Best Tires for the Renault Clio III 1.2 55kW

Very bad tire especially dry and i wear it on a clio iii. own these tires 2.5 years and 25.000 km and they are burned .

I am reading all the bad things about these tires. To all who had accidents with these. I say, that you don't know to drive. I have driven these tires thru 2 inch of water with out problems, they felt like on dry. But if you get in a corner faster than usual, these tires will show their weakness. This isn't a sporty tire. For a small car, it's a reasonable choice. I have them for 5 years. They are still ok. Plenty of life in them. Dry grip and braking are ok, I had a few emergency braking and with ABS they did the good job. Wet grip and braking are also ok, felt safe all the time. Can't say too much about road feedback. Cause my steering wheel is artificial and I don't feel the asphalt at all, even with brand new Good Year UG 9 tires. As for the comfort goes. They were awesome at the beginning, soft and quiet. Now, after 5 years, they become hard and louder. They are much better than the Bridgestone B250 that came factory mounted on the car. Next year will buy some premium rubber. Cause back then when I bought Fulda, I didn't had a money for something better. I will change them next year, because the surface of asphalt in my country is very bad and it's damage the tire. A lot of potholes, speed bumps and high curbs. The size of the tire on my car is 165/65 R15. So, if anyone opt for these. They offer a lot for a reasonable money. A gold middle. One advice. Drive safe and these will serve you very well.

I'm impressed so far..

Having scrubbed a new set of 4 in over 500 miles, the grip in wet & dry is getting better all the time - provides predictable behavior on most surfaces, positive braking feel.

no much of wear.Very good tire for my car.I usually drive sporty and it is really comfortable.Here in Hellas we have a bit of problem with the condition of our roads, so i think that it can stand as one of the best tires for medium use.

Our five year old Renault Clio Sport Estate 1.2 75bhp petrol had covered only 36,000 kms since new, but the original fitment Goodyear tires on the front were about 70 worn. The main problem was they were cracking/perishing a bit and the r/h/s front had worn on the shoulder a bit due to the number of roundabouts in fhe Treviso area. The car is driven mainly on short to medium length journeys only. The Clio does seem to be quite kind to tires and the tracking well set up at the factory, unlike other new cars I have bought

165/65 15 is an odd size, so you are automatically restricted on your choice. A large tire center offered us Pirellis or Formula brand which we were told is a subsidisry of Pirelli and made in Europe. Tires are a rip off in Italy as unlike France or the UK, there seems to be a resistence to an Internet sourced tire supplier being started. So comparable tires for the Clio were about 30% more each than what I would have paid via AlloPneus in France.

The Formula Energy tires were €145 for two balanced and fitted.

The precious Goodyears were not very grippy in the wet, and the day the Formula tires were fitted the weather was terrible with a lot of water streaming across the roads and pooling too. Driving around the same roundabouts and other stretches of road the Formula tires demonstrated good grip in the slippery conditions where the Goodyears would have let go. Aquaplaning resistance was excellent too as the tires cut through standing water.

The Formula tires have an asymetric tread and look really good. They are much quieter running than the Goodyears obviously because they are new and have more rubber, but also because the tread pattern consists of two deep sipes to disperse water and a continuous type pattern rather than a block type. I also noticed that directional stability was improved with these tires, and the car responded more enthusiastically to steering inputs.

Long term I am not too concerned about wear as we cover so few kilometers, but for the money if you do not have a high performance car, these tires are to be recommended.

These are the worst tires I have ever bought, £52 a corner and I have worn them out in 5000 miles, my Continental PC2's lasted me 15k. These Federals are dangerous in the wet even when new with very little grip and in the dry still questionable levels of grip.