The Event WL905 is a Ultra High Performance Summer tire designed to be fitted to Passenger Cars.
The quick answer
Owners say44%from 129 owner reviews22% would buy againRead the reviews
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Built from every independent test result and vetted owner review we hold for this tire - the evidence is all further down the page. Data updated June 2022.
Based on test and owner data, the Event WL905 is expected to last around 11,667 miles (18,776 km).
How comfortable and quiet are the Event WL905?
Owners rate the Event WL905 4.9 out of 10 for comfort and noise across 128 reviews.
How well do the Event WL905 wear, according to owners?
Owners rate the Event WL905 6 out of 10 for wear across 128 reviews. 27 of those reviews come from owners past 10,000 miles, and the typical review covers 5,000 miles.
Would owners buy the Event WL905 again?
22% of owners say they would buy the Event WL905 again, based on the 125 owner reviews that answered the question. 11% of them gave it the highest possible answer.
What do owners say about the Event WL905's wet grip?
Of the 127 owner reviews analyzed for the Event WL905, 97 mention wet grip: 15 praise it (confident wet grip) and 82 criticise it (weak wet grip). One owner wrote: "Fitted to my focus complete death trap in wet avoid!". Read those reviews
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What do owners say about the Event WL905's dry grip?
Of the 127 owner reviews analyzed for the Event WL905, 48 mention dry grip: 35 praise it (strong dry grip) and 13 criticise it (limited dry grip). One owner wrote: "Dry grip very good. A very good dry tire". Read those reviews
What do owners say about the Event WL905's wet handling?
Of the 127 owner reviews analyzed for the Event WL905, 38 mention wet handling: 1 praise it (secure wet handling) and 37 criticise it (nervous wet handling). One owner wrote: "I regularly felt  the rear end going sideways while the car was going forwards". Read those reviews
Across 129 owner ratings the Event WL905 averages 44%. Owners rate Wear highest at 6 out of 10 and Wet Grip lowest at 3. 27 of those reviews come from owners past 10,000 miles. 19% of owners score it 70% or better.
Owner ratings averaged from 129 ratings
Owner score44%
Wear60%
Dry Grip59%
Comfort49%
Road Feedback41%
Handling39%
Wet Grip30%
Featured reviews
Most helpful 31%
“Four of these (Event WL905) were fitted new to a used car that I purchased.I only checked the tread depth which looked new.I should have checked review sites .. Traversing  round-about`s in the  wet with these tires...”
“These tires came fitted to my secondhand purchase and I have changed them within a month of driving. They are below average in the dry and fundamentally dangerous in the wet. No progression on low grip surfaces has...”
“Had loads of these for my Galaxy.Took the risk of cheap tires.Had the car 6 years now and dozens of Event tires on.Previously Dunlop.Dunlops are better but not that much and half the price.We do NOT drive this like a...”
Four of these (Event WL905) were fitted new to a used car that I purchased.I only checked the tread depth which looked new.I should have checked review sites ..
Traversing  round-about`s in the  wet with these tires was a very alarming experience.
If you want to have fun with no wet grip and  hydroplaning these are the tires for you.
At modest speeds,  roundabout in the wet I regularly felt  the rear end going sideways while the car was going forwards.
Not much fun and pretty dangerous in my opinion.Never had the same experience with any other tires in 20 Years of motoring
I swapped out to Bridgestone Turanza T005s and never had the problem again.
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These are on a Corolla Verso 1.8, so no race car attitudes. Never the less they wear reasonably well 13k so far with 4mm usable to go so 26k perhaps. Front wheel spin is easy at start off in wet. otherwise solid performance. The buy again depends on who owns the company. If Chinese then no. Problem seem to be that British can only be made in UK rather than British owned. Shame.
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225/45 R17
update these are leathel in even damp conditions almost lost it completely on a roundabout
amazingly not bad in the dry ,there on the rear of my alfa 2.0 gtv , but OMG in the wet there awful , lost the rear a number of times in the wet worst Tire I have ever had will be replaced with some landasails a much better tire do not buy
Car feels like suspension worn out and or has wear in ball joints!!! No grip in the wet, tires are on the back of my car and I have experienced oversteer on roundabouts and when turning!!! Very dangerous tire, like driving on slick when pouring down with rain!!
DO NOT BUY!!! IF ON YOUR CAR CHANGE BEFORE YOU HAVE AN ACCIDENT!!
I bought a second hand Audi A3 recently which seemed to have a brand new or near enough set of these Event tires fitted to the rear. They seemed ok until the first day I drove the car in the rain. I was going slowly round a roundabout and the back end went. No traction whatsoever. I thought I perhaps had a flat tire but everything was ok. It wasn't until I looked up these Event tires online that I discovered this site and the applicable reviews. They are a disgrace and incredibly dangerous. I have had budget tires on cars before and although mediocre they certainly were not as shocking as these things.
Do not buy these tires! I was unfortunate enough to buy my car with these fitted and I cannot explain how poor they are. Wet grip is completely non existent even at slow speeds, evasive action in the wet would immediately cause a total loss of control. Changed them to Dunlop Blue response and it felt like I was driving a different car. Avoid Event WL 905s at all costs! The other reviewers seem to have shared the perilous experience of taking a corner at 5mph in these too!
These came fitted on a 2nd hand Volvo S60 D5, now bear in mind this is a heavy very torque-y car.....
Generally a LOT of lateral motion, no idea what the sidewalls were made of (cheese?) but no matter what road surface or speed there was a terrible feeling of wallow which initially made me think my suspension was shot.
In the dry at low speeds these were acceptable but at motorway speeds these things were terrifying, you could feel the grip breaking and they tramlined like crazy. Under heavy breaking in the dry you got terrible vibration / wobble and again you could feel the grip going.
In the wet these tires are LETHAL. Now the S60 is a heavy car and generally is very planted but frankly these tires gave me the cold sweats on several occasions even in a straight line (tramlining plus breaking grip at high speed)
As for wear I'll never know, I ditched these after 2 weeks for some Eagle Assymetric 3's and never looked back.
Tires last forever, probably longer than the car as they are so hard they glaze giving no wet grip whatsoever. I have then on the back of a cougar and am scared of roundabouts in the wet even at slow speeds., scary to feel the back end slide. Avoid at all costs.
I have a Fiesta Zetec S 1.6TDCi which had these fitted when i bought it, i suspect to put something on the wheels to sell it so it had "good" tires all round.
These tires will let go without warning in the dry on a bend and even a smooth surface on a roundabout will cause understeer. In the wet you really have to be careful as there is no grip whatsoever. these tires are a death trap on a front wheel drive car, great for drifting, but not for driving, avoid at all costs.
Changed to Nexen S8000.
