Continental Premium Contact 6 Reviews - Page 3

Pretty nice tire, a quite balance choice between handling and comfort.

I live in Belgium and those tires were the standard tires fitted on my car when i bought it in 2019. Ever since, i rebought them because they were excellent in pratically every aspect of everyday driving. They have an excellent grip on dry roads even very badly damaged roads with lots of bumps and potholes, various road surface from tarmac to a mix of vaguely formed road which you can encounter in Belgium. Road temperature doesn't affect much the comportement of the tire and thus the car itself except when you drop below 0°C which you can feel a bit of adherence loss but it's very marginal. On wet roads the same behavior is felt, you got a lot of grip even on oily road. My only complain is on highway with heavy rain i've felt that the grooves have difficulties to evacuate the water which increases the risk of aquaplaning. I've never been worried about losing control of my car though. This situation only happens at 100 - 110 km/h on really badly soaked roads. Road feedback is excellent and handling is top noch. The wear is a bit of a weakpoint which depend on stand point. I did in average 30.000 to 35.000 km with every sets of tires. 30.000 for the front one since it's a traction and 35.000 for the rear. Comfort is good but they are a bit noisy 80db if i remember correctly. To conclude, I had never used continental tires, I only had Michelins in the past, but it is clear that these are also very good or even better than Michelins. Besides, I now only buy Continentals which are slightly cheaper than Michelins.

I reviewed my first full set here, 1 May 2021. I am still very happy, I just replaced the front pair, for the 2nd time now, since fitting the initial 4 in 2021. I cross rotate the tires every 5000km, to even out the wear, and religiously, maintain tire pressures every time I fill tank. I found running the fronts @ 2.6 Bar and rears @2.5 Bar cold, is my preferred setting. Near end of life, they did get a bit squirrely in the wet, but was still stable. A bit of tramlining, and got a bit louder, but not much. Dry grip was still excellent, with some long sweeping highway interchanges still being able to be taken at ""spirited "" speeds. One person commented at the next robot (or traffic lights to the rest of the world), they liked my quattro Audi could pass them in the cloverleaf interchange but my car is a FWD :) I replaced them with the 6's again , since the 7's were not in stock at my preferred Shop we get our work fleet tires there and get a bit of discount . And I dint want to wait. These are not Sport contacts, but they very good, and last a bit longer if you drive sensible and look after them.

Avoid these tires like the plague if you ever drive in even a little bit of snow. Dry handling very good although a little noisy. Wet breaking good. Wet handling OK. Have not hydroplaned yet but they are new. However, in the snow even a little bit. They are absolutely worthless. I’m very used to driving in the snow. I’m Canadian. These tires are just dangerous. I live in North Carolina now I would never buy these tires again.

Absolute great tire that is family oriented. The road noise and comfort level is nice for journeys, so much comfort in fact that I regret that I didn’t go lower in profile size. The tire lasted me very long time until one of them got puncture at end of their life around 4mm thread. Note that I’ve done several skidding and etc with these tires yet they lasted somehow around 60 000km. These tires have great handling, nothing to complain and it handles rain great. You can drive around 90mph highway on a bad rain day with confidence knowing that water puddle won’t do anything to the tires. The break distance on these tire is phenomenal, seriously like the ABS never kicks in on dry let alone barely on wet road.

Previously used Falken 310 and Pirelli PZ4. Read from previous reviews the downsides are mainly increased noise and less comfort. However, in my experience after driving with these for almost half year, and I am a someone who prefers comfort and quietness rather than all out handling, I find the noise level very liveable, hardly disturbing. And the comfort is reasonably good. To be honest, I'm not quite bothered. The performance, Wow!. Amazingly good. Esp on dry. Immediately felt after changing. The car feels more upright, less prone to lean on doing the bends and very planted on the roads. Very confidence inspiring! And the road feedback is much improved surprisingly, given the Audi has very light steering. Wet performance is also very good. I don't drive crazy fast but the difference is obvious, less ABS activation esp in wet car parks. All in all, a really good tire and I'd happily recommend it. However, there's now the CPC 7, looks like I have to try that next!

Outstanding in the wet, especially through corners. Ditto in the dry. Cornering is 11/10. My car has a great chassis set up, so these tires work well. Trade off, as usual, wear and perhaps comfort. Small details.

Perfect tires for this money!

I have been using these tires for the last 5 years, 215/50/17 91W. Overall impression is very positive, only comment would be the road noise when the tire is not yet warm (lower outside temperatures). Other than that, excellent predictability of handling, superior wet and dry braking, good comfort and no drastic change in its capabilities during the lifespan. Not catching small rocks from the road like the Dunlop / Uniroyal tires, no isses with soft sides like Goodyear, not plastic like Pirelli. I would definitely buy this tire again.

new Tuscan came with continental tires front tires wore out after 8500 miles very disappointing i was told they are made of soft rubber and not suitable for a heavy car

Usual Continental competence rather than excellence, but still a decent tire overall. If people think this tire is noisy, wait until they try a PS4 or Eagle F1 SuperSport. The Premium 6 is whisper quiet compared to those two in 225/40/18 size. In common with many modern assymetric tread patterns, tramlining and aquaplaning get significantly worse as you approach the 2mm wear limit (few people ever mention that), so I will be interested to see how the Premium 6 compares to the PS4 and F1 SS when it's almost spent. The F1 SS in particular is horrendous for tramlining when it's down to 3mm.

These tires came OE with my 2022 VW Polo and I have really mixed opinions about them Let's start off with the good They handle....amazing in dry conditions. Road feedback is superb and they do exactly what they need to. Too early for a wear review, but handling wise they handle amazing. Braking is top notch, wet handling is also actually pretty damn good. And the tires are actually quite comfy too Now the bad The road noise is some of the worst I've ever experienced in a tire. It's so bad that, even though they have only just over 6 000km on the set, I'm honestly considering changing them. That may not bother some people but it gets to me, especially that I do mostly highway and long trips It isn't necessarily a deal breaker, as the handling and feedback from the tire is great. But just something to definitely consider when buying the tire