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Continental Sport Contact 3 Owner Reviews

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What owners say summarised from 197 reviews

Drivers generally describe the Continental Sport Contact 3 as a strong-performing UHP summer tire with confident handling, strong braking, and notably good wet-road grip with good resistance to aquaplaning. The most consistent complaint is rapid tread wear (especially on front axles/FWD cars), with many also reporting higher road noise/firm ride and premium pricing. A smaller but recurring theme is tramlining/steering pull on certain cars or as the tire wears, and some note wet/cold performance can deteriorate later in the tire's life.

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Owner ratings averaged from 246 ratings

  • Owner score 76%
  • Dry Grip 88%
  • Road Feedback 81%
  • Wet Grip 80%
  • Handling 77%
  • Comfort 74%
  • Wear 62%

Continental Sport Contact 3 Reviews - Page 17

Score spread across 196 written reviews
74%
Member
This came as standard fit on the alloys when I bought the car from new. For grip this is an awesome tire. Really holds the road well - like no other tire I have used before.

The biggest let down is how quickly it wears and the price to purchase it new. I often like to match the tires fitted by the manufacturer when replacing my tires but given the cost (around ?120 per tire) and how quickly this wears, I thinking of trying Uniroyal Rainsport 2's next (?84 a tire fitted from www.tiretraders.com)
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 9
  • Wet Grip 8
  • Road Feedback 8
  • Handling 9
  • Wear 5
  • Comfort 8
  • Buy again 5
Helpful 118
83%
Member
used to use continental sport contact 2's for many years made the mistake of changing to avon's after a few weeks i couldnt wait for them to wear out, recently got the contact 3's and in my opinion these are the best continental tires I have used. Grip is amazing and steering response and handling are great its like driving a new car again the car feels like it has confidence again in the twistys and the roundabouts.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 9
  • Wet Grip 8
  • Road Feedback 7
  • Handling 8
  • Wear 7
  • Comfort 9
  • Buy again 10
Helpful 153
79%
Member
  • Audi A4
  • 255/35 R19 W
  • 14,000 miles
  • A Combination of Roads
  • Spirited
These came as OE on my 2007 RS4 and they've really impressed. Dry grip is excellent, if a touch vague. In the wet they've also been superb, but I'm still trying to work out how much is down to the car, rather than the tire! I've also done 2 track days with them and they stood up really well, (no chunks falling off like the PS2s on my previous 330i). After 14k miles I reckon I've another 5k-7k left. Not bad! All in all, a classy tire.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 8
  • Wet Grip 8
  • Road Feedback 7
  • Handling 8
  • Wear 9
  • Comfort 7
  • Buy again 8
Helpful 176

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84%
Member
These are really excellent tires, I've been very impressed by them. Grip is superb in both wet and dry, and they let go in a very gentle way. No issues with aquaplaning. Steering weight is a little light for my tastes, but the tires are responsive and adjustable on the bends. Very nice handling characteristics. No tramlining at all - this has been a pleasant surprise!! Reasonably quiet, not the best but not noisy either, and a nice smooth ride. Best thing though... for a high performance tire, the wear rate is exceptional!!! Just rotated my tires at 13,000 miles and there's still plenty of tread, enough for me to get close to 25,000 out of the set I reckon. Highly recommended, a great all rounder.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 9
  • Wet Grip 9
  • Road Feedback 8
  • Handling 9
  • Wear 9
  • Comfort 6
  • Buy again 9
Helpful 158
71%
Anonymous
these tires blew me away, they came with the car, never used them before. cant believe how well they grip in the wet and dry! amazing! they dont last that long though! i would love to buy these again but they are very expensive!!!
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 10
  • Wet Grip 9
  • Road Feedback 8
  • Handling 8
  • Wear 3
  • Comfort 4
  • Buy again 8
Helpful 131
79%
Member
With the recent bad weather I wanted to put a set of tires on that were meant to be good in the wet. And I have to say I have been very impressed with these so far. Great grip in the wet and dry. There has also been a significant reduction in road noise over the stock tires.

Would definitely look at getting these again.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 9
  • Wet Grip 9
  • Road Feedback 8
  • Handling 7
  • Wear 5
  • Comfort 8
  • Buy again 9
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