The car is a Mercedes W212 E220 CDi estate. On local 20 mph streets the ride is very harsh whereas from 30 mph upwards it is quite normal, could be the car's suspension set-up though. My main beef is the very short life, only 20000 miles compared with 30000 on previous W211 E-class and 45000 on even earlier W210 model. Are tires getting worse or is it just Continentals?

No problems with grip with these Tires which replaced Michelin Primacy HP, but the wear rate is appalling , I've done just over 8000 miles with them on the front and they are close to the wear limits, tracking is fine and they have worn evenly, my previous Michelins did almost 20k, will not buy these again ( I see they've been replaced by the 5) and will be back to Michelin , probably Pilot sport 4. Have used M Tires for over 30 years and they've always been excellent

I have a spirited style of driving and these tires provide excellent levels of dry grip. I used to experience a lot of understeer, which is not surprising because WRXs are known to understeer. These tires have greatly reduced my WRX's understeer. Wet grip is very good, although my driving style is more gentle when it is wet. My main criticism of these tires is that there is noticeable sidewall flex when I push my car into tight turns. This is probably made worse by the relatively high profile of my tires (235/45/17).

superb all rounder.....good in dry although you may find slightly better in the dry weather. they excel on wet roads and are leaps and bounds ahead of the field

Good dry and wet grip, but not exactly a good wear. C63 is known to eat tires, but I really wasn't pushing it too hard and after 3000 miles the tires are almost gone.. Next choice would be Michelin PSS.

Shocking wear! As this tire replaces the Sport Contact 3, which I have on my Renaultsport Clio 200 and which have done 13500 miles and now require changing, the 5s at 5500 miles and also require changing are quite simply the worst wearing tires I have ever had!!

These tires came fitted to my wife's car, so when she needed 2 fronts replaced on MOT I stuck with the same on the rear, imagine my surprise when less than 5000 miles later the fronts were on the legal limits AGAIN!, and now the rears were done too. My wife does not drive like a boy racer either so the tires have not been thrashed. Performance wise I can not fault them but they are high end tires which are not cheap and wear out faster than my bank balance can keep up unfortunately, would not buy again on wear only (sorry).

tread for one year , very expencive for two years use!

It was very good until 18 - 20.000 km's. But after then it loses performance day by day. Dry and wet grip is good. braking performance is good. But I can't say the same things for comfort level and wear. It's hard to say i would buy again.

These tires are Conti Seal and they are the original equipment on my car. At 38,000 miles they still have some life in them. I have swapped them round regularly (every 10000 miles or so) with the full size spare wheel, which has similar wear to the rest. Tread depth is 3mm so needing to be replaced soon. They are also approaching 4 years old.
These Conti seal tires have not yet had a puncture so I have been unable to test the effectiveness of their self-seal quality.
The only disappointment is that on rough road surfaces they are noisy but aren't all tires? I put this down largely to the tires being pretty big and therefore having a lot of road surface contact, and a relatively low profile.
I will replace all tires soon with the same type.

Good sticky tire but only lasted 8000 miles on front of a rearwheel drive car. Wouldn't buy again only due to not lasting very long at all

not very impressive, though this is in comparison to other new tires in this segment, still miles ahead of a standard mid-range design from 5-6 years ago.

Great grip in wet and dry, fairly numb steering feel, very weak lateral resistance but somehow not really that compliant vertically over the bumps. wear is poor on a heavier car, these died by scalloping on both front tires (alignment and suspension checked, no issues that would cause this) at just under 15k of normal driving