Continental Sport Contact 5 Reviews - Page 4

The Continental Sport Contact 5 is a good all round performance tire that offeres good levels of dry and wet grip properties, whilst still delivering reasonable mileage and a good level of low rolling resistance for a large UHP performance tire,

It's primary ride is quite harsh but the chassis helps to control and damp this well. The steering feel is responsive from very low steering input and response is quite linier and easy to control

Damping on the rear is good, tires slightly noisy on very course road surfaces

Good all round balance

Very good tires (among the best I ever encounter) but the wear is just unacceptable

Bought a 2nd hand 2018 Kia stonic 1.6CDi with these tires as the original tires at only 7700 miles from Kia motors. I expected them to last at the very least until 22k-25k Miles as I am every bit an eco driver, and I do not cover a huge amount of mileage day to day, so thought these tires would be ideal.

Sadly at the 16700 mile mark they were nearing replacement with very little tread already. I could probably run them through to 20000 max, but I am weary of the following issues in which some have caused safety concerns:

- Noise levels increased which is not greatly noticeable on decent roads, but on certain ones will sound like the occasional bomber flying above.
- Comfort of drive ok to start with, now it is noticeably different and not so smooth a ride for myself.
- Wet Grip not great to begin with, and now even worse as you might expect with a lot of slipping going on with hills now feeling increasingly less safe.
- Dry grip didn't feel that great to begin with but manageable for my purposes, now noticeably worse around many corners as you might expect with little tread.
- Wear rate was surprising for me even on the rear tires which are obviously better, but still not great considering I barely push the car.

I will not be buying these tires to replace the current ones as the tire felt it went from ok to bad relatively quickly from my experience. After research including others experiences will most likely be looking to get Bridgestone Turanza T005 / Michelin CrossClimate+ / Hankook Ventus Prime K125 or similar.

These contisport contact 5P runflats are worse than slicks. In fact they are downright dangerous and should never have been fitted to a new BMW M4

Bought a new Kia Sportage March 2018 as our new family car it just hit 20 kilometers and the front two tires are at 1.5 this car is for dropping picking up the kids so is not drove hard I cant believe how poor they lasted and the price to replace them and have todo it again in another 20 k,

I would not recommend the Conti sport contact 5 at all ill be moving to a Nexon / Hand cook

Tires came fitted on a new Audi Q5, having just had a previous Audi Q5 which done 30,000 miles on a set of tires I was stunned when an inspection at only 12,000 miles declared the front passenger ILLEGAL and the front driver at 80% worn whilst the rears were both 4.5mm+

These tires are not cheap, typically my wife drives the car and like previous reviews does not thrash the car. No way I will be replacing these and instead I'll be moving back to Michelin Latitude Sports which I had on the previous Audi Q5.

Can't really complain about the handling in wet or dry but there's a definite road noise from these tires, but just cannot believe how badly they've worn out

I fitted these tires on my Jetta 1.4TSi. While the vehicle is not a high performance vehicle, I did enjoy the grip in both dry and wet conditions. I also enjoyed the comfort provided, bearing in mind that this is a premium tire. Initially the tire was quiet, but after about 50% wear the noise levels were significantly different. I live in South Africa where our roads are in a relatively good condition, especially our freeways and highways which I travel along much of my day. However, on the concrete surface, the tire noise was unbearable. I was also disappointed with the wear on the tire. I am not a street racer or a harsh driver but the tires bearly made it to 30000kms. Then again these were 19 inch tires. While i was happy with the performance and comfort, I would look at other tire brands which are more economical before considering this tire.

Was running them on my 2007 BMW 530D comfort levels was OK but I ended up running the tire pressure below 2.2 bar in town for a smoother ride. Dry and wet and is not the best is extremely predictable which inspires confidence and makes these enjoyable tires to drive had.

Unfortunately, I only got 20,000 km out of a set which is the reason why I will be moving to Michelin's

Very soft sidewall, not precise steering, good in dry and with normal driving good in wet. Average wear.

I would never buy Continental tires again.
Grip well but they do not last ; I have done 5k of motorway and town driving and there all on 4mm Continental recommend changing at 3mm what a rip off at nearly a £1000 a set these tires have cost me nearly 200 pounds a month!

Great overhoul preformance, but it had a little strange filling in wet cornering under pressure although there was a good ammount of grip. Very disapointed about wear.

These came new with the car and managed 8,000miles on a front wheel drive Octavia VRS before the middle of the tire wore to the limit blocks !!!!!
Not what I expected from a premium brand tire; the tryes were not over inflated and at the correct pressure for the weight and size of the car the shoulders still have 5mm .
After reading the other reviews it seems the standard for this tire; at over £110 a corner fitted I can buy cheaper and better.