Given
84%
while driving a
Subaru
(225/55 R17 H) on
mostly country roads
for 10,000
spirited miles
Got these tires of spring 2018 after reading mixed reviews. Some good some not so. Even some top name tires have terrible reviews so I took a chance with the Sailun. I purchased 2 sets for our Subaru's. I have now driven 10,000 miles on both vehicles and the tires are showing even wear and are balanced well. I drive them aggressively on the Forester XT turbo and they are excellent in the dry blasting through the twisties on country roads, braking is also good, even wet roads pose no issues. I was very impressed and didn't slip once. I have taken them offroad in the Outback and driven down rocky trails that you'd cringe at expecting a puncture any time, but they have been brilliant, maybe I have just been very lucky. So the 10,000 miles I have driven so far on these tires have been super smooth, comfortable and quiet. However, as the mileage I have driven on the tires now in these two Subaru's is very close, both sets of tires have just started to make that humming and droning sound at about 25mph, some road surfaces lessen the noise, in fact, some recently new tarmac roads are the noisiest! So noisy that I thought both rear wheel bearings had gone bad in both vehicles! It also resembles a noise similar to a "boomy exhaust note".So I gave a 5 rating for the tire comfort due to the noise they are making after 10K miles, however they are a very smooth riding tire and were super quiet for the first 10K miles, it's just the noise issues now. Would I buy them again? maybe, they were definitely an excellent price at the time. As far as saying these are Terrible and "do not buy these tires" comments I read, I have not had the bad experiences such as blowouts and slipping in the wet etc... as some owners are describing. One set of reviews that helped me purchase these tires initially were the excellent reviews on the Subaru owners club here in North America. Wrx owners commented on their excellent grip and wear qualities. I can attest to those qualities myself now.