Dry and wet grip are the Continental Sport Contact 2's clearest positives, attracting 91 and 63 favorable comments respectively, with fewer opposing views. The 193 reviews from 178 people average 69.6%, split between 91 positive, 92 neutral and ten negative. Wear is the main compromise, with 84 critical comments against 48 favorable ones, so short life is common but not universal. Road noise draws 36 complaints against 17 favorable mentions, affecting roughly one in five reviews. Dry handling and steering feedback also receive more praise than criticism, while comfort is evenly divided. Repeat-owner scores move in both directions, without a consistent pattern of declining satisfaction as the tire ages.
What owners mention most counted across 187 reviews
So far so good, havent drove to far on these yet, but I like them so far, good positive feedback them. Gives me more confidence to stay on the revs when taking tighter corners. A good all round tire.
Surprisingly poor especially performance as I choase to pay more to get these tires than replace the Dunlop Sport Maxx already on the car. These tires didn't last very long either which was disappointing, but at least it meant I could revert back to the more superior Dunlops sooner!
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SportContact 2's replaced the original SportContacts and gave a lot less dry grip. The original tires could easily handle fast curves staying stable and predictable but the SP 2's couldn't hold the same speed and would often break away activating the stability control. This is a bad sports tire, at least on 16" rims. I have recently switched to Goodyear Excellence's which have no problem beating the SP 2's on grip, progressiveness and comfort.
Only 14k on the front two. Became very noisy last week as I wasnt expecting to be replacing these just yet. AS the VW recommended rubber they should be better than this. Very disappointed in the wear although the performance has been quite good for spirited but steady driving. Performance in the wet has been very good and I have never been unduly worried by a quick corner. Dry performance has been un-noteworthy, but they are not prone to spinning at move off. Only the wear factor will prevent me from buying these again.
These are one of my usual tires that I use on the M5 - the other being Michel Pilot Sport PS2.
Over the years I've tried various recommendations, from Avons to Toyos, and Pirelli to Yokohama, and have consistently come back to the Michelin PS2 and Conti SC2 depending which was the better value at the time.
I find the PS2 to have the better grip in dry and wet conditions, but the CS2 is not far behind and lasts about 20% longer (10,000 miles for the Michelins, vs 12,000 for the Contis) and the Contis give a bit more feel.
Other tires I've tried and dismissed are Toyo T1-S/R (tramline, wear quickly), Avon ZZ (useless in dry or wet), Pirelli P-Zero range (too noisy, uneven wear), Yokohama AVS Sport (decent dry grip, lethal in the wet), Goodyear F1 (good dry grip, couldn't move standing water quickly).
A decent all-round tire on the Focus. Wet grip is definitely better than dry grip. It's quite easy to slide the tail-end of the Focus on a roundabout on the Conti's, but the feedback through the steering lets you know what's going on in plenty of time.
The tires are very comfortable for fast road/motorway driving, but give a harsher ride around town. This could also be due to the sports-suspension set-up on the Focus though, and not a fault of the Continentals.
Reasonably priced at Blackcircles.com, the Conti Sport Contact 2 is a decent product, as a fair price. I would like them to offer a little more dry grip, but lets face it, living in the UK, wet grip gets tested far more often!
225/40/18 Conti Sport Contact 2 were standard factory fitment on various ST and Titanium X Mondeo company cars I've had. In all cases my overall opinon is that these tires are awful. They are quite good in the dry and with all its tread and relatively quiet on such a low profile. Once worn to about 5mm any positives are gone. Wear rate is rubbish - front tires lasted about 15000 miles with motorway driving. Wet grip is poor and they just love to aqua-plane at the merest hint of moistness. Since I bought a company car I tried Falken FK452XL when the tires made of cheese wore out. ?35 a tire cheaper, they lasted 5000 miles more, Falken FK452XL are so much better.
Lovely balance, easy going but reasonably high grip tire, driven many miles on these tires and are always impressed, there are better tires for ultimate grip but the Contis gentle breakaway lets you use the available grip, impressive in the wet too considering the non directional tread. Very little wear considering the hammering they have taken on track too. Oh, and it looks like an F1 tire, can't get better than that!
