Short tread life is the dominant owner complaint about the Continental Sport Contact 5 SSR Runflat, with 19 criticisms against five positive comments across 33 reviews. Dry grip and handling are much more often praised, but around a quarter of owners criticise noise. Ride comfort is mixed, with nine complaints and six positive comments, while wet grip is also divided, seven negative mentions to five positive. Most reviews are from end-of-life use, lending weight to the wear concern, although some owners achieve satisfactory mileage. The 60.3% average score reflects a tire whose dry-road appeal is more consistent than its refinement, wet feedback or service life.
What owners mention most counted across 33 reviews
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Owner ratings averaged from 34 ratings
Owner score66%
Dry Grip85%
Road Feedback74%
Handling74%
Wet Grip71%
Comfort57%
Wear49%
Continental Sport Contact 5 SSR Runflat Reviews - Page 3
Was a great tire on my BMW 328. Grip and handling were amazing. I was not so happy with the wear though. They only gave me 2 years of short distance school runs. My run flat versions are also pretty noisy, and make some scary noises over the bumps. My curb side rims are also pretty scratched up, so any rim protection these tires are supposed to have are not sufficient.
OEM fitment for mk3 A class with 1.5L 109 HP diesel engine.
It is a shame that german manufacturers fit Continental's from factory. These were not only bad like my Conti SC2's OEM fitted for my VW rocco, but much worse.
As I expected dry and wet grip was pretty good, but for only like 8000 miles. As the SC2's before, grip went downhill and at 27000 miles, and after 2 rotations, tires were balding on the edges, despite having correct tire pressure at all times. The worst was that after rotating the tires, a very annoying noise emerged, because the rear right tire was cupped all over and in the front axle all noise was transmitted to the cabin. Being runflats as the tire aged to 2 years old, comfort declined sharply. Fitted GY Assymetric 3's after enduring all this for some time. Never felt better
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2005 BMW E90 325i originally had Bridgestones, terrible tram lining and very hard ride, changed to Conti SC 3, much better, and the Conti SC 5 are even better, the first run flats I have used that actually feel as if they have some measure of comfort, less rumble and fidgeting over any rough surface. Very pleased, new so cannot comment on wear. Tread depth 7mm measured from new.
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just to let you know i've run goodyears nct5's on my 130i for most of its life as i've found the wear on these has been exceptional, last batch, i wasn't too pleased with and the NCT5 tire technology is so old, so after many days and nights of research i switched my rear sets to the conti sport contacts ssr 5, and driven those tires back to back... and I'm very impressed with the Dry and Wet linear acceleration and grip of these conti's. Obviously when you pull out of a minor road on to a major road to get up to speed if you floor it as your turning you will get some wheel spin as in all BMW rear drive cars, no matter what rubber you have. But i have found the conti's to be pretty comfortable, but a little nosiey above 50 MPH. I cant comment on wear as i haven't driven enough miles. Its -2.5 Degrees today and the tire grip is still exceptional. The biggest thing i like about these tires is the confidence in the wet going into a bend, which is great, as in england the roads are always damp in the mornings... :) There is a lot to be said about tire technology and it has come on a lot since the original run flat tires were released, this is evident in the compound and wet & dry grip on the conti's.
These tires were standard fitment on my car from new. I've just replaced the rear tires after 17,300 miles with 2mm of tread left. After looking at other run flat options I decided to replace the tires like for like since I have been very pleased with the ride quality of these Continentals. In the past I owned an e90 and the ride with run flats was very jingly. However the ride quality of the f31 with these tires is excellent and therefore I didn't want to run the risk of spoiling this by changing tire brand. I have also found the car very stable with these tires - in wet conditions, even at speed, the grip levels have always been excellent.
67%
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Mercedes Benz
225/40 R18
12,000 miles
A Combination of Roads
Average
I had a set of 225/40R18 CONTI SPORT 5 SSR Runflats on the front of my Mercedes from new - great grip in the wet and dry but terrible mileage!
I work in the tire industry for a living and although Conti have a great OE share within Europe (30% apparently) their replacement share is one of the lowest out of the Premium brands.
There is surprisingly little tread depth to start with! Hopeless when accelerating in the wet: Rear-wheel driven care feels dangerous due to little or no grip. Very hard compared with non-runflats making ride unpleasant on London's poorly maintained roads. Fine on dry, smooth roads but most modern tires would be.
I have installed two new tires at the front side for one week.Everything feels similar compared to the Pirelli P-Zero which is at the rear side. One thing that I am surprised is the tire depth is only 6mm when new! I am not sure how long they will last.
Only run these 1000 miles so far on a Z4, but find them a huge improvement over the dreadful 2G Potenza - bearing in mind Bridgestone refuses to supply its supposedly improved 3G tire for after sales. This new Continental feels more planted and progressive, without the weave, tramlining and neurotic behavior of the Bridgestones. The Continentals handle and ride far better, though at slightly softer pressures than the Potenzas. Run at BMW's higher pressures (fine for track days, not for today's crumbling "roads") the Continentals can be painfully hard too. Too early to judge wear and other factors but, having decided to stick with runflats (not everyone's choice, I know!) it was a good move to dump the 2G Bridgestones. Can't vouch for the 3G - I can't buy them!
