Goodyear Eagle F1 Directional 5

I purchased these to replace 4 budgets (with plenty of tread) that came with the car when I purchased it. These new tires have certainly transformed the car, but not necessarily in a positive way. The ride is now very harsh and the vehicle feels like its jumping all over the place. It tramlines; and bumps, pot holes and manhole covers are bone jarring - neither of which I never experienced previously. I dropped the PSI down some which has helped slighly.

Road noise has also increased, especially noticable at the front when cornering at town speeds.
Wet grip is good and does provide plenty of confidence coming out of corners. However, I've had the traction contol kick in several times pulling out of junctions on dry roads - again something I'd never experienced before.

I never thought I'd ever say this, but I actually prefer the budgets over these Goodyear's! Im annoyed at myself for buying these tires now because I cant justify spending another £500 to replace 2 week old tires.
I put Goodyear's on my previous car (Volvo T5) for 7 years and they were suberb but unfortunately they dont suit the Merc at all....

I bought 4 of these tires to replace my Bridgestone Potenza RE003 and I instantly felt my ride transformed to a more comfortable ride. It does so but soaking all the bumps. It performed very well in the dry and relatively well in the wet when new. The tread patterns looks aggressive and makes me admire the pattern every time I come out of my car. The best part about buying this tire was the cost, it was the cheapest premium tire I could find and lasted me nearly 50,000KM. I expected to get 40,000KM out of them but was impressed that I got more. Considering I drive a heavy car like Volvo, this is remarkable!

Now comes the downsides of this tire. Firstly, this is a directional tire and you could only rotate it front to back and vice versa. The tires did not wear out evenly even after rotating and balancing every 10,000KM. Secondly, as the tire wear, these tires emit more noise than usual and more prone to slipping in the wet. Overall, I would recommend this tire as a mid-range option but if you can afford higher end options, go for it. I opted not to buy again because I wanted to try something else and have moved on to Michelin Pilot Sport 4. Those tires are entirely a different breed!

I had gone through a set of Directional 5's in 50,000KM and it served me well. It was my first set of Ultra High Performance tires so I could not make acceptable comparisons due to my lack of experience.

However, now having gone through Dunlop's Direzza DZ102 and Yokohama's Advan V701, I can confidently say that the Directional 5's was a lot more confidence inspiring and longer lasting than any of the others aforementioned.

Dry grip is good but it really excels in the wet. These tires had never made me felt a lack of confidence in all my time with it - so much so that even with ~30% of thread left, I was still tackling corners at way above legal speed limits. I knew the tires were done for when I oversteered during a rainy day on a high speed corner.

Every other tire I've used after this has failed to give me the confidence this tire has. I am going back to this tires after my Advan V701s are done with - which is soon after 40,000 KMS.

Definitely recommended for cars up to 200whp.