Bridgestone Potenza S001 Reviews - Page 8

I got my Bridgestone Potenza S001 (185/55R15 82V) as stock tires when i purchased my Mitsubishi Attrage GS (Sedan) imported from Japan, or better known in most countries as the Mitsubishi Mirage G4. I had used the tires for 2 years and averaged about 40,000km till it was time for a change. Dry grip for these summer performance tires were good and did not have any under-steer, unless taking corners and going over construction joints which had a very very mild skid if driving over 75km/hr. However for wet grip, they had good traction on the roads when the tires were still under 15,000 - 20,000 km. After that it started giving under-steering issues which at some points drifts on wet road surfaces and dry epoxy flooring at car parks. I use the car daily for traveling from home to work (vice-versa) and back to my hometown on a monthly basis. Now I have swapped all 4 tires to the Michelin Pilot Sport 3, so far so good with the tires and loving the grip and control i have on wet and dry surfaces, cant review much about these tires as still new to them. When the time comes ill post review on them. Cheers..

BMW 340i Msport. A smooth running tire for a runflat. Reasonably quiet with good feedback through steering. Can understeer a little when pushed very hard in the corners but considering its cost I think it's more than acceptable. Wet handling is equally as good yet obviously deteriorated with wear. The wear on this tire has been incredible on the front and very impressive on the rears 26k and 20k respectively. Some uneven wear on the front with the outers going well before the middle despite perfect wheel alignment. I'm a fast driver and don't spare the horses and this is around twice the mileage compared to my last Michelins. Just ordered the same tires as a replacement due to the cost and wear and the fact I do around 40k per year.

these tires came standard with my 2012 BMW F30 when I bought it. Although very noisy tires and rides hard, i like the steering feedback from it, very direct and precise, plenty of grips and predictable behavior, especially in dry. I've tried Pirelli P7, Michelin PS3 and Conti CSC3, they are all mor comfortable and quiter tires but cant beat S001's steering feedback and sporty handling behavior, I just feel more confident with S001

Fitted these to my 2009 1.8tdci zetec s Focus and love them always used continental before but was advised to try these as the conti were not lasting long on the front (due to running such high bhp) only cover 300 miles so far but with esp off you get really good feed back and not a lot of side wall flex highly recommend

They suck, would not recommend to anyone. Much better slternatives such as Pro Pilots available

2012 model year (Mk2 facelift) 180 PS estate. Second user purchase, supplying dealer fitted pair of S001 to the rear axle. I can't really comment on the grip and handling as the front is shod with Turanza ER300s, which are touring tires. Thus there's not really any opportunity to overwhelm the rear. They're not especially quiet, not especially comfortable but not notably bad at either. Wear will ultimately dictate whether I replace the fronts with S001s or go with Michelin Pilot Sport 4 instead. It's not an outrageously fast car and doesn't really demand outright high performance tires. I am not brave enough to swap tires front to rear as I think S001 at the front and ER300 at the rear might prove to be slightly more interesting to review. For perhaps all the wrong reasons!

When the tires were fitted, I was shocked becouse of the dry grip (small roundabout with 25 mph easily). I've never experienced this kind of grip. The brake distance, the handling, the road feadback is excellent! Everything is perfect; everything except the WET GRIP. When I first drove in rain shower, I was also shocked! Aquaplaning, terrible grip and brake distance... I'm really sad, bacouse I love these tires, but on a rainy day these are NOT safe tires. Let's try Yokohama Advan Flevas...

Wet: this tire has no traction at all to 3rd gear on wet surfaces, average grip in turns, but good aquaplanning resistance in my opinion.
Dry: My car have 2.0T engine with 350nm of torque, DSG and LSD results: First - no traction, Second - if dry and hot not on entire rev range, if colder no traction at all, especially when downshift from 3rd to 2nd, Third sometimes slips, Above - OK. Good stability at high speeds.
Cornering - very good response and feel - it's the advantage of this tires, but tend to loose traction sometimes without warning, but in fully controlable way. Safe braking in turns when situation needs it.
Wear: After ~15500 miles/~25000km fronts are worn out to 1 mm above indicator, and rears are in ~60%. Not good at all, but I'm spirited driver so hard to tell.
Comfort: This tire is LOUD, and very STIFF, if somebody likes it - OK, but in my opinion not suitable for cars like Golf GTI, Octavia RS, it hasn't have any comfort features.

Changed to: Michelin Pilot Sport 4 in the same size - for my ears at least ~50% quieter, ~30% less stiff - so much better comfort, much better rolling from speed, above 1st gear traction is good or perfect, cornering is much less "dramatic" sensation - just feel of glue between tire and road. Only disadvantage is that MPS4 has less road feedback by ~ 20%, but who cares if glues to surface well?

One of the best tires I had(next to Michelin)used them for 7 years and never had any issues.

Very grippy tires both in dry and wet. Roadnoise is high as well and lasted about 25 000 km. Overall good performance tires with too much noise and on uneven roads tends to affect steering wheel too much.

Great tire for my 2015 golf R
Have tried many other top brands and these are up where with the best of them
Good all rounder

The grip is incredible at high speeds! These tires wore quickly but were really great!