These replaced some very aged budget tires fitted by a prior owner, so the improvement was always going to be huge. They have a generous rim protector and a fairly attractive sidewall. Grip levels in the wet and dry are excellent as you would expect for this level of tire, this is a second car which I really only drive hard and you would need to be driving at very unsafe speeds to pass the limits of these tires on this car. One area I feel they are particularly good for my car is in reducing wheelspin when pulling away or accelerating hard out of a corner - they are considerably better than previous rubbish tires and also the Continental sport contact tires on my mother’s Cooper S from the same year in which even she complains about wheelspin (they are runflats admittedly). For example pulling out of the local petrol station forecourt which is uneven and greasy - hers will flick up the traction control from even a very gentle take off, whereas mine simply doesn’t - even if you pull away quite aggressively. I don’t think that initial turn-in is very sharp on these tires, as though the sidewall is a little soft. I feel they are very susceptible to punctures. I have sustained two punctures in 2000 miles, both pieces of metal picked up in my own drive - we have 3 other cars in regular use passing over the same tarmac (including another Mini from the same year wearing Continental tires) and none have suffered the same issue. One was a staple in the sidewall (from a regular office stapler) which completely wrote off the tire with under 500 miles on it. The second was a small piece of rusty metal that had fallen off my Land Rover (they do that). I also notice there is some damage to one of the nearside sidewalls and I haven’t hit any kerbs! I felt the same with my previous Golf GTI which was fitted with (then brand new) Assy 2’s which obliterated a sidewall on a cattle grid. I’m interested to read other reviews to see if others have had the same issue.

I changed to Goodyear from Falken Ziex 914 And I am shocked as driving is now much better in all aspects. But yes, regarding handling there Is liitle bit soft, So in very Fast And sharp corners you do not know how much grip you have if the tires Are cold. Anyway when these tires get warm, everything changes, they just grip And grip. How the hell Goodyear is able to do such a thing. No matter as driving my Lancelot is now fun as hell.

Much improved and better than Asymmetric II, that I didn't liked, mainly because they had very soft sides. Very good overall, medium wear, very good grip, a little bit noisy. After more than 3 years, they are still

Very good tires for summer. I was really satisfied with them. Really good grip on wet, no problems at all. They were silent. I can fully recommend them.

wow, only put them on today and noticed a big improvement

I have used Asymmetric and Asymmetric 2 in the past and never been disappointed so therefore I purchased the Asymmetric 3 without a second thought. They've been on my car for 1 year and 9 months and I average around 8k miles a year and they still have around 5mm tread all around. For me this is impressive as normally I go through rear tires (rear wheel drive) on a yearly basis. I would highly recommend these if you're looking for a mileage tire and a good all rounder. I can only recall loss of traction on 3 occasions in almost 2 years and this was only in the cold. You cannot go wrong with these tires. They are comfortable and Goodyear pricing is very reasonable compared to the other premium brands. Continental is still my favourite brand but this is purely based on grip but Goodyear beats it in everything else. In my 21 years of driving and being a wheel whore, I have used all the premium brands and many mid-range brands. If I was to make a sensible recommendation, I would recommend these every time.

Bad points
Tram lines, quite noisy on concrete sections of the M25.

Great points
Predictable, good grip, reasonable feedback. Very good tire life, at least 25K miles on a heavy, powerful RWD car to 2mm.

These are excellent and are well priced, typically 15-20% less than Michelins.

After years of moaning about ROFs, and having spent a great deal of time trying to avoid them, finally took the plunge and put Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 3 ROFs on all 4 corners on my BMW 640D (245/35/20 front, 275/30/20 rears). My decision was primarily driven by a lack of choice in non-ROF in the sizes that I required and having been disappointed in the wear and comfort of the ContiSport Contact 6 (non-ROF) as my last set on the rear. Since the Goodyears have been fitted, I am not sure that I have got the same car back! The 6 series is not the best of cars to determine handling and grip, but the Goodyears are a good as anything else I have had on the car. The real difference is the ride, as the tires just seem to absorb the bumps, where previous tires have been bone crashing and the rears jumping in the corners (both ROF and non-ROF). If there were any downsides, it was that the fronts cost me the best part of an additional £50 per tire over the rears (despite shopping around) and that the Asymmetric 5s (which are supposed to be even better according to Tire Reviews) are not yet available in the sizes I needed.

Very nice handling when the weather is dry and the temperature above 10°C. On wet road it is nice not super, very steady when cornering. Nice braking on wet road. After 5000km in all conditions, even on ice and snow, the tire performed really well. It surprised me even in the track. I used it only for 10 fast laps, not flat out, the feedback was super! There was no significant overheat at the end of the 10th lap. Compare to TOYO T1R, Assymetric 3 gave me 50% more performance all around.

one of the best set of tires I have had, I am an old hand, I have had 12 different model cars so I have tried most makes.

For a performance FWD hatchback, this tire is really good for it.
Acceptable price, good road feedback, good wet grip, excellent tire wear.
But noise is little bit annoying, especially on a not really good quality road.

I came from Bridgestones Potenza S001 on my stage 2 Audi S3, the grip is fantastic on dry roads, excellent on wet, very confortable, good handling, the road feedback awesome, wear is good (they lasted 25000 kms) can fault those parameters, the only complain is about rim protection (none) and maybe too soft side walls, I've blewn two tires on potholes with no repair possible (other tires managed to survive similar impacts).