Best Tires for the Volvo V70 2.4T

Certainly not the best tire of all, but it performed well as the best budget tire for this size. Wear out fast, having to know it only has 7-8mm thread depth to start with. Grip is okay, but not to push hard on extra hot tarmac (certainly not for track use) and running water. Also be cautious as they prone to bulging due to inner thread break. So you may need to take note and monitor the tire condition after emergency braking, harsh cornering or frequent rough surface travelling. Other than that, i will buy this tire again.

fitted to the front of a volvo v70 estate,what a mistake!!!!! bought as a result of "good" reviews,like driving on a noisy bag of custard.WILL NEVER BUY THESE AGAIN.

Shocking tires in the wet - buy something else if there is any chance of rain anywhere near where you are going. Volvo's are pretty sure footed, but my V70 just understeers across the road when it is wet at 20 mph. Really, these are dangerous :-(

Very good in wet, superb in dry.
Poor steering feedback but very comfortable.
Inspire confidence, but do roll a bit on corners, definitely a comfy touring tire rather than a sport tire.

I'm very satisfied with my NS2. I've used my first set for 4 years now, and will definitely consider buying them again, when it's time. They are silent running, and gives a precise feeling. I feel these tires behave equivalent in all situations to the Michelinhigh end tires I used before buying Nankang.

Comments on negative feedback in this forum and magazine reviews with bad outcome for these tires:

- I checked the reviews by the German magazine Auto Bild for a couple of high end priced and a couple of low end priced tires. Without any exception, all high end tires got very good reviews and all the low end got "don't buy" reviews. To me that signal that this magazine has an unprofessional and unscientific approach to tire reviews. I just can't be that the price of a tire is 100% correlated to its performance. There's so much more than the tire company's ability to develop a good tire that determines the final price. And Auto Bilds bad review for this tire has been contradicted by hundreds of happy owners.

- Maybe those stating in this forum that this tire's ability to brake is almost zero, and because of this experienced a collision, may say so because they need an excuse other than their own driving ability.

In other words:
Don't care about reviews where the author has driven his car into something, and then blames the tires.

I can tell from my own experience with these tires that an experienced driver would never drive into something in front of him because these tires bad brake ability surprised him. That sounds just ridiculous to me.
Of course there is a difference in the final brake distance between different tires, but in a situation ending in a collision, there are a lot of other factors involved that can be hard for the driver himself to analyze correctly afterwards.

Unlike everybody else who seems to comment on here, I am not boy (or girl) racing / off-roading / towing, just normal everyday driving, 100 miles per day, most of it motorway.
In these circumstances, these tires have been excellent. I have driven through all conditions over the last 12 months -- snow, torrential rain, blistering heat, and I have never felt anything other than completely safe.
For all the "specialist" types of driving I suspect you will need specialist tires, but for "normal" day to day driving, which the vast majority of the driving population does, thses tires are an excellent choice, and represent serious value for money.

I have probably done about 4k with these tires now. I like them a lot, they perform amazingly on damp roads.

The side walls are soft and so if you want a more solid/sporty 'pointy' feel then you may feel let down.

Overall, I don't think I have ever had a better 'all purpose' tire, I've generally gone for more sporty tires in the past, GSD3, T1R, etc, and I think I prefer the rainsports.
They don't have as much 'all out' dry grip as some sporty style tires, or feel very sporty but they offer the best overall performance I've ever seen.

Absolutely magic tires!!

I drive a Volvo V70 2.4T 200bhp very hard and have previously had a set of Goodyear F1's then Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta's on the car. It's a big but powerful estate and demands a lot from the tires.

The Goodyears were good but wore out very quickly (10k on the fronts) and became very noisy. Then came the Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta's and WOW what a difference. Grip was fantastic in wet and dry but again wore out very quickly (8k on the fronts)and became very noisy.

So time to replace them and I wanted a change in tread pattern from the wave patterns to a nice standard 5 cirecumfrential block tire. Then.......I chose Kumho Ecsta Le Sport KU39 tires extra loan and all I can say is WOW, WOW, WOW!

Absolutelt class. They are quiet, comfortable, responsive and grip it fantastic in wet and dry. I also pull a caravan that is 1200kg and have just encountered a 1 in 4 hill start in the rain with the caravan on, so total laden weight of car & caravan was in excess of 3 tonnes and it pulled away fine and traction control didn't even kick in as they was so much grip.

Basically, you can see that I know my tires having done the Goodyears then Vredesteins and what a difference the Kumho's make. It's like a different car!

Wear seems ok but only done 1200 miles so far, so will keep you posted and a £100 fitted per corner on 235/40/18 extra load on a Y rating, then you can't grumble at that.

I would give 100% all round but can't comment on the brealaway point of the tire yet as I haven't pushed them but don''t think there will be much point as the grip is too good.

Go on...treat yourself and buy a set!!!!

Just relpaced all four tires, replacing Pirelli P6000's(which were poor). Very impressed with the Rainsport 2. Good feedback with low rolling noise. Having read some reviews I was concerned about the flexibility of the tire walls; however under acceleration and cornering forces the tires perform well, giving good feedback in both dry and wet cnditions. Cannot comment on the wear yet, although if similar to previous Uniroyals, they should be good. A very good tire, that looks good too and would recommend.