I have waited until a new set of tires were fitted to my car before I wrote this review (Pilot Sport 5's) This gives me 15,000 miles + of experience with these tires which were fitted when I bought the car.
Good points:
The wear of these tires is actually decent, my car is heavy and powerful, I drive 50+ miles a day on a range of roads, country, town, A-roads etc, and the wear has been brilliant, albeit un-even. The sides wear very quickly with the center 1/3 of tire being more or less untouched. I could have got another 5,000 - 10,000 miles out of these tires had I liked them.
That's where the good points end.
The dry grip is bang average, you'll begin to notice just how much grip these tires lack once you are put on a more demanding, twisty roads. These tires caused some serious understeer, and struggled to get around roundabouts without losing traction. You will find the limit of these tires very quickly even if you aren't a spirited driver. Ditch finders.
The grip falls of a cliff in the wet, these seem to shed no water at all. I have nearly aquaplaned several times in minimal standing water. Seriously shoddy.
The comfort is awful also, the road noise is terrible and the tires transmit tons of vibrations into the cabin, which isn't helped if you have large alloys.
It is difficult to mark the tire feedback as my car doesn't really give much steering feedback anyway, it's not a very dynamic car.
These tires are probably suitable for low-powered cars, or cars that aren't fussy about tire choice. Personally, you could not give these to me for free. Don't cheap out on brakes and tires.
Good points:
The wear of these tires is actually decent, my car is heavy and powerful, I drive 50+ miles a day on a range of roads, country, town, A-roads etc, and the wear has been brilliant, albeit un-even. The sides wear very quickly with the center 1/3 of tire being more or less untouched. I could have got another 5,000 - 10,000 miles out of these tires had I liked them.
That's where the good points end.
The dry grip is bang average, you'll begin to notice just how much grip these tires lack once you are put on a more demanding, twisty roads. These tires caused some serious understeer, and struggled to get around roundabouts without losing traction. You will find the limit of these tires very quickly even if you aren't a spirited driver. Ditch finders.
The grip falls of a cliff in the wet, these seem to shed no water at all. I have nearly aquaplaned several times in minimal standing water. Seriously shoddy.
The comfort is awful also, the road noise is terrible and the tires transmit tons of vibrations into the cabin, which isn't helped if you have large alloys.
It is difficult to mark the tire feedback as my car doesn't really give much steering feedback anyway, it's not a very dynamic car.
These tires are probably suitable for low-powered cars, or cars that aren't fussy about tire choice. Personally, you could not give these to me for free. Don't cheap out on brakes and tires.