comfort. However decent ratings for feedback and dry grip.
