Across 65 reviews, the Dunlop SP Sport Maxx GT is most often described as a strong-performing UHP summer tire with excellent dry grip, confident handling, and generally low noise for the category. Many higher-scoring reviews also report surprisingly good mileage and even wear, especially on heavier Audi/BMW/Jaguar fitments. However, a meaningful minority report poor confidence in the wet-particularly aquaplaning/standing water and greasy-road traction as the tread wears-along with some complaints of fast wear and a firm, tramlining-prone ride. It is also repeatedly noted as unsuitable for snow/ice, as expected of a summer tire.
What owners mention most counted across 65 reviews
At first to say i don't have much comparison material because these tires where the first high performance tires i used. My used car came fitted with the standard 16" alloys + Michelin Primacy HP which i traded in for 18" alloys + the Dunlop Sport Maxx GT. The grip in the dry is outstanding in my oppinion. When i tried to make the car do a power slide to check the limits i found that they don't slide easely. And when they do slide it is very docile. In the wet they where less docile but stil good in my oppinion. In the snow theye are tricky and loose almost al there traction, but i maneged to survive whitout a scrach (18") troughout the Dutch winter. Comfort is reasenable good in comperison to the feedback which is outstanding. The only negative side is the wear. I managed to get 14000 miles out of my back tires and they are almost flat by now.
Bought a brand new A5 sportsback Sep 2010, front tires at 7500 miles already look worn. Last winter, grip in snow and ice pathetic! Seeing other comments I will not be replacing like for like when replacing in advance of winter 2011. Surprised that Audi use them and will feedback my views to Audi
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Came fitted on a new Octavia VRs, good at first but quickly lost grip especially in damp conditions. They can be foxed by a light dew in the morning, cue wheelspin, ASR comes on, passers by tut disapprovingly, it's not me it's the tires I gesture...
I've only done 7500 miles and the front pair are badly worn in the center. Performance in snow and ice is truly dreadful. I won't be replacing them like for like.
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These tires are OK in the dry, but in the wet, totally, totally rubbish. I've had every sort of steer you can get, which in s5 quattro is highly unusual. And now with only 10k on them I'm getting rid, going for 275/30 20" Vredstein Ultrac Sessanta on recommendation of a couple of other Audi drivers.
In reply to other user re comments on danger in standing water - yes there are 3 longitudinal grooves, but the trouble is that as the tire wears, the shallow transverse grooves which the tires have when new (which are supposed to channel water into these longitudinal grooves) wear away after a relatively short time. This made the car very susceptible to
Great tire in the dry and damp conditions, wears very well fronts still good at 12k rears will potentially last until 20k. However as mentioned in reviews by others, these things are deadly when hitting standing water so much so that when driving in wet conditions speed needs to be greatly reduced. As far as driving in snow or ice you have little if any traction, mainly due to the lack of cross cuts. Changing asap as no use what so ever for winter.
These were fitted to my wifes A5 when we bought it new from Audi, in the dry and the rain they are excellent, however in the snow even when brand new they are as much use as having bob sleighs on each wheel. The car is in our garage now and has been since it got stuck on a bank in thin snow near us, all the other cars simply drove round us and carried on up the bank!I had to turn the traction off and zigzag up the bank - totally embarrasing and dangerous. - NOT FOR SNOW
Have these fitted on my Audi A5 3.0 TDI Quattro. Very nice tire with a great rim protector built-in. I only travel 12 miles to work each day with lots of roundabouts and not much motorway driving. Looks like i am going to manage 20,000 on the front and about 24,000 on the back, which considering I don't hang about (And regularly thrash it) in a heavy diesel is pretty damn good! My only reservation is the price! When you are changing 4 of these baby's - you can kiss goodbye to nearly ? 900.00
This tire offers good road holding and breaking performance with better than average road feedback. Road noise on rough surface is barely acceptable. Also bumps and thump on potholes feel too sharp but this could be mainly due to the firm suspension of the vehicle. The cosmatic design of this tire is quite attractive.
I have just replaced all 4 Dunlop Sp Sport Maxx GT tires on my A5 and insisted upon the same again as they have been exceptional in all road/weather conditions over 36,000 miles. They are certainly suited to the Quattro performance and well worth the minor additional outlay.
Great tire good wear, cant agree with all the talk about poor in the wet, they are a performance summer tire so are infact very good in the wet. And S5 saying not water displacement in center if tire us nonsense - What are the three three very large radial groove for?????????
Loads of dry grip, surprisingly good in the wet too. They seem to be wearing a bit quickly but the dry grip makes up for that! Surprisingly comfortable too.
