255/40 R17 Tires
The following tires have been reviewed in 255/40 R17.
| Tire Reviewed | Dry Grip | Wet Grip | Feedback | Handling | Wear | Comfort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 (156) | 94% | 87% | 88% | 87% | 80% | 85% |
| Dunlop Direzza Sport Z1 Star Spec (6) | 92% | 83% | 88% | 88% | 77% | 82% |
| Nokian Z G2 (30) | 88% | 89% | 86% | 84% | 80% | 83% |
| Atlas Sport Green (12) | 92% | 83% | 83% | 83% | 75% | 85% |
| Toyo R1R (31) | 95% | 81% | 91% | 90% | 60% | 71% |
| Michelin Pilot Sport 4 (326) | 91% | 88% | 81% | 84% | 74% | 78% |
| Hankook Ventus RS4 (18) | 87% | 73% | 85% | 89% | 86% | 63% |
| Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 (19) | 96% | 60% | 90% | 92% | 62% | 76% |
| Yokohama Advan Fleva V701 (66) | 84% | 79% | 81% | 81% | 77% | 75% |
| Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 Connect (9) | 93% | 70% | 85% | 88% | 60% | 76% |
| Barum Bravuris 2 (127) | 85% | 78% | 79% | 71% | 75% | 80% |
| Bridgestone Potenza s02 (18) | 90% | 79% | 87% | 87% | 65% | 63% |
| Kumho Ecsta XS KU36 (10) | 91% | 74% | 84% | 84% | 74% | 62% |
| BFGoodrich gForce R1 (1) | 100% | 30% | 100% | 100% | 80% | 30% |
| Hankook Ventus V12 evo k110 (114) | 84% | 75% | 76% | 78% | 74% | 79% |
| Pirelli P ZERO ROSSO Asimmetrico (26) | 87% | 75% | 79% | 82% | 73% | 71% |
| Kumho Ecsta KU31 (165) | 83% | 75% | 77% | 76% | 72% | 74% |
| Avon ZZ3 (115) | 84% | 75% | 78% | 75% | 70% | 74% |
| Maxxis MA Z1 Victra (64) | 88% | 77% | 73% | 77% | 71% | 66% |
| Nankang NS2R (60) | 89% | 66% | 82% | 84% | 72% | 55% |
| Falken ZE912 (200) | 82% | 74% | 75% | 70% | 71% | 79% |
| GT Radial Champiro HPY (24) | 88% | 80% | 73% | 74% | 58% | 76% |
| Hankook Ventus S1 evo2 (80) | 84% | 76% | 76% | 79% | 67% | 72% |
| Falken FK452 (211) | 82% | 72% | 75% | 73% | 69% | 73% |
| Pirelli Powergy (27) | 84% | 77% | 74% | 76% | 64% | 77% |
| Federal 595RSR (51) | 86% | 66% | 76% | 80% | 72% | 57% |
| Landsail LS588 UHP (96) | 80% | 73% | 69% | 67% | 76% | 79% |
| Toyo T1R (288) | 83% | 69% | 75% | 75% | 63% | 70% |
| Toyo R888 (37) | 90% | 63% | 80% | 78% | 59% | 55% |
| Nexen N6000 (63) | 81% | 70% | 74% | 65% | 71% | 74% |
| Continental Sport Contact 2 (229) | 85% | 75% | 76% | 72% | 61% | 66% |
| Pirelli P Zero Runflat (41) | 83% | 69% | 76% | 74% | 58% | 66% |
| Marshal Matrac TX KU17 (8) | 81% | 68% | 64% | 66% | 71% | 69% |
| Pirelli PZero Nero (141) | 83% | 65% | 71% | 71% | 67% | 64% |
| Pirelli P Zero (164) | 84% | 68% | 75% | 71% | 57% | 64% |
| Goodyear EfficientGrip (142) | 77% | 68% | 63% | 61% | 70% | 71% |
| Pirelli PZero Rosso (109) | 81% | 66% | 70% | 68% | 59% | 62% |
| Bridgestone Potenza RE040 (47) | 79% | 58% | 74% | 70% | 65% | 57% |
| Falken FK453 (30) | 77% | 70% | 63% | 60% | 60% | 69% |
| Nankang NS2 (211) | 76% | 58% | 65% | 62% | 73% | 62% |
| Bridgestone Potenza S02A (5) | 75% | 65% | 70% | 65% | 63% | 63% |
| Achilles ATR Sport 2 (43) | 72% | 45% | 61% | 63% | 73% | 66% |
| Federal SS595 SUPER STEEL (136) | 70% | 47% | 57% | 55% | 69% | 48% |
| Accelera PHI (161) | 68% | 44% | 53% | 51% | 66% | 58% |
| Bridgestone Potenza RE050A Run Flat (143) | 72% | 54% | 55% | 48% | 55% | 32% |
255/40 17 Tire Review Highlights
Michelin Pilot Sport 4 rated 72% while driving a BMW 330d
Driving on mostly motorways for 13200 average miles
Driving on mostly motorways for 13200 average miles
Due to the odd/rare size of the rear tires fitted to my car (a 2010 330d), their was only a choice of 2 decent tires, these and the even older Goodyear Asymmetric 2s.
Compared to the A2's I had before the PS4 is a revelation in the wet, the grip in the wet was absolutely staggering (above 7C, below which any summer tire will increasingly struggle), it felt like it almost matched the A2s grip in the dry! Truly amazing grip in the wet!
Grip in the dry seemed good too, although I never pushed them cornering.
A big downside though was the rate they wore at, I nearly got caught out hitting the legal wear limit (1.6mm), I usually change tires at 2.5mm.
Although this was partly due to my mileage shooting up that year (due to a job change), it was also down to how quickly the tires were wearing, from new to ~1.6mm (for the NSR, OSR was ~2.7mm) in about 13.2 k miles. Whereas the last set of GY A2s lasted ~18.6k (rears again).
Their is the mitigating circumstance that I found the rear tracking was out shortly after replacing them, by how much I don't know because the garage's printer wasn't working and they didn't bother to take a photo of it either! That said, it was tracking straight and the outer and inner edges and groves had worn similarly, although the rear was tramlining somewhat (which reduced quite a bit after having it tracked).
Also it seems that the factory pressures are too high for the rears making them wear more in the middle, see their final tread depths below (for each main groove) and make your own mind up. But certainly the A2s pumped up to the same pressures and likely the rear tracking had been a bit out for years as the rear tramlining issue (mainly on the concrete bit of the south part of the M25!) had also been around for years!
NSR 3.2, 2.4, 1.6, 2.7
OSR 3.5, 2.7, 2.7, 3.5
Since then I've fitted Goodyear Asymmetric 6s (I had to downsize slightly to 245/40 17 to get them), and actually their not faring much better :(, they've covered 12.6k miles and are down to 3mm in the ctr grooves already (I can't recall what the outer's were, but theirs a smaller difference than the PS4s, which is at least partly down to the slightly lower pressure I use now, 2.5 Bar vs 2.7, not to mention the tracking being done at the beginning of their life).
Compared to the A2's I had before the PS4 is a revelation in the wet, the grip in the wet was absolutely staggering (above 7C, below which any summer tire will increasingly struggle), it felt like it almost matched the A2s grip in the dry! Truly amazing grip in the wet!
Grip in the dry seemed good too, although I never pushed them cornering.
A big downside though was the rate they wore at, I nearly got caught out hitting the legal wear limit (1.6mm), I usually change tires at 2.5mm.
Although this was partly due to my mileage shooting up that year (due to a job change), it was also down to how quickly the tires were wearing, from new to ~1.6mm (for the NSR, OSR was ~2.7mm) in about 13.2 k miles. Whereas the last set of GY A2s lasted ~18.6k (rears again).
Their is the mitigating circumstance that I found the rear tracking was out shortly after replacing them, by how much I don't know because the garage's printer wasn't working and they didn't bother to take a photo of it either! That said, it was tracking straight and the outer and inner edges and groves had worn similarly, although the rear was tramlining somewhat (which reduced quite a bit after having it tracked).
Also it seems that the factory pressures are too high for the rears making them wear more in the middle, see their final tread depths below (for each main groove) and make your own mind up. But certainly the A2s pumped up to the same pressures and likely the rear tracking had been a bit out for years as the rear tramlining issue (mainly on the concrete bit of the south part of the M25!) had also been around for years!
NSR 3.2, 2.4, 1.6, 2.7
OSR 3.5, 2.7, 2.7, 3.5
Since then I've fitted Goodyear Asymmetric 6s (I had to downsize slightly to 245/40 17 to get them), and actually their not faring much better :(, they've covered 12.6k miles and are down to 3mm in the ctr grooves already (I can't recall what the outer's were, but theirs a smaller difference than the PS4s, which is at least partly down to the slightly lower pressure I use now, 2.5 Bar vs 2.7, not to mention the tracking being done at the beginning of their life).
Yokohama Advan Fleva V701 rated 86% while driving a Ford XH Longreach S Ute
Driving on a combination of roads for 6200 spirited miles
Driving on a combination of roads for 6200 spirited miles
i’ve driven these tires on the rear end of a ford falcon ute, and even with the horrible weight distribution of these falcon utes these tires perform pretty well, have gone about 210kmh in these wheels and they still felt extremely stable when changing lanes, with grip i’ve been happy too with going on hill runs and twisty roads at an average speed of about 110kmh thru corners on the wet and i’ve pushed these tires to over 160kmh on some other corners and the rear end still grips well with the factory lsd diff. tire wear has been alright too (been driving it extremely hard almost daily and haven’t worn out near as much as previous tires i’ve owned). can’t comment about tire noise as my cars way to loud haha. oh yeah and i’ve down a few burnouts and skids in these tires and holy f*** do these things have good wear there’s been times i’ve though ive wrecked the tires and they still look as if no skids where commited. will buy another pair.
After two seasons and around 10k km with moderate driving rear tires were left with 6mm.
Hankook Ventus RS4 rated 71% while driving a Honda S2000
Driving on mostly town for 20000 spirited miles
Driving on mostly town for 20000 spirited miles
Rs4 gives amazing grip but only in the most ideal conditions. Getting temp into these tires is quite difficult, but once warmed up they grip very well. The grip is predictable but certainly not the best. Works very well in sunny weather. Cooler weather or rain makes it more difficult. Speaking of rain, this is not an all season kind of tire so can't expect the best traction from this set. The sidewall is stiff and gives great response and feedback, but high road noise as an unfortunate compromise. The stiffness does compound if you run a higher spring rate or high dampening but can be OK as an all season however not recommended. Wear on the tire is very good, long lasting with this harder compound. Don't expect comfort but this is a good track or weekend mountain carving tire.
Landsail LS588 UHP rated 91% while driving a Alfa Romeo Giulietta
Driving on a combination of roads for 8000 spirited miles
Driving on a combination of roads for 8000 spirited miles
I’ve had Pirelli, Bridgestone the lot and I always come back to landsail. Great tire.
I drive an Alfa Romeo so drive hard into corners and hold the limits where I can.
They are responsive and hold the road really well. They don’t sag or roll. Grip is very good in dry. Wet is good also.
Not sure why they are reviewed as average.. bizarre. I think they are amazing value for money. To the point you can replace every 8000miles instead of having to try and ekk out every last mile on premium brands.
Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 Connect rated 55% while driving a BMW 135i
Driving on track for 2000 spirited miles
Driving on track for 2000 spirited miles
Used the tires primarely on the track (time attack events and practices) and driving to the track.
The dry grip was pretty ok, but it was hard to drive the car close to the limit, as tires gave very little feedback and it felt like the sidewall was very soft.
Rather a lot of understeer and some unexpected oversteer as well.
After just 2 short sessions on the track I have noticed that one of the tread segments (1 of 4) started to wear significantly, especially on front tires. I was very carefull with tire pressure, following Michelin recommendations all the time.
Very soon big parts of this tread segment started to just fall out, while the rest of the tread was rather very good.
After that, I made a reclamation to the tire seller and currently waiting for a results of the examination.
To be honest - very dissapointed with tires performance and behaviour. For over 250 EUR per tire, I was expecting a lot more.
Hankook Ventus S1 evo2 rated 64% while driving a BMW 530D
Driving on mostly motorways for 9000 average miles
Driving on mostly motorways for 9000 average miles
Fitted on the rear. Very good levels of grip in dry and wet, absolutely no complaints about that. As a drawback, the wear was terrible. After 13k kilometers I had slicks in the rear. I drive 120km a day and most of the time on a highway. Sometimes I hit the throttle but most of the I cruise very relaxed. Disappointed in the fast wear at this size.
Hankook Ventus S1 evo2 rated 64% while driving a BMW 530D
Driving on mostly motorways for 9000 average miles
Driving on mostly motorways for 9000 average miles
Fitted on the rear. Very good levels of grip in dry and wet, absolutely no complaints about that. As a drawback, the wear was terrible. After 13k kilometers I had slicks in the rear. I drive 120km a day and most of the time on a highway. Sometimes I hit the throttle but most of the I cruise very relaxed. Disappointed in the fast wear at this size.
Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 rated 93% while driving a Porsche Boxster 2.5
Driving on mostly town for 25000 spirited miles
Driving on mostly town for 25000 spirited miles
These were fantastic tires, could not fault them , had them on a old astra 2.2 a while ago, same again very very good, shame they have gone up so much in price, now over £150 each yet in 2016 i got a pair for £200.
Pirelli P Zero rated 59% while driving a BMW 330
Driving on a combination of roads for 10000 spirited miles
Driving on a combination of roads for 10000 spirited miles
Gouged the sidewall on a nearly new Goodyear F1 while negotiating a narrow lane in Devon, Pirelli was the only quality alternative available. Plenty of dry grip but not so good in the wet. worn out after 10K, abysmal. The Goodyear F1 on the same axle was about half worn despite 2000 more miles. Won't ever buy Pirelli again, not a patch on the F1 for mileage and not that hot on grip.
Accelera PHI rated 43% while driving a Mercedes Benz C280 sport
Driving on mostly motorways for 25000 spirited miles
Driving on mostly motorways for 25000 spirited miles
Ok, 1st ok all I am based in Egypt. I have a W204 C300 Merc AMG Edition 1. Heavy car with 235hp RWD staggered setting and adaptive sport suspension. 225/45R17 Front & 255/40R17 Rear. These tires were newly fitted to my car when I bought it second hand with 30K miles on the clock. Handled accaptably on decent driving. But wore pretty quick we complete deformation on the rear pair with some kickdowns and speeding. I do a lot of long travels along well paved roads. Like 3 hours at 110-120 MPH. Caused awful wandering due to side wall deformation and the steel lining broke completely and caused lateral pull that took a lot of time by the dealer to discover it was actually the tires causing it. Will never fit them again. Never.
Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 rated 89% while driving a Porsche 964
Driving on track for 6000 spirited miles
Driving on track for 6000 spirited miles
Fantastic track day tire with very strong sidewalls. Will definitely buy again.
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