Given
71%
while driving a
Mercedes Benz SLK 350
(245/40 R17 W) on
a combination of roads
for 13,000
spirited miles
Original Tires on my 2009 Mercedes SLK 350, 245/40/17 on the rear and 225/45/17 on the front.
Very good Tires for this car, very good handling and grip especially in dry, easy to handle and very good steering precision.
Very stable in high speeds, I drove a few times across Germany on the Autobahn in very high speeds up to 250 Km/h, the car was absolutely stable and balanced, very impressive.
For this car acceptable comfort and noise-level, I am however very doubtful if I would choose these Tires for a comfort-oriented car, these Tires are a bit hard and noisy.
The wear is probably acceptable for this type of car with 306 HP which I used often although 22.000 km on the rear Tires feels a little bit poor, I got about 35.000 km on the front Tires.
Because of good reviews I changed to Goodyear F1 Assymetric 2 but although the Goodyears has a little bit better comfort and noise-level they are not as good as the Continentals on this car, especially the steering precision and feeling is significantly better with the Continentals.
I would buy these Continental Tires again for a sports-car.