Toyo NanoEnergy 3 Reviews - Page 3

Had a full set of Nanoenergy 3's on for the last 15,000 miles approx and they are great tires. For what they are, reasonably priced mid-sized vehicle touring tires, they do the job and let me drive confidently and comfortably. Real strengths in good predictable grip wet or dry. Although they may not be as grippy as the most expensive tires in the segment, for the price they do very well especially at sensible road speeds. Braking performance with ABS is solid while noise levels and ride comfort meet my expectations of a premium touring tire.

Only thing I will say is that while on the front of the car the tires do seem to be wearing a bit faster than I would like, but my A4 is a front wheel drive and I do like tend to push through the corners a bit faster so I do ask quite a bit of them.

Overall a great tire and I would consider fitting another set of the same to my second car when the time comes.

Bought these online a few months back as I wanted to move from 15" wheels down to 14's and have a bigger sidewall for a bit of extra comfort (previous tire was 195/50/15) I opted for the toyo nano energy 3 as it was only €160ish delivered from the deamontweeks for a full set of 4 which is miles cheaper than buying local, also the fact I prefer toyo tires over most other brands so will always buy them if I can.

Initial review - I taught I had made a terrible mistake! Driving in Jan/Feb when the weather is pretty cold and the roads are constantly wet the handling was absolutely awful, the car would over steer at any sort of speed going into roundabouts and just didn't inspire confidence whatsoever! Fast forward about month and 1000kms or so later they were getting a little less twitchy in wet conditions and another couple of months and another few thousand kms more and they seemed to bed right in. Now it's summer and pretty much always warm with the occasional rain shower I have the upmost confidence in them wet or dry, the only flaw I can find now is they tend to squeal like a pig going to slaughter if pushed hard in the dry but they never seem to break traction.

So overall I'm very pleased with them for the price and apart from the sort of "break in" period and the squealing when pushed hard in the dry I can't really complain. The ride quality is good if somewhat a little floaty but they are a 65 profile tire after all but the road noise is nowhere near as bad as the T1R or R888 which I've used in the past. Fuel economy seems to have dropped slightly but maybe that's just me driving harder as I have the confidence to push the car on a bit.

So far I've done about 5000kms and there doesn't seem to be any sign of wear but I'll see if that changes by the end of the summer after some more spirited driving.

Overall I'd give them a 7.5/10