Best Tires for the Mitsubishi Magna

Just changed my tires to these and now the car drives like a new car. A hugh improvement. The drive is very smooth, they grip the road and the stopping is great. So, so far after around two thousand kilometers it has been great.

Had four years and done 16,000 kms. Still looking new. Very quiet with nice road feel and feedback. About to fit 1" larger diameter wheels and will definitely be fitting another set of these.

I'm comparing my new tires to my previous tire Goodyear EfficientGrip. I was considering getting a new set of EfficientGrips because they have lasted 10 years and they have been outstanding in all seasons, but Bob Jane were able to offer a buy-3-get-1-free offer on these Dunlops FM800s instead. (The EfficientGrip had since been replaced by EfficientGrip Performance and an EfficientGrip Performance 2 is availabe in some markets, but Goodyear didn't reply to my question as to when it would be sold in Australia (win for Dunlop). I drive a 2000 Mitsubishi Magna. As the front wheels have to steer and drive the front wheels, cheap tires tend to spin on greasy roads at traffic lights. I'm not a hoon, but I do tend to accelerate quite quickly so I need good traction. Compared to the Goodyears, I would say these are more comfortable and absorb a little more of the roughness of Australian roads. Grip in the wet is excellent thank to the wide and deep channels. Noise is only slightly louder than the EfficientGrip, but still very good. Somehow the steering seems 'lighter' when driving the car now which is great when parking but I think it makes the car feel slightly less 'accurate' than the EfficientGrip. I can't rate these tires for emergency braking or durability as I've only put a few hundred kms on them. Overall I'd definitely get these tires again if they can last 10 years and there was an offer but I'd also recommend the Goodyear EfficientGrip. I'm sure they's suit most cars, but I'd highly recommend for a Magna / 380, Camry, Falcon or Commodore. Pro: Great value when on sale. Comfortable. Excellent wet and dry grip. Reasonably quiet. Easier to steer. Con: Slight vagueness in accuracy Not tested: Durability, emergency braking, fuel economy

I've been driving with these tires for near 30,000km now after being reccomend them by a rep. I was a little hesitant at first, but was glad I took their advice. I have always felt confident in wet and dry with this tire. It grips and brakes well, with no suprises. Over the life of it so far this hasn't faded noticeably which makes them a great choice if you want consistency. I find they provide immense stopping power in the final part of braking, with them gripping up better and hauling the car up fast.

While I was a copper, I drove different vehicles on different tires in situations that the average driver would never do (or at least never have a need to do). I began using Kendas on my own medium sized cars (magna, cressida, commodore, falcon) and found them to be much better than most. The grip, wear and ride are much better the avergae 'big brand' tires. If any tire is pushed harder than we did, then they shouldn't be driving. I don't know how well Kendas stand up on large cars (fairlane etc) as I never got a chance to fit some before trading my NC in. On both highway and city driving I like them. On the 'down' side, like Yokohamas they do wear a little quicker than most of the harder compound tires but provide better grip and comfort. With any tire, regular pressure checking will improve the performance and life of the tire.

Just bought a new set coming from the standard yokohamas that come new with my car. Great Tire but the road noise is terrible for highway driving. It is like driving a plane down the runway. I have taken back to the tire shop to have a look and they can't find a problem with tire, but I can see after only 5000km's that the wear on these isnt very good. Not worth the money I paid for em.

Got these with a set of rims I recently purchased to replace my Kumho Ku31's. Not a terrible tire, but I'm not overly impressed with it at all.

The treadlife of these tires are actually quite good. I've done 15,000miles and it's still got 60% tread left which is great, considering that previous set of tires (Kumho KU31's) only lasted for about 25,000 miles.

These tires, under normal driving conditions perform fine in dry. I tend to always get grip unless I'm really pushing my car hard, and they have low levels of noise which does it make it quite comfortable as well. The cornering ability of these tires are slightly better than the Ku31's due to a stiffer sidewall that bends inwards instead of outwards like the Ku31's did. This also means no protection for my wheels so I need to be very careful when parking next to the curb.

However, the lack of grip in the wet from these tires, is borderline dangerous. I've got a fairly powerful fwd car and if I dare to put more than 50% throttle in either first or second gear then the entire front end of the car will dart off to the left or right. I can even spin these tires when I change gears from 2nd to 3rd if I don't do a very low rpm gear change. It makes me feel quite uneasy in the wet. I don't feel confident in the rain if anything was to happen requiring me to swerve or slow down quickly. It is a concern considering the tight laws there are here in Victoria (Australia) where any wheelspin lands your car into the pound for 30 days.

I miss having grip like I have had in the past from the KU31's and Michelin XM1's and will not be buying this tire again. If you don't push your car hard, then these can suffice, however take it very easy in the wet.

One of the most quiet tires I have ever tried. I have replaced the worned ones with Michelin Primacy HP and have noticed a little noise & vibration immediately. My feedback for the wet is a little biased as I live in Oman (5 days of rain per year).

I wasn't happy with the wear as the rears of my Magna VRX became slicks after 7,000 km post X-rotation (27.000km in total. That's 20,000 km as front tires and 7,000 km as rears). However, I am intending to buy GR-90 (or newer generations) again after the Michelins I have got.

An absolultely appalling tire. Three significant draw backs: wear, comfort, and wet weather performance.

On a 1500kg, 220hp front-drive car, lasted only 12000km with an easy driving style. Goodyear Eagle F1 GSD3 lasted over 50000km, Bridgestone Potenza GIII lasted a similar distance.

Stiff sidewalls were ok for initial turn-in, but crueled ride terribly.

But the killer was wet weather performance - it felt as though the tire rigidity increased about 4 fold when they hit a bump or road reflector in the wet. The one of the first significant drives I did when fitted was a highway drive in the wet, whenever the tires hit a road reflector the car would literally jump sideways. Performance was so poor, Bridgestone Australia replaced them with ER300 Turanza without an argument.

I would not recommend these tires, Goodyear Eagle GSD3 (though no longer sold) were a vastly superior tire in every respect except, perhaps, willingness on initial turn-in.