Continental Premium Contact 6 Reviews - Page 4

Given 53% while driving a Saab Automobile 93 Sportwagen 150 TiD (235/45 R17) on mostly town for 8,500 average miles
Terrible longevity. The tires needed replacing at 8500 miles. Sent off to Continental who blamed tracking, despite the wear being the full width of the tires and the tracking fine. Last time I'd buy Continental.
Helpful 30 - tire reviewed on November 13, 2021
Given 77% while driving a Volkswagen bora tdi (225/45 R17) on mostly country roads for 10,000 average miles
All kinds of road, most uphill and downhill, Madeira island roads
Helpful 31 - tire reviewed on November 3, 2021
Given 74% while driving a Alfa Romeo 1.9 JTD M (245/45 R18) on mostly country roads for 15,000 spirited miles
Very disappointed from these tires. Very bad handling in wet conditions. Descent in the dry. My previous tires were Vredestein Ultrac Satin and Sportrac 5 (on my previous car AR 156 140hp) which were much better.
Helpful 20 - tire reviewed on October 19, 2021
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Given 30% while driving a Mercedes Benz C220 cdi sport (225/45 R17) on mostly country roads for 3,728 spirited miles
Bought this tire gor a MB w204 coupe, in 6000km they were shot. The worst tire you can buy to drive a bit sporty. Car was just sliding all the time, there was no feedback from the front due to too much understeer. I would even deem this tire unsafe for any fast car or a fast driver.
Helpful 32 - tire reviewed on September 19, 2021
Given 94% while driving a Mercedes Benz C180 (225/50 R17) on a combination of roads for 10,000 average miles
I have used these tires about 15000 kilometers. It feels absolutely safe on both dry and wet surfaces. The best performance tire I've ever used, especially on dry ground. The only missing point is that it is a bit loud compared to its competitors. Overall I recommend it to everyone.
Helpful 25 - tire reviewed on August 5, 2021
Given 72% while driving a BMW 318is (205/55 R16) on a combination of roads for 7,000 spirited miles
First impression was great. Grip, feedback, traction and especially braking were great... at least until summer kicked in. I have driven with this tires fitted from -5°C to +35°C and they are amazing up to around 25°C. When temperatures rise over 30°C and surface temperature increases (basically during summer) they start acting like winter tires in the summer, a lot of understeer(in a rwd car) feedback is a disastrous and if you push them it only gets worst. They can still stop the car with minimal ABS intervention but I was expecting a lot more from Continental.
Helpful 24 - tire reviewed on June 27, 2021
Given 73% while driving a Audi RS4 Quattro (225/45 R17) on a combination of roads for 8,000 spirited miles
Really surprised about the grip levels, especially in the wet. Balance is towards too much understeer in my case, and some delay at the rear axle can be felt with spirited driving and at high speeds in autobahn. For normal driving is a good tire, but it doesn't communicate too much through the steering; maybe comfort is the worst area, showing a little too sharp feel over most impacts and some small aftershake. Noise levels are average. Wear seems to be very good as they have more than 12kkm and they look...well, worn, but normal, no cracks or weird things after many twisties, Europe trips and even some Nordschleife action. Would definitely buy again for a family car that does motorway and mild country roads, but not for a weekend car.
Helpful 26 - tire reviewed on May 13, 2021
Volvo V70D5 (225/45 R17) on a combination of roads for 40,000 spirited miles
Have these tires on my Volvo V70 D5 2wd manual. Have drivin about 30000km on them. Got them installed when I bought the car, used when I test drove the car at first It had worn michelins, they where much softer and as I remember less noisy and more comfortable. At that test drive I did not drive aggressively so I cannot comment on the feel on the old tires but they lacked a lot of grip. The Premium contact 6 hooks to the ground really good pulling away in dry or wet. But I feel a lot torque steer and sensitivity to tracks or unevenness in the road. When you launch or drive aggressively the tires hook really good but demands a lot of the driver in terms of holding the wheel and react to unevenness in the road. I would like a more forgiving tire. Tire wear is bad (wearing fast(, but the wear pattern is very good wearing evenly. Reason I bought the tire was I was so happy with the grip, comfort, performance and wear life (60000km) om my Premium contact 5 I had on the previous car. I do not think I would by the same tire again I will try out a new tire, not because of the cost per km and the nasty jerks in the wheel I get.
Helpful 23 - tire reviewed on May 12, 2021
Audi (225/45 R17) on a combination of roads for 3,000 spirited miles
Replaced Conti Sport Contact 5 with these. Very very Happy, they dont grip as well as the SC5, But then these Last MUCH longer than the SC5's did. Dry grip is excellent for what they are. Braking is stable and swift. We had some recent unseasonal winter Rain storms here in Pretoria, Aquaplaning on highway on some deep streams/puddles was very controlled, and predictable: no clenching moments ;) . Not noisy at all ( compared to the Falkens before I ran the SC5.) Will stick to these untill the 7's come out...
Helpful 27 - tire reviewed on May 1, 2021
Given 94% while driving a Volkswagen Scirocco 1,4 TSI 160hp (225/45 R17) on mostly country roads for 700 spirited miles
I am using these tires on my 2015 160 hp automatic scirocco. This is the only tire that stops my car without activating ABS. Before buying this, I was looking at Michelin Pilot Sport 4. Since Michelin is a very smooth tire and our roads are really bad in Turkey, I chosed PC6. I am really happy with them. The feedback your are getting from your car is amazing. Note: Some people wrote things about the noise. I don't think that there is a problem about noise. I am using them for 2k km, I don't have any problem.
Helpful 135 - tire reviewed on March 14, 2021
Given 56% while driving a Ford S Max (225/45 R17 W) on a combination of roads for 12 average miles
Good tire. Awful value for money! They're not bad. But they're not great. At all. Hugely expensive and therefore very disappointing. Impression that they are melting onto the road in got weather. Wear is the same as a budget tire. Handling good, but not progressive enough at the limit. Heavy steering feel and only good in wet. Nothing like the old conti 2's back in the day. If you drive or park on loose gravel, you'll be spending more time picking out pieces of gravel from the tires than driving due to groove sizes. More than half worn after 20,000 Km Mostly smooth French motorways with some very spirited A road driving thrown in.
Helpful 24 - tire reviewed on January 12, 2021
Given 89% while driving a Skoda (225/45 R17) on mostly country roads for 30,000 spirited miles
Fitted PremiumContact 6s to my mapped Yeti 170tdi 4x4 having run Sportcontact 5s on it previously, & because they really impressed by how much they improved the car after Goodyear Efficientgrip Performance & Dunlop SP01 tires. The Yeti also has Eibach springs & Bilstein dampers fitted so dynamically is pretty impressive & will keep any decent warm hatch honest. Subjectively it's also a better car than my much newer (albeit quicker) Audi S3, so it deserves & can make use of good tires. The Premium Contact 6s have noticeably better ride quality over significant bumps than the SC5, yet still retained 95% of that tire's brilliant subjective feel. Wet & dry grip were really impressive, & it's only suffered any performance drop off once below about 2.5mm of tread. Their only slightly weakness is aquaplaining resistance especially later in life & when compared to a premium new winter tire, but that's probably unfair as they have deeper tread from new than any summer tire anyway. Other than that the PremiumContact 6 has been a very impressive tire. Regretting buying Michelin PS4 tires for my S3 now, wish I'd put these on the S3 instead. Wear wise, the PC6 has outlasted the SC5 as they've done around 30K miles in total. Would definitely highly recommend & buy again.
Helpful 27 - tire reviewed on December 11, 2020