Owners generally rate the Bridgestone Potenza Sport as a very sporty road tire, with strong dry and wet grip and sharp, precise steering feel. The main drawback is longevity: around one in three owners complain about fast wear, sometimes markedly so. Road noise is another common issue (raised by around one in four), while a smaller but notable group report a big drop in grip and confidence in cold weather.
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Swapped from Michelins.
In the front this turned the steering feel from responsive and sharp, to slightly dull and heavy. So much that i ditched the fronts and went back to Michelins super Sports up front.
Kept the Bridgestones in the rear, as the grip is phenomenal.
There are a few more things i don't like about them tho. Even if the sideways grip is great, they do tend to spin a bit easy. Even with lsd on a 300hp car, they do slip in first and second gear on the dry, in a mid engine car.
Also they are a bit noisy, and the life span is horrible. From new, to legal limit they have lasted about 15000km. Driving mostly on b roads.
I have a set of four 19" tires for my BMW 4 Series. I have had these tires for 2 summer seasons and about 15,000km. At first these tires had very good grip on dry and wet roads. Now after two years, these tires are terrible. The car skids with every stronger acceleration and braking is very weak, and the rolling noise is loud. The tires look cracked all over, as if they are old, even though they are manufactured in 2022. I will never buy this brand again.
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Compared to the OEM Pirelli PZ4 (HN specs), this tire, overall was... worse. Maybe due to its slightly different size (225 vs 215) but mostly due to its different philosophy and inability to perform well on "glossy", worn, hot Greek asphalt. As a result I experienced serious traction problems, whereas with the OEM tire they were non - existant.
That's a pitty because the tire has a very sporty and direct feeling and in terms of dry lateral grip, was on par with the OEM tire (once warmed)
Unexpectedly, wear was not an issue to this car .
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I bought this set of tires for my hobby car, which does 6000-7000 km per year. Would not recommend the Potenza Sport for a daily driver, because of extremely high wear. Other than that, exceptionally fun tires, amazing grip on dry and wet, extremely precise steering, the most fun tires I ever tried. My car is a FWD 3.0 V6, so it usually tends to understeer, but not with the Potenza sport, which make the car feel like a RWD. Simply amazing. As I expected, the front tires were done really quickly.
Bought a set of these to replace a set of Goodride SA-37. Wow, these things are very sporting biased with grip levels in the dry/warm being absolutely stunning. In the wet they remain safe as houses and don't mind standing water either. All very good??? Not quite, as their performance quite dramatically drops of cliff when you get cold weather (im thinking anything a few degrees centigrade and below). Its not to the point of being dangerous (aka loosing traction), but there is noticeable difference in 'feel', as if the car is suddenly running on a set of super hard cheap rubber. I would never expect a tire to perform 'the same' in cold conditions but the change is quite disconcerting, especially when you are used to such a high amount of grip.....Adding half an inch of snow in to the mix resulted in a car that had zero braking at all which was quite shocking (I will now not even attempt to use the car if there is a hint of snow about..... Due to sporting nature, these are also fairly noisy and I also don't think they will last very long looking at the treadwear values...... I purchased these as I had such a good price on them (must have been a mis-price by retailer to be honest, at £70 odd quid a corner and then proceeded to knock £100 off a set of 4), but i would not buy again (at full price anyway), when Michelin Sport 5's or similar tires available at similar cost that may not be 'quite' so grippy in the warm, but less 'lifeless' in the cold an not 'lethal' in a snow flurry......
Grip is out of this world in the dry and wet and they're so sharp on the steering, however the wear is really bad. 1500 miles and a track day and both fronts were done. Don't use them on track.
Amazing performance tires. I had PS4 before and over my favorite mountains i was able to overheat. Potenza Sport on the same roads showed no dip in performance, they take longer to get heat up. In wet/cold and before they heat up they perform worse tho. Amazing tires for performance driving but you are giving up grip in worse conditions.
The tire as a whole is very nice and reliable, but care must be taken because the grip on dry when the tire is cold is less. However, once it reaches operating temperature the feeling is wonderful ! The feedback from the road and the feel in a corner is second to none. In the wet it also performs super. Just be careful on cold tarmac with cold tires - then there is a loss of grip. I've been driving the tires for about 8,000km, but it feels like the wear is a bit faster than I'd like.
I own a BMW X2 M35i. 225kw 450nm. It has power to burn, now it has the tires to match it. Dry grip it’s a fair bit ahead of the Pirelli Zero, it is way ahead in the wet grip! I use to race motorcycles, so I push the car to its limit a lot. The car has a limited slip differential on the front and the steering feedback is fantastic. Braking in dry and wet conditions is sensational. I can’t understand why some reviews bag the mileage out of these, I have done almost 20k and rotated them only last week as the fronts were scuffing up on the edges compared to the rears. 30k is achievable, easily. 40psi on the front and 38psi on the rear keeps things in balance. Comfort is average, but if you want comfort buy a S class Mercedes with touring tires. Would I buy these again, hell yes!
The tires were definitely great. Overall, there is plenty of grip in the dry, and pretty good feedback. Things change a bit in the rain, I would say that grip could be better, but it could also be down to the setup. One thing to really watch out for is the wear. In my experience, they have worn quite quickly, getting to the wear marker after about 20,000km. I have to admit, I drive quite quickly, but I would have expected a bit more mileage out of these tires. For the price, I would still recommend these tires. They offer great value for money.
I drove 35000km on the front and changed 2 set of rear tires.Tire Is very good on the dry only if bring it up to temperature and the steering response feels awesome. The wet performance are good enough and the braking Is on point as long as the tires are warm. The wear Is bad if you do fast road or trackday the shoulder of the tire It cooks loosing rubber tread. Now at the end of his Life the front end lost all of his grip Overall Is a good tire but for the price wear and comfort I do not recommend purchasing
