Best Tires for the Mazda MX5 MK3 2011

Incredible, transformed the handling and feel of my 2011 Mazda MX5 2.0 Sport Tech manual.

Not very impressed, to be honest. Dry grip on warm summer roads is much lower than I expected, not even comparing favorably to the well-worn Pilot Sport 3's that they replaced. There's a lot of tire wall movement and they lack the precision that I've gotten used to with the Michelins. On the plus side, they are noticeably quieter and the wet grip is adequate. If you've got an MX5 and enjoy throwing it about occasionally, there are much better choices available.

Very pleased with these tires, I've been running Continental Sport Contacts 3 through to 5 over the years and have been very pleased with them. However, so fat the Goodyears have taken it up a notch, perhaps not in ultimate dry grip but in feedback it's a fair leap. My car is heavily modified producing circa twice the factory power so good tires are essential and these do provide outstanding grip and feedback Wear is a bit of an unknown as I've only put a couple of thousand miles on them so far. One strange thing with these tires though, most, if not all new tires I've used on various cars over many years come with 8mm tread from new. The Goodyear's come with 7mm tread (interesting that some reviews state they have 7mm tread after 5k miles etc) I'd be interested to know if there is a technical reason for this lower tread from new or if it is simply to have customers replacing sooner. I always replace at 3mm tread as performance starts to drop of significantly at this point so Goodyear's despite all the positives only give me 4mm working tread, interesting.

A great tire all round and I decided to replace the OEM Bridgestone Potenza that had badly cracked on the tread of each tire. I’d previously had an Asymmetric 2 on my BMW Z4 and had no reservation in selecting the latest Asymmetric 5 as my replacement on my Mazda MX-5

Had them fitted for 3 years and even though they are from a reputable brand I can say that i find them average and noisy. Especially for my car that it is a soft top therw was quite some noise from them especially in motorway driving. Also they where quite stiff. I also had them on another vehicle, front drive in R16, and I had found them much better than my experience on the MX5.

Have them for 42 months(3.5 years) and even though it is not a tire designed for sports cars but a more executive style tire I can say they are a good all rounder. Only problem is that even though wear wise they are excellent they cracked after the first 30 months(2.5 years). Maybe that has to do with the weather hete as I live in Cyprus where there is a lot of heat and high temperature for most of the year.

Had them fitted from factory, a good all rounder withnwer as the weak spot on them. I live in Cyprus so wet conditions are not a big problem.