Best Tires for the Volkswagen MKVII Bluemotion
Volkswagen MKVII Bluemotion drivers have left 2 tire reviews on Tire Reviews, covering 211 miles of real world driving. Every tire they rated is ranked below, so you can see what actually works on this car.
- 2owner reviews
- 211 milescovered on them
- 2different tires rated
- 58%average tire score
What Volkswagen MKVII Bluemotion drivers say
The most recent owner reviews from this car, in their own words.
Just for some context, I am 19 and live in the country where the majority of the roads are twisty. I do drive with vigour sometimes but am not your typical teenager (on a law degree and often accused of being old before my time).
The tires are low in grip compared to the ones I had on my Astra SRI, and I have a distinct lack of confidence in the cars handling ability, it seems to let go much too easily in the dry. In the wet, the problem is shown to full extent, the car is basically undriveable if there is any standing water and extreme caution is advised.
What's more, the wear has been appalling. I have covered just short of 11,000 miles in mixed conditions (my route to work includes motorway, twisty roads as well as A Roads). I also regularly cover motorway distances greater than 300 miles per trip. In 8 months, the front tires are totally short, less than half a mil from the legal limit. The back tires are about 25% worn.
I would not recommend. I am aware my car is an Eco car and therefore the suspension is not unto the sporting credentials I was used to with my 2010 Astra SRI. However, after fitting it with some fat, good grip mid range tires (Bridgestones), the car handles 200% better; so much so, I had all four changed immediately.
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