Owners most often praise the Petlas Velox Sport PT741 for dry grip, with confident dry handling and value also recurring positives. Mid-life and end-of-life accounts frequently describe slow wear and useful service. Wet grip receives more praise than criticism, but several owners find it less reassuring than dry performance. Noise is mixed, with around one in eight reviews complaining despite more positive accounts. Roughly one in ten raises aquaplaning concerns, so the generally favorable grip reports should not be taken as universal confidence in standing water. Repeat reviews remain broadly positive but do not establish one consistent ageing pattern.
What owners mention most counted across 41 reviews
These tires are on a Lexus LS430 V8, so not a light or small car! It weighs over 2 tonnes. I was originally surprised to find the tread depth was only 7mm, when other tires I have had were usually around 10mm or so. I have now done 10,000 km and they show no discernable tire wear, still on 7mm. Mind you, at my age, (78) I don't usually drive hard now, but still have the odd GO!! I previously had GT Radials which started off pretty quiet, but quickly became very noisy, such that the car was not nice to drive, sounded like a couple of wheel bearings on their last legs! Had to get rid of them because of the excessive noise! For an inexpensive tire, I have so far been pretty impressed with the Petlas tires .
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Member
Volkswagen
215/55 R16
31,000 miles
A Combination of Roads
Average
I used to always buy Michelin and Continental tires. My uncle told me about these tires and since they are quite cheap, I just went with it and purchased these tires.
After driving for a while I was very suprised. The dry grip was better than my previous Continental Premium Contact 4 and Michelin Primacy HP. The wear is also amazing. It was still at 5 milimeters after 40-50.000 kilometers. Unfortunately I was unlucky, I think I got tires from a bad serie, because after 40-50.000 kilometers some cracks started showing on the side of the tire. Not major cracks, but thats the moment when I decided to change them for new tires.
The only bad thing of the tire is the grip when there is quite some water laying on the road surface. Once (in 40-50.000 kilometers) I got into an aquaplane and honestly it kind of scared me. I didnt lose the control of the vehicle, but I lost grip for a split second, which resulted into shaking the car. Every other car around me didnt have any issues at that time.
Overall they are good tires, especialy wear wise, but when there is heavy rain, you should watch out just incase.
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I bought a 2014 E Class with this set of tires, the previous owner installed them. At first, I was pretty skeptical about this set of tires because I never heard of Petlas before. Now, that being said, I was extremely impressed with both dry grip and wet grip for this brand. Handling is decent for a set of tires like this, and comfort is relatively good, except the fact that they are a bit noisy over 100 kmh. I drove these tires in basically all conditions, with a combined driving style (both aggressive, cruising, and city driving). Wear was the biggest jaw-dropper: they lasted for around 31.000 km, and that was just fanstastic. It's not the best set of tires, but it is not the worst either; my verdict is that if you are on a budget, they are can work better than you expect.
The tires are very good for the price class. The handling is good, driving in the wet is stable and feels secure. I've never experienced any aquaplaning with these tires and I drove in heavy rain several times on the highway. In the dry they are marvelous - I didn't expect such good behavior considering that this is a cheap tire. Noise levels are moderate to good on quality tarmac with highway speeds. This size is a XL tire - the comfort is slightly less due to reinforcing, but the stability for a heavy car is very good. My previous summer tires were Goodyear Efficient Grip - they are better handling of course, but also more expensive. Subjective noise levels were the same between Goodyear and Petlas.
I’ve has these tires for about 2-3 years now and found them to be really good. Previously I had Bridgestones on
the car but I’ve found these Petlas tires to be equally as good. I live on the island of Madeira, which has many
steep, narrow winding roads, especially in the mountains and I feel these tires have been excellent for this region. We don’t have a great deal of rainfall during the year, so when it does rain the roads are extremely slippery, so most locals tend to drive carefully but I’ve had no problems with grip driving on rainy days. The wear has also been good and there’s still a good amount of tread left but I’m thinking about buying another set later in the year, as the price for these tires is so reasonable.
Member
Saab Automobile
225/45 R17
2,000 miles
Mostly Motorways
Average
Extreme value for money; bought mine Petlas Velox Sport PT741 215/55 ZR16 97W XL for €52,19 each!
Tires are stiffer and noisier than y previous ones, mind you these have speed indicator W (V was sufficient, however these were not available in my size) and Extra Load too.
You loose on comfort, for the rest superbe (given its price).
Turkish manufactured tires, never thought about before, but I gave it a try and they didn't let me down. On the contrary!
Early review after 1.000 miles from Greece.the tires are amazing irregardless of their price.its the first time I went budget after 22 years of driving premium to mid range tires in different cars and you cant believe how good these tires are until you use them!!
I ll come back in a middle life review after 10.000 miles or so,cheers from Greece!!!
I used Tirereviews to choose these tires and I don't regret. I have bought them at the beginning of the summer season 2019 for a SUV. The car stayed idle for 2-3 months (probably driven for 300 miles or so during this period), there was no need to balance the tires once we started driving more often. We drove another 3'000 miles after that and everything was fine. The tires felt just normal, no annoying sound, no problems with stability, our car is a 4-wheel drive though. So far I am happy with the tires, given that the roads in Bulgaria are not the smoothest. I would buy again.
Great tire, was skeptical before because of how cheap they. But after 12.000 km I can say without a doubt these are excellent, they don't wear at all and the grip is excellent both in the dry and in the wet.
