MINI R56 Factory John Cooper Works Tires

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Tire Reviewed Dry Grip Wet Grip Feedback Handling Wear Comfort
Michelin Pilot Super Sport (145) 94% 84% 89% 86% 82% 81%
Michelin Pilot Sport AS 3 (7) 96% 93% 94% 93% 80% 76%
Kumho Ecsta PS71 (69) 86% 82% 80% 80% 74% 74%
Yokohama ADVAN Neova AD08RS (32) 73% 64% 73% 71% 79% 68%
Bridgestone Potenza RE050A Run Flat (143) 72% 54% 55% 48% 55% 32%

MINI R56 Factory John Cooper Works Tire Review Highlights

Writing about the Yokohama ADVAN Neova AD08RS given 65% (205-45-17-)
Driving on track for 3000 spirited miles
Came with car when I purchased it.
Running them on a standard suspension setup Mini JCW R56 except tuned to around 270 bhp and has a Quaife LSD, found them to mirror a lot of the people saying the grip was ok and they squeal around fast corners even when warmed up.
On the road a fine tire but can still spin them up in the 1st 3 gears. Plus just back from Brands Hatch and would not buy again, after just a lap or two they just slide on corners I'd like to power out of and should be able to in the dry. A better budget tire would be Federal RS-R's (ran a few sets of these on previous cars) but I'll be looking at R888R's next (ran a few of these also).
tire reviewed on 2024-07-03 03:46:27
Writing about the Michelin Pilot Sport AS 3 given 87% (225-40-18-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 20 spirited miles
Awesome tire, I went from run flats to these. I have a light car so they wear whell.
tire reviewed on 2023-10-27 16:20:52
Writing about the Bridgestone Potenza RE050A Run Flat given 55% (205-45-17-)
Driving on mostly country roads for 20000 average miles
These came standard with my 2012 Mini Cooper Coupe JCW and Im currently on my second set. I knew these cars had sports suspension and figured it was the car itself that was rough and after 7yrs Im almost at wits end to sell it because its so uncomfortable to drive on the country roads. We also have a 2017 200 series BMW with Bridgestone S001 RFTs and it's 'much much' more comfortable then my Mini so I was confused why his runflats were good but mine were rough and he has 17's too. When I seen this page, I realize now its the tires and that the S001's are way better. I havent had any issues other then the lack of comfort and skipping across the road on rough corners. Wet roads, I never really noticed anything unsafe as you should be driving to conditions anyway. But Im done with these horrible tires!
tire reviewed on 2023-03-06 12:09:30
Writing about the Kumho Ecsta PS71 given 71% (205-45-17-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 10000 spirited miles
I have a set of these in runflat on a '13 Mini cooper JCW. They stick very well in the dry, you have to be really pushing to get understeer. In the wet they will easily spin up a wheel under full throttle in 2nd, but cornering is very confidence inspiring. My dislike is that these tires cause the car to wander on the road quite badly, following dips and camber and needing steering correction, this may be because I have the runflat version. They are also quite noisy especially on less perfect surfaces, again may be because of runflat. Will be replacing them with pilot sport 4, but I am happy with the performance/price.
tire reviewed on 2021-10-20 20:13:33
Writing about the Michelin Pilot Super Sport given 93% (205-45-17-W)
Driving on mostly country roads for 15000 spirited miles
Overall the best tire I've ever had fitted to a car. Use to have a set of PS4's which are the new version of the PSS but the PSS is far better than at wearing and in wet conditions then the PS4's. Shame that they do not make this tire again as I now only need 2 tires (front) and they will have to be PS4's not PSS
tire reviewed on 2020-09-18 02:17:47
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