Owners most consistently praise the Bridgestone Turanza ER300 for dry grip, while wet grip receives more praise than criticism but is less convincing. Longer-term accounts often describe good tread life, although wear varies substantially and around one in five reviews criticise it. Road noise is the clearest recurring complaint, raised in roughly one in four reviews, despite quieter experiences from others. Comfort is evenly divided between praise and criticism. A minority of longer-term accounts describe declining wet grip, but repeat reviews do not establish a consistent ageing pattern.
What owners mention most counted across 151 reviews
I bought these tires (4 new) to replace the factory fitted Continental CP2 that were good but that didn't last very well. I read a lot of reviews on this excellent site and went for these as category/award winning tires in 2010. My opinion? They never let me down once in either the wet or dry and they did last about 20% longer so that's a success, right? Well, yes and no.
I'm not a 'spirited' driver generally and do a fair few motorway miles so maybe others would test them harder than me and for them they'd be a better match. The reason I'm getting rid of them now however (when I could get probably another few thousand out of them) is that the fuel economy has never matched what I got from the Continentals. This could be a problem with my car of course but the drop did happen at exactly the same time I changed the tires and the car is regularly serviced. The fuel economy changes with the time of year of course but it has consistently been about 5% down. This is no German road test, just one person's observation. I've thought about how much fuel I put in my car a year and worked out what this equates to in cash and I've decided to put safety and perhaps money first and change these tires with about 3.5mm tread left ... many recommend this anyway.
So I went for Eco-type tires then? Well, actually, no. I've had these before and in my experience, they last incredibly well (with great fuel economy) but even my sedate driving sometimes tested them. I don't buy tires for Alton Towers experiences. I seriously thought about going back to the Continentals but I now do a lot more cross country winter miles. With winter coming, I've decided to try some Bridgestone A001s. As all-season tires, these clearly will not give me excellent fuel economy either but I doubt they can be much worse (certainly not based on the new labelling system) and they will stop me in half the distance on snow and ice than any pure summer tire. I'll write a review on these when I have done some miles on them.
So basically, a good tire but not right for me. Hope this is helpful and happy motoring :o)
Great tires! Not a sporty tire but almost. Just need to be a little more firm to acomplish that. But as a Touring tire it's great. In wet you have too slow down a bit, but it wont put your safety in danger.
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OEM fitment to a FIAT PUNTO EVO ELEGANZA DIESEL. 28,000 MILES FROM THE FRONT AND 35,000 FROM THE REAR, 80% Motorway use. I have stuck with Bridgestones as the price/wear/grip/comfort/noise characteristics suit the car well.
Have same tires fitted to SEAT and a Renault, with no complaints.
Great summer Tire but falls short with poor performance in the snow with little or no grip which you would expect from a summer compound rubber.
Ran a new set of 4 for a year doing about 15000 on them before replacing the front ones when winter came along continuing to run the back ones for another 10000 before having to replace due to a puncture with still 3mm of tread left on it so on the back of car they last for around 25000+ which is good going.
Had these tires come with the car at purchase. Not a mind-blowing (or mind-numbing) set of tires, that did the job acceptably. In Australia we have very coarse bitumen (asphalt) and the tire noise was significant compared to 2 other brands we drove on demo cars (also octavias). As wear progressed the wet grip dropped off significantly and the ESC light became more frequent. Rotating regularly has evened out the wear - fronts taking the bigger hit with the diesel out the front. Now time for new tires and looking for an alternative brand with better wear and noise while keeping the same level of grip these had when new. Not a sporting tire, but not a bad option - just looking for something better.
Excellent summer tires, very happy with grip in dry and wet. Lasted well with almost 40k miles before replacing on 2.0 tdi front wheel drive. Replaced originals with same tires at 35k miles because weather got bad and wanted new rubber for snow, but even with new tires they were bad in snow on heavier car. Replaced them with a seperate set of winter tires and amazing difference in bad conditions. Don't think I'd go back to having one set for all year round ever again.
good wear, 28,000 miles from new on rear,had them on front but noisey and tramlined when worn.Poor in snow/ice conditions ay with wear ratend not overall impressed onl
These tires were fitted by Mercedes from manufacture. Bought the new Slk in July 2011, at it's first service in July 2012 was informed that both rear tires were ready for replacement due to tread wear!! Have only driven 9000 miles and at a push may get another 500 out of them. Contacted Bridgestone who stated the mileage was about right, but can range up to 15,000. Big variation between 9 and 15 thousand. I am taking this up with Mercedes as I am less than impressed. My previous Slk did about 15000 before the rear tires were anything like ready for replacement. I seem to recall they were Pirelli. Would be interested to hear from any other new SLK owners with the same problem.
My first experience of these were a worn pair that I had fitted to replace some awful budget tires (Infinity's). I ran the Bridgestone's on the front of my VRS (1.9 TDI) until, dare I say, probably an illegal limit.Even so they still performed better in every condition (especially the wet), than the Infinity's which had plenty of tread left.
I have since had a new pair fitted to the front, which I am pleased to say have not given me any reason to change my thoughts on this tire. Unfortunately I am still running a pair of Infinity tires on the back, and regardless of the condition of the Bridgestone's fitted to the front, the Infinity on the rear will let go a long time before the front does.
In the dry these tires are as good as, if not better than any tire I have experienced so far.
The only time that I have managed to lose grip from these Bridgestone's is during wet cornering, and it must be said that a poor driving style was needed to do this. In wet conditions full acceleration mid corner will lose traction and give under-steer, which i'm not sure any tire would give a different result since the VRS has a large amount of torque. Otherwise I would certainly buy these tires again as I really can not fault them in any way so far.
Obviously a cars set up will alter how they use their tires, but I certainly haven't experenced a better tire, specially at this price.
Been using these on the rears of my RWD Skyline (with directionals on the front) - the ER300 is simply a fantastic tire! Great in the dry, rock solid in the wet - they simply don't want to give up. Excellent wear, progressiveness, great value (often find these around the £75 mark). Yes, they are noisy. Can't have it all. Even very worn, they outperform many similarly priced new tires - can't praise them enough.
Moved from Goodyear F1s to these because of their superior winter performance - and any RWD car in the wet is a serious test of cold weather performance. The F1s are a fantastic summer tire, but useless - and dangerous - in snow/ice. But then they're not designed for cold weather.
