Given
90%
while driving a
Mazda 3 Series
(225/45 R17) on
mostly country roads
for 55,659
spirited miles
Completed 50,000kms in Mazda 3 Max Sport 2017, Auto, great handling car improved further with these tires. Comfort is extremely good, no issue with either wet weather braking or handling unless you push the car beyond the prevailing road conditions.I live in Queensland Australia, semi-tropical region some 18okm's from Brisbane.
Road surfaces off the freeways are course stone chip on bitumen, which results in a course ride, however, these tires perform much better in terms of noise transmission and handling than the standard OE Dunlops fitted on our second car, a 2018 Corolla. Bridgestone have the knack in engineering a good product with great wear resistance, combined with above-average wet handling characteristics. I removed the road tires off a new Hilux SR5 and replaced them with the Dualer 697's, they are the best value AT tires on the market. I got 85,000Kms from these fitted on my Prado.