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Firestone F700

The Firestone F700 is a Touring Summer tire designed to be fitted to Passenger Cars.

6.0
Tire Reviews Score Based on User Reviews
Limited Confidence View Breakdown
Dry Grip
84%
Wet Grip
61%
Road Feedback
74%
Handling
73%
Wear
71%
Comfort
69%
Buy again
60%
8 Reviews
70% Average
138,510 miles driven
Firestone F700

Firestone F700

Summer Mid-Range
BETA
6 / 10
Based on User Reviews · Limited Confidence · Updated 23 Feb 2026

The Tire Reviews Score is the most comprehensive tire scoring system available. It aggregates professional test data from multiple independent publications, user reviews, and consistency analysis using Bayesian statistical methods, weighted normalisation, and recency-adjusted scoring to produce a single, reliable performance rating.

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Score Components
Professional Tests
Weight: 80%
Tests: 0
Publications: 0
User Reviews
Weight: 15%
Reviews: 8
Avg Rating: 70.2%
Min Required: 5
Consistency
Weight: 5%
Score Std Dev: 0.14
History Points: 10
Methodology & Configuration
Scoring Process
  1. Collect Test Data: Gather results from professional tire tests across multiple publications. Minimum 1 test(s) required.
  2. Normalize Positions: Convert test positions to percentile scores using exponential weighting (factor: 1.2).
  3. Apply Recency Weighting: More recent tests are weighted higher with a decay rate of 0.95.
  4. Incorporate User Reviews: Factor in user review data (minimum 5 reviews). Weight: 15%.
  5. Bayesian Smoothing: Apply Bayesian prior (score: 7, weight: 1.5) to prevent extreme scores with limited data.
  6. Calculate Final Score: Combine all components using normalization factor of 1.1. Max score with limited data: 9.5.
Component Weights
Test Data
80%
User Reviews
15%
Consistency
5%
All Configuration Parameters
ParameterValueDescription
safety_weight 0.7 Weight multiplier for safety-related metrics
performance_weight 0.55 Weight multiplier for performance metrics
comfort_weight 0.4 Weight multiplier for comfort metrics
value_weight 0.45 Weight multiplier for value-for-money metrics
user_reviews_weight 0.15 How much user reviews contribute to the final score
test_data_weight 0.8 How much professional test data contributes to the final score
consistency_weight 0.05 How much score consistency contributes to the final score
recency_decay_rate 0.95 Rate at which older test results lose influence (higher = slower decay)
min_test_count 1 Minimum number of professional tests required
min_review_count 5 Minimum number of user reviews required
score_version 1.9 Current version of the scoring algorithm
score_normalization_factor 1.1 Factor used to normalize raw scores to the 0-10 scale
confidence_factor_weight 0.2 How much data confidence affects the final score
position_penalty_weight 0.2 Penalty applied for poor test positions
gap_penalty_threshold 12 Score gap (%) that triggers additional penalties
min_metrics_count 2 Minimum number of test metrics needed per test
limited_data_threshold 2 Number of tests below which data is considered limited
single_test_penalty 0.75 Score multiplier when only one test is available
critical_metric_penalty 0.7 Penalty for poor performance on critical safety metrics
critical_metric_threshold 70 Score below which a critical metric penalty applies
position_exponential_factor 1.2 Exponent used to amplify position-based scoring
position_exponential_threshold 0.9 Position percentile below which exponential scoring applies
gap_multiplier_critical 3 Multiplier for critical gap penalties
max_category_weight 2 Maximum weight any single category can have
max_score_limited_data 9.5 Score cap when data is limited
bayesian_prior_weight 1.5 Weight of the Bayesian prior in smoothing
bayesian_prior_score 7 Prior score used for Bayesian smoothing
evidence_test_multiplier 1.9 Multiplier for test evidence in confidence calculation
evidence_metric_divisor 3 Divisor for metric count in evidence calculation
evidence_review_divisor 10 Divisor for review count in evidence calculation
combined_penalty_floor 0.2
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Top 3 Firestone F700 Reviews

Given 70% while driving a Opel Astra G (185/65 R15 H) on mostly town for 3,000 average miles
This is from the early age of eco tires, and it sums it up quite well.
Dry grip is good, wet grip is not so good. To be fair, I used the tires in question on the 2003 Astra I got from my grandfather after he decided no to drive anymore. He put about 15.000 miles into the car (and its factory fitted tires), so they were definitely old, but there was plenty of tread left. And would you like to throw away a set of tires only because they are overaged?
Neither do I, so I decided to let them go out in style: a trackday at the Hungaroring (don't laugh) (please).
Despite these tires aren't designed for this sort of usage, they behaved pretty well. The grip level might not be high, but I could feel when I was about to exceed it, which is a big plus for a not-so-grippy tire in my opinion. Road feedback isn't that bad either. As for the wear, the tread depth wasn't gone, however, smaller water channels disappeared as teared out bits of other tires have "baked" into those channels. The surface of the tire looked like the surface of the F1 tires after a race.
If you are about to go to a trackday, take this into account. And don't get surprised if you find rubber marks on the roof of your car.
As I said, its early-age-econess doesn't make things any better. Wet grip level is pretty low, unlike rolling resistance, which is still high. After I replaced these Firestones with a set of Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance, I was shocked by how easy the car rolls on those (you can read my review of the GYs where it belongs). I didn't only change make, I changed size as well: I went for the other homologated 15" size for this car, 195/60, because I think this size is better for summer tires, but expect them to be more expensive than 185/65 winters.
I don't think you can buy a brand new set of the Firestone F700, but if you're planning to buy a set, just forget these. There must be better offers on the market.
April 5, 2015
Given 51% while driving a Renault Megane (195/55 R15 H) on mostly country roads for 20,000 average miles
I am not impressed by these tires. They were fitted by the previous owner of the car. Worn quite fast from almost new to worn in 25.000 kms. The grip on wet surface is bad. Accelerating in cornering on wet roads leads directly to wheel spin. Hard braking on wet surfaces is no good idea either (ABS assistance required).
October 29, 2012
Given 91% while driving a Volkswagen Polo 1.4 16v (225/45 R17) on mostly town for 38,500 easy going miles
Original tires on the rear of the car have just been replaced at 38500 miles.
There is still 3mm of tread on one tire but the other is 2 - 2 -2 so decided to replace.
October 11, 2012

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Latest Firestone F700 Reviews

Given 67% while driving a Vauxhall (195/60 R15 T) on mostly town for 10 spirited miles
I put 2 of these tires on the front of my Vauxhall Astra G 1.6 16v Sport. I have found them to be pretty good. My driving style is fairly fast so tires on my car tend to take a fair bit of stick.

Dry weather driving is good, the stick to the road well. Wet weather driving could be better but in saying that if i drive at a normal pace then they are pretty good. I have covered around 10,000 miles so far and the tread depth is now 5.5mm. Id certainly buy these again.
October 13, 2012
Given 89% while driving a Volkswagen Polo 1.4 TDI (225/45 R17) on a combination of roads for 41,000 spirited miles
Very nice tire. Highly recommended
June 12, 2011
Given 43% while driving a SEAT Arosa (185/55 R14 H) on a combination of roads for 20,000 spirited miles
These tires grip ok, not too bad in the dry and ok in the wet, though they do let go reasonably easily when pushed. Feedback is good through the wheel.

However i would never buy these tires again, they are seriously noisey and wear very odly. I had one pair wear like 50p pieces, more worn in some parts of the tread than others, which made them even more noisey than normal. I now have to replace another pair which are fitted to the rear, not through wear, as they actually wear very slowly, but the widewalls are cracking badly and they are only 4 years, covered around 20K miles on the rear.

Not recommended. Going to be replaced with Conti Premiumcontacts.
January 31, 2010
Given 81% while driving a Honda Prelude (195/60 R15) on a combination of roads for 1,000 spirited miles
Smooth comfortable ride, provided very good wet grip from the off with positive steering.
November 1, 2008
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