Best Tires for the Volkswagen Golf 7 TDI

These were cheapest tires I could buy at my shop, 160 EUR for a set of 4 (40 EUR each). So far I've driven them about 3500 miles/5600 km. I'm very pleased with these tires. Before these tires I had Continental ContiPremiumContact 6. I'll start with negatives, they are not even close to be sporty, they don't give a lot of feedback of the road. I would describe feedback feeling like jello, very squishy. Compared to the Conti I had previously, they have very good grip on the dry and wet roads. Not as good as Conti, but still very good. So far I've driven them 50% in the city, 50% on the Autobahn and grip in every situation is great. Braking is very good, specially in the city, where speed is up to 80 km/h. They are a bit "nervous" at very hard braking over 150 km/h. Few times I had to break from 180 km/h to almost full stop, and tires felt wobbly, I had to give a lot of steering input to keep the car straight. Compare that to Conti where I could basically brake without touching the steering wheel. But I've never felt like they are slipping, grip is there, just not stability. For drivers who drive mostly in the city and don't go over 150 km/h on the highway, I would highly recommend these. They are very quiet and if you drive casually (that is, if you drive the speed limit) very comfortable. I have them for just about a month and a half, so I don't have any data about wear and how they behave after a while.

Terrible at noise. Overall grip is good bit tgis tires are so loud that i will replace them after 2000km driven. My first and last hankook. I will stick with Conti or Goodyear

Having a big rolling resistance, the car tilts on curves pretty bad. The material from which the tire is made is soft and that is why the car tilts quite strongly on the curves. Compared to the Michelin Cross Climate 2, Bridgestone tires are better on dry asphalt and wet, but overall the car does not have a good driving feeling. It requires checking the pressure quite often considering that all 4 lose pressure simultaneously. The car overall feels rough on pits and bumps, but soft in curves. Tires are sensitive to alternating temperatures warm-cold (the climate in Romania this summer in which one day is 35 degrees and the next 25 degrees). They have always required a much higher pressure than one that would be comfortable for driving on bumpy roads or with potholes. With this in mind, the suspension of the car suffers in the long run due to these tires. Overall, I do not recommend for the driving experience, the overall feel of the car, even if on dry and wet are good.

Only had these tires for a couple of weeks but what I immediately noticed was the noise. I changed my winter tires with these expecting a more quite ride. What I got was a noticeable perceived increase in noise levels. They sound like they are easily 3db (double the noise) above my winter tires in loudness. I haven't tested it with a db-meter since it could be a difference in tone as well. Otherwise they handle well and I feel confident with them on the roads.

I bought this tires for a small car that doesn't drive often thinking they will be all right for the use. I was very wrong. When new they are okay, but after a year the wet handling was horible, as well as the breaking distance. Would not recommend to buy to anyone, as the are quite dangerous to drive after two years old

3 years into the tires, i can say great grip in the wet and dry all from 5C to 40C degree weather.
When driving agressively, the sidewall flex is quite big, so you feel you're losing grip while youre actually just flexing the tire sideways. Besides that great handling tires, have nothing against them, will most likely buy again. on about 4-5mm of tread after about 25k miles, which is pretty good for my driving style.

Great tires, amazing grip in the wet and great grip in the dry. Very good in the snow until you get to about 5mm, then it's not good enough for the snow conditions where i live (good enough for most situations, wont get traction on steep hills anymore). After 3 years of driving (1 aggressive, 2 moderate years, 25k ish miles) the tires have 4.2-4.8mm left. Am probably going to fit them this season and use them until the end of summer, havent decided on it yet tho.

Very good tire overall. I have only one minus for this tires and that is that one of them after 30.000km became very loud, first i thought that my well bearing is bad but after changing to summer tires noise was gone.

Very good tire. Great on wet and dry. Best wear ever. I did 65.000km with this tires on 2.0 tdi Golf 7 Variant (185Hp, 430Nm). Sure i did swap tires from rear to front and back every 10-15.000km to male them wear even. I will buy again.