Given
23%
while driving a
Ford Focus mk2
(205/55 R16 V) on
a combination of roads
for 300
easy going miles
Awful, awful tires! Bought a car three weeks ago and these were already fitted on the front and were brand new. My first experience of driving in the wet was terrifying with these tires. I'm a cautious driver and never drive a car hard, so it was an unpleasant surprise when I went to pull out at a roundabout and the tires just span and the car sat there. The traction control went mad trying to regain some sort of grip and every time it put any power back to the front wheels, it span again. Despite the traction control and easing of the accelerator, it was just hopeless and found myself a few feet out on the roundabout with cars fast approaching. At first I did wonder if there was a load of oil on the road or something as I had never experienced anything quite like it, but no, same thing happened when attempting to pull out of a junction on to a dual carriageway. Anything more than gentle braking results in the ABS having to work hard, too. I have to crawl round any corners in the wet as I have no confidence that these will hold the car on the road. They should re-brand these tires 'Ditchfinders' as it is a more accurate description of what they will do. I cannot express just how lethal these tires are in the wet and I would urge everyone to avoid them. They are so bad that I have now got the car booked in to have these tires removed and a decent set of tires fitted.