Owners rate the Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 5 highly overall (83% average), with the vast majority praising its strong grip in both dry and wet conditions and a confident, sporty feel. Comfort also comes through as a real strength for a UHP tire, and many report crisp steering and stable handling. The main reservations are more mixed: around two in five owners mention tread life and road noise, with experiences varying from excellent longevity and refinement to faster wear and a noisier ride, while a smaller group note reduced cold-weather grip.
What owners mention most counted across 222 reviews
Such a roller-coaster of a journey with Assy5. I had them fitted in different times on all my three cars. One of them twice... They were all different sizes - 17", 18" and 19"
First on the 18" BMW - changed the car completely. Suddenly I fell in love with it again. Such a grip, feedback and handling - amazing. Unfortunately an year after, I started feeling the car shaking. Checked the brakes ofc, but turns out the tires became egg-shaped. I said to myself "OK, I didn't drive the car for a while, so that's why". Put a new set same tires. Then on the one with the 19". Guess what happened? Same first feeling of how amazing the tires are. And year later - egg shaped. Both. Meanwhile I got a third car with 17" wheels to which I immediately put the Assy5 tires and the car spent the next 7 months in the garage, being restored to perfection. How surprised I was when I took it from there and when I approached 100km/h the car started shaking like there's no tomorrow. Guess what - egg-shaped tires again.
All in all the tire is amazing, but it doesn't last and not because of wear. Maybe it's the weather, as where I live is very hot all the time, but as much as I love the tires, I'm not getting any more of them.
Before commenting on these F1 A5, I must say I came from long history of Michelin tires in my previous cars along the years, from Pilot Exalto 2, Pilot Sport 3, Pilot Sport 4, so I got used to get a more focused tire to make 40 000 kms.
On this new Mercedes C300e the car came from factory with the goodyear F1 A5, never had goodyear as tire, (BMW equiped with Bridgestone), so I drove them like I used to drive BMW's with Michelin PS4... it didn't go as expected, when pushed to the limits the tire tends to "let go" without warning, the limits come without telling you. As the wear of the tire goes, this unsafety sensation grows. For the first time in a long time I could, on a rear wheel drive car, wear out the front tires before the rears. In 26 000 kms they are worn regularly, if may say a little bit more on the shoulders, but pretty identical across the tire.
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Fantastic in all aspects, truly transformed the feel of the car. But sadly after only 3 years all 4 of mine have cracked so badly I've had to replace them. I've got Asymmetric 6s on now and they're a worthy replacement, also fantastic in all metrics, but zero cracking from them so far.
Rear mounted on 300 hp propulsion They held up very well over 40,000 km With very regular wear Right at the end a small piece of 2 cm by three came off at the edge of the rim without impact on the behavior
Brought these in France 2020 after reading all the tests on them.
Imported the car to New Zealand with them on.
They were amazing tire fantastic in the dry and the wet. Perfect balance and the ability to really push them to their limits. But when they got about 50% wear they would struggle with standing water which is fair enough all tires behave like this.
They are also a very noisy tire on course chip NZ road's.
Then the car developed a pull to the Left at low speeds.
It also developed a wobble a low speeds.
Pulled the Front LH side of to inspect and to my amazement the tire casing had changed shape on the inside.
I had a set of Winter's so I fitted the complete set.
After inspection of all of the Goodyear Asymptotic 5's with about 25k wear 3 had done the same fault.
Total casing shape change and structural failure.
Also interesting that its failed in the same part of the tire on all 3!!
I've never hit a pot hole with these tires.
I would not recommend these tires. Will be buying Continentals or Michelin in the summer.
These tires have lasted 21,000 miles and are 5-6mm all round on the front which is brilliant wear and they are runflat.
Dry and wet grip excellent and are as comfortable as runflats can be on 20 inch wheels.
These are gen 2 runflats and better than gen 1 dunlop sp sport maxx gt that were horrible and distorted when you hit a pothole. These have managed to hold up so far on potholes.
I think they will do 40,000 miles and i will do end of life review.
These tires are 275/30/20 runflat and managed 20,000 miles and were on 4.5 - 5mm all round untill a cut on the treadblock made me replace them which is a shame. I think they would have lasted minimum 25k and possibly 30k which is amazing.
These gen 2 runflats were as comfortable as can be and replaced the horrid dunlop sp sport maxx gt which when hit a pothole just bulged.
Dry and wet grip excellent and thrse are brilliant in runflat and at £275 each from Asda tires not cheap but do the job. The reason i keep runflats is i had a puncture and i drove to work and back 80 miles and then had to replace them as they shreded onnthe inside but kept me going. No tire sealant and no spare in the car means i keep the runflats and the tire sealant wouldnt have worked.
Just finished my full set of Eagle F1 AS5's just now and they were wonderful. Really a very good tire, might even be the best tire I've driven on. Little oversteer, but loads and loads of grip, even in the wet. Well satisfied with how the handled. They were fitted onto a 2012 VW Polo 1.2 TSI with 130hp. Wear lasted for 50.000km with serious cornering. Wasn't gentle on them
I really enjoyed these tires. They have excellent grip in the dry and good in wet as well. Are a bit noisy but not too bad. Had them on for 20000+ kilometers including around 10 track days. The fronts were just changeg to Asymmetric 6s, the rears still have plenty of meat on them.
When I fitted them for the first time, on one of my cars it felt like it's reborn. Amazing handling, grip and feedback. I was astonished. The only bad thing is that only after a year and a half and about 20k kms, I have torn the internal structure and they have become impossible to balance, started to give vibrations at random speeds and had to replace them. Surprise surprise. I have replaced them with exactly the same ones. It's only because I admit that my driving didn't help. I always attack the corners with the maximum possible speed. And don't have much regard for speedbumps. I could see that only the edges of the tires was looking worn and the rest looked still great. They looked like they were driven hard on a racetrack. So I'm sure it's my fault that they have disintegrated inside so quickly. Probably the hot weather here (Dubai) didn't help much too. I am not sure how they handle in the wet, but I don't really care, haha.
Overall astonishing tire. Will recommend 10/10.
