Given
63%
while driving a
BMW E34 5 Series
(225/60 R15 V) on
a combination of roads
for 16,000
spirited miles
These tires were pretty much universally praised on online forums but having used them for 16,000 miles I have my reservations.
I cannot criticize their grip, wet or dry they are rather difficult to unstick. However I do have a problem with their wear characteristics and their road manners. When I first used them, I noticed that the car was tram-lining more readily than on the old tires and the tires themselves were rapidly wearing into a saw tooth pattern which I haven't experienced with any other tire. I checked the tracking and the front toe was minus seven minutes from spec (not a lot but I duly corrected it). Even so the saw tooth patterns remained until I rotated the tires diagonally across the car. Tire pressures were regularly checked so were not the cause, which leads me onto my next criticism- Noise and comfort. On some surfaces these tires are much noisier than a premium tire, and the ride quality, too, is way behind that of the premium tires.
Finally, for me these tires were only 15% cheaper than Continentals. For these reasons I believe I'll be going for Continentals or Vredesteins next.