245/40 R16 Tires

The following tires have been reviewed in 245/40 R16.
Tire Reviewed Dry Grip Wet Grip Feedback Handling Wear Comfort
Toyo R888 (37) 90% 63% 80% 78% 59% 55%
Primewell PZ900 (59) 72% 58% 54% 57% 57% 50%

245/40 16 Tire Review Highlights

Toyo R888 rated 40% while driving a Porsche 911 Carrera 3.2
Driving on a combination of roads for 1000 spirited miles
These came with the car, I quickly put its original wheels on and got some normal premium road tires.
Superb dry cornering grip.
Make a loud howling noise.
No comfort whatsoever.
Make the car feel heavy.
tire reviewed on 2024-04-30 13:39:13
Primewell PZ900 rated 14% while driving a Nissan 300zx
Driving on mostly town for 5000 average miles
This is the worst tire I've had the misfortune of experiencing. These are dangerous tires
Came on the car when I bought it, the grip was unbelievably terrible. Car was standard, and was caught out when the tires span up in 3rd gear @ 70mph. This happened on many occasions. Couldn't go full throttle in 1st or 2nd gear as grip was nonexistent. I couldn't enjoy the car at all.
In the wet the car was just flat out scary, extremely unpredictable.
There was 0 feedback, you could never tell what they would do.
Luckily the tires only lasted 5k miles before they were totally bald and needed replacing.
My brother who also had a 300zx got his with Pirelli p600s (aka the ditch finders) and he said these were even worse than they were, which is saying a lot.
They were replaced with thinner 235 Goodyear eagle f1 as2 and the difference was unbelievable. The car was amazing to drive, loads if feedback, wet and dry grip was great. Soon moving to 245/265 as2s.
There is no way I could recommend this tire to anyone at all.
tire reviewed on 2016-02-23 05:16:33
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