I've just done 20,000 miles on these tires without a hitch so surprised to read these reviews.

Mercedes C200 Diesel owner

DON'T TOUCH WITH A BARGE POLE!!!! HORRENDOUS IN EVERY WAY!! DOWN RIGHT DANGEROUS. All 4 tires were split all the way round on the inside wall within the first month of driving. I did less than 450 miles before i had great pleasure and relief in chucking then in the tire dealers skip, as he fitted new Vredestien Sessanta's all round.

i had these tires on the rear of my car. bearing in mind my car is fwd, it ended up fish tailing, slipping and sliding at 30-40mph. these are seriously dangerous. i didnt think much of it at the time so i went on the motorway and it ending up aquaplaning, i slid across three lanes and ended up in a lamp post (drivers side). i was in hospital for a month i now have 3 metal plates in my arm and i am without a car and cannot drive for a year because of injuries cheers fullrun.... i plead for those of you who are thinking of buying these because they are cheap THINK AGAIN and just pay extra or you'll pay the price like me.

Awfull, On car when i bought it.Sounds like my diff and wheel bearings are gone.Awfull in the wet, Infact downright DANGEROUS.

DANGEROUS. UNFIT FOR PURPOSE. HUGE SPLITS DEVELOP ON INSIDE WALLS EVEN THOUGH TREAD AND OUTER WALL APPEAR FINE. AVOID AT ALL COSTS - EG THE COST OF YOUR LIFE!

These tires lasted me a total of four months & 5200 miles.
I removed them due to the inside side-walls cracking and letting air out.
They were fitted to the car when purchased, was hoping they would last a few more months yet, as they still had 6mm tread all round.

Basically, the phrases "buy cheap, buy twice" "you get what you pay for" both apply here.

These tires are accidents waiting to happen - if you have them, make sure you check them regularly until you can change them.

Are half of these reviewers extras in Tokyo Drift or something?

I've had these tires on my car for just under a month and 500 miles, varying mixtures of roads and conditions, and the only time I've ever had a problem was when it was lashing down with rain in April and I mis-judged a corner - driver error, nothing to do with the tires.

Not had a problem with the grip, felt a little 'greasy' when they were fresh on but once scrubbed in that was gone. Yes, they're not amazing in the wet - the clue's in the description, they're a SUMMER tire. But as long as you actually drive properly and not like you're taking on Vin Diesel in his Mazda RX-7, then they act like a standard tire.

Not had an issue with cracked sidewalls yet but as I said they've only been on for under a month. I'll keep an eye out on that.

The one downside I will conceed is the motorway noise. Not very pleasant, but the guys at Protire did warn me that they're not the quietest before they fitted them, so at least I knew what to expect.

For a stop-gap, 'I'm pretty skint but need new hoops PDQ' tire, they seem to do the job.

I'm not sure what everyone expects for the price - I got them for about 62.50 a corner, which it appears is about as 'budget' as you can get these days - it seems some people go from having Continentals and Bridgestones to these and wonder why the performance isn't as good.

Fitted two Fullrun HP199 tires to front of my Seat Alhambra last week. Road noise increased significantly with a loud 'whoop whoop' resonating noise at about 45mph. Took car back to garage who advised me that front bearing had gone so changed that, but made no difference. Now moved tires to back and noise is slightly better, but peaks at 65mph instead. Had car checked over again by different garage and they said it was definitely tires. They said they had looked at supplying Fullrun tires, but thought they were 'ditch-finders' and decided against it. Wish I'd gone there first. Car just doesn't feel right any more. Won't buy these tires again. Had Continental EcoContact CP tires on previous with no problems so would advise using these.

Had them on my passat sport when I bought the car. They are very noisy. First I thought I need to change bearing until a mechanic advised me to change tires :( The only advantage is they have good wear.

I have these tires on the front of a front-wheel drive 3.2 V6 Vectra. I have tried other budget brnads, and these seem to do quite well.

Dry grip is better than some top of the range brands, wet grip is not bad either.

These tires are hard, so they will need to be fully warm before you try to enter a hairpin at 80mph etc. But during normal driving they are perfectly fine.

I have had expensive tires, and find they wear very quickly compared to these.

I would not describe them as 'ditchfinders' i think this reflects more on the driver than the tire. They are no slick, which is what i think some people expect from tires. Poor tire grip and finding ditches could be anything from castor and canber angle to the offset of the wheels and the tires should not be immediately blamed.

I would recommend these to a friend

Terrible avoid fullrun budgets if you value your life they are deadly in the wet!!!

I wont touch these again. Wear is good, but maybe a hard compound as the drive is stiff on them, in the wet they are awful if pushed a little, just a little too quick on the power off a roundabout and they let go in the wet.