The Goodyear Eagle F1 GSD3 is most consistently praised for dry and wet grip, with steering feedback and resistance to aquaplaning also attracting more praise than criticism. Noise is a recurring drawback, criticised in around one in five reviews. Short tread life is raised in more than a quarter, although plenty of owners report good mileage. The few mid-life and end-of-life accounts are divided on wear, so they do not establish a consistent service-life pattern. Most reviews do not identify a stage of use, and the single returning owner is insufficient to establish how grip or noise changes with age.
What owners mention most counted across 140 reviews
the grip in the wet and dry was very very good. although the best performance happened once they had warmed up, they were a bit greasy for the first mile of the journey.
These tires are excellent, I love the asthetics of the tread design and the way it cuts through the wet. I had Pirelli P Zero's before and the side wall was weak and offered hardly any rim protection.
This is where the F1 leads, the Side wall is stronger and Rim protection is good. The grip is fantastic in the dry and is also great in the wet however its more noticable based on the wider the tire the better.
Unfortunately the V tread pattern tire has been discontinued so no more I am sad to say, my next tire will be the F1 assym, which from what I have heard should be good. I hope Goodyear refine the V tread pattern style and bring the design back as it is a good looking tire. I did notice that it was fotted to the Knight Rider Car KITT, which was shown in a american episode in February. Was this advertising?
Look forward to Goodyears further developments.
Happy Motoring everybody
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The grip on wet and dry roads was fantastic, better than the OE conti sport contact 2 that were fitted to my Mondeo zetec s TDCI. the pair i put on the front lasted almost 25k and the pair on the back 45k. I really couln't fault them, so much so, i put another pair on the front.
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very Good grip in dry and wet conditions, held the road like a vise, no grip in snow,Worn very very quickly, most tires last me about a year, these lasted 6 months, I drive in the outside lanes a lot and because of the soft compound, I was for ever pulling nails and screws out. The brand new tire had to be sent away for a special repair after a few day. I will not buy again.
Got 12,000 miles from the GSD3 vs 24,000 on Michelins.
But the big annoyannce is the "wheel bearing" noise, wheel bearings are all fine, it was when I jacked the car up to check I noticed the excessive wear. I'm blaming the tires although as someone pointed out this type of wear could be accelerated by worn shocks. Wont buy these again.
Although I was initially impressed with these tires after changing over from GY NCT5's, the novelty soon wore off when I started noticing constant tramlining and the steering wheel forever being twitchy. It actually made long periods of driving very fatiguing as you were forever having to correct the steering wheel - something I never experienced with the NCT5's. Yes, the grip was excellent in both wet and dry conditions, but once they'd got down to 3mm, driving in the wet was dreadful. They would aquaplane very easily. Trying to pull away from a junction in a hurry in the wet left you just sitting there with the tires spinning.
I was also very suprised that they ONLY lasted 11,000 miles!! (on the front the whole duration). The previous NCT5's had lasted 26,000 miles - although I'd never touch them with a barge pole again. Same applies to these GSD3's as well.
I've now fitted Uniroyal Rainsport2's and within 100 yrds of leaving the tire garage where I had them fitted the tramlining had vanished. I also noticed how much quieter the Rainsports were compared to the GSD3's. Lets hope I get more mileage out of these tires than I did the GSD3's.
Bought them last summer 08/2008 and since then have made app. 5.000km. The tires have a very good grip on dry and wet roads specially for my mx5 (rear drive). They are not so loud like the early F1 models (my friend got on his Seat Ibiza). Good aquaplaning reserves and good drifting reserve as well. 10/10 points for grip on highway and steering response. Definatley would buy again. Superb tire for country roads and highway. Cheers
Actual cornering & braking grip just OK. Grip very poor for hard acceleration in wet & dry. Snow? forget about having a car. Pulling away fast was just not possible even when new. Previous Michelin Radial X with 3mm left were better all round even in snow. These GSD3 unfortunatley wear really well so I am getting rid of them with loads of tread left.
The tires grip very well under braking and grip well when cornering. Traction in slippery conditions such as mud or snow is poor (but that is not what they are intended for).
Best feature is that they feel very stable cruising at high speeds - and felt noticably more stable than previous Marshall branded tires which came with the car.
15000 miles tire life from a set of four which were changed front to back to even out wear is not brilliant. Previous set of Marshall which came with the car lasted about 25000 miles but generally poor in all other respects and had very poor grip.
My Vectra Elite has the 250ps 2.8T engine and the previous GY NCT5's could not put the power down well in the dry and less so in the wet. After much perusal I bought the GSD3's on the front, also switching to a 225/45 section from the 215/50 standard section to gain greater and cheaper options. The GSD3's scrubbed in quickly and the dry grip was outstanding. The wet grip was also impressive and the braking in both dry and wet conditions was very good. Cornering is predictable and smooth with huge grip in the dry and excellent in the wet. I can't really notice any more or less noise than the NCT5's but they can make a bit of a noise on hard (concrete) surfaces but nothing too bad. Again, as to be expected the wear has not been so good. The fronts are down to the wear bars after around 10k miles with much of that on the motorway at legal speeds, however I have given them a hard time around town and on the country roads. These tires are not really available anymore having been superseeded by the Assymetric design. As such beware fitting these tires now - some appear to come from Thailand and my understanding is that these are not for the UK market. Only buy from tires made in China or Germany for use in the UK. I will now replace these with the Assymetric design having heard they are even better.
Fitted the GSD3s to the rear last april. Mostly easy motorway miles, occasional 'spirited driving'. Very good grip in the dry, quite good in the wet also.
However, as with many other reviewers, the tires have worn very unevenly, ending up misshapen with the appearance of a nut (many flat faces), with severe rumble and noise.
WOULD NOT buy these again or recommend them to other people, for that reason only.
I now need to spend ?300 having them replaced; if the wear was even they would last many more miles.
