Volkswagen Caddy Tires

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Tire Reviewed Dry Grip Wet Grip Feedback Handling Wear Comfort
Michelin CrossClimate Plus (113) 87% 85% 82% 73% 87% 86%
Hankook Ventus Prime 3 K125 (115) 90% 81% 80% 79% 80% 81%
Michelin CrossClimate 2 (122) 87% 83% 75% 74% 83% 84%
Michelin Energy Saver Plus (63) 83% 71% 78% 76% 91% 82%
Vredestein Quatrac 5 (37) 82% 79% 80% 82% 82% 85%
Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance (247) 86% 84% 76% 78% 73% 85%
Pirelli Cinturato Winter (7) 74% 87% 74% 74% 72% 81%
Hankook Ventus V12 evo k110 (114) 84% 75% 76% 78% 74% 79%
Giti GitiSynergyH2 (14) 78% 86% 65% 65% 89% 69%
Bridgestone Turanza ER300 (193) 83% 77% 77% 72% 78% 71%
Uniroyal RainSport 5 (69) 76% 86% 70% 69% 76% 80%
Bridgestone Turanza T005 (148) 82% 79% 73% 73% 65% 73%
Yokohama BluEarth AE01 (22) 79% 73% 76% 68% 59% 75%
Kumho IZen KW17 (2) 80% 70% 70% 35% 80% 85%
Avon ZT5 (29) 81% 67% 73% 65% 73% 74%
Dunlop SP Sport 300 (21) 77% 68% 62% 62% 77% 67%
Firestone RoadHawk (39) 84% 74% 69% 64% 56% 73%
Evergreen EH23 (9) 82% 56% 66% 68% 76% 68%
Dunlop SP Sport 3000 (10) 81% 64% 64% 64% 66% 69%
Aptany RA301 (20) 73% 61% 66% 65% 50% 66%
Sava intensa (6) 70% 50% 63% 58% 55% 65%
Kenda KAISER KR20 (64) 66% 46% 55% 54% 71% 55%
Federal SS595 SUPER STEEL (136) 70% 47% 57% 55% 69% 48%
Autogrip P308 (26) 66% 52% 56% 50% 60% 61%
Maxtrek MAXIMUS M1 (74) 69% 39% 56% 52% 68% 61%
Maloya Crono 480 (1) 70% 50% 80% 50% 40% 40%
Event WL905 (129) 59% 30% 41% 39% 60% 49%
Wanli S1088 (85) 57% 35% 41% 39% 59% 38%

Volkswagen Caddy Tire Review Highlights

Writing about the Michelin CrossClimate 2 given 65% (205-55-16-)
Driving on mostly country roads for 3000 easy going miles
The VW Caddy has pretty poor traction and this Michelin tire makes the car dangerous on bends on wet roads. On dry roads, the comfort is appreciable as is its correct road holding. On snow, this tire got me out of situations where I would not have been able to drive with summer tires given the poor traction of my vehicle.
tire reviewed on 2024-10-17 02:09:11
Writing about the Hankook Ventus Prime 3 K125 given 96% (205-60-16-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 27961 average miles
These tires came with the car, really good. Good comfort, low noise levels.
I bought them because they had an sealent that would be good against punctures but this year we didn't get any nails or screw, so we never got to try out if they held.
Felt secure on rainy days, while the treads worns out the more we reduce the speed on wet roads.

Half of the life of the tires we rotated them.

We could probably have them on for 12427 miles more, but colder weahter is coming!
tire reviewed on 2024-10-05 14:51:37
Writing about the Bridgestone Turanza ER300 given 71% (205-55-16-)
Driving on mostly town for 15000 easy going miles
Great tire's, everything is amazing.
But, they wear very quickly.. Even though I rotated tire's, did alignment often etc...
tire reviewed on 2023-06-27 10:41:15
Writing about the Firestone RoadHawk given 67% (195-65-15-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 15500 average miles
RoadHawk are quite good tires for the price, perform well on wet and quite good on dry. However they do wear fast. I do little motorway, a mix of city and around, after 25000 km my front tires (front wheel drive) are almost worn out for good. Might squeeze 1k km more but thats it. Good price, good performance, wears fast.
tire reviewed on 2023-02-01 10:48:33
Writing about the Giti GitiSynergyH2 given 100% (225-45-17-)
Driving on mostly motorways for 10000 average miles
Giti is the OE supplier for major car markers like VW, Audi, Toyota, Honda and many more, which speaks for its quality. Happy with its price point especially when comparing against the likes of Michelin, Bridgestone, Pirelli and Continental.
tire reviewed on 2022-08-25 01:32:17
Writing about the Uniroyal RainSport 5 given 70% (225-50-17-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 10000 spirited miles
Good grip in the dry and wet but the wear quickly. I don’t like the sidewall design but I do like the tread pattern.
tire reviewed on 2022-08-21 10:47:51
Writing about the Maxtrek MAXIMUS M1 given 80% (225-45-18-)
Driving on mostly town for 3200 spirited miles
Unsure why people are skating these. Very good for the money
tire reviewed on 2022-08-01 08:51:28
Writing about the Giti GitiSynergyH2 given 38% (225-45-17-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 500 average miles
Absolutely dreadful tire. As usual, VW penny pinching wherever they can and as stated fitted as OEM to the Caddy 5. Horrendous ride quality, no feedback through the steering and noisy. Binned them and had Primacy 4s fitted all round and has transformed the drive and ride of the vehicle considerably. On a £30k+ i would have expected better.
tire reviewed on 2022-05-22 01:01:10
Writing about the Sava intensa given 33% (195-65-15-)
Driving on mostly motorways for 20000 spirited miles
Worst tires I have experienced in the wet. Aquaplanned extremely quickly compared with Continentals that were replaced.
tire reviewed on 2022-04-27 02:33:40
Writing about the Michelin CrossClimate Plus given 67% (195-50-15-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 7500 average miles
I bought a pair of these last winter for my work van as I was unhappy with the performance of the Vredestine Quadrac 5's I had fitted. These tires are excellent for winter, great grip on cold, wet roads and I zero problems with aquaplaning despite hitting huge puddles across the motorway at speed. Snow performance was disappointing though as the Quadrac 5's were better despite being quite poor everywhere else as a winter tire. My problems with the Cross Climates are mediocre warm weather performance as the tread feels too soft when hot, high price and very high wear. The edges were starting to look really low after just 6000 miles on the front and the rest of the tires were down to 4mm. I have since put them on the rear and done around 1500 miles and should hopefully get another winter with them on the front as I'm not using this van for work or as my primary transport anymore. If I was to buy more all season tires I would probably go for Goodyear Vectors, they performed well on my BMW 1 series over a winter and those same tires will be tested next winter on my Golf diesel to see how they hold up after a decent amount of miles. First impressions are good but they only did 2 or 3000 miles on the front of a rear wheel drive car.
tire reviewed on 2021-05-16 14:12:31
Writing about the Vredestein Quatrac 5 given 60% (195-50-15-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 30000 average miles
This is my second review of these tires as I ended up using my van for work over the past winter so clocked about another 15000 miles. I swapped the rears with the fronts and the edges of the fronts were fairly worn and I was suffering with a lot of wheelspin and dangerous braking. The swap improved the braking to the point of not dangerous over winter but it was still below average, handling also improved but on the cold roads I was still getting a lot of wheelspin. One particularly bad trip up north on a motorway run I was suffering extremely badly with aquaplaning even with around 6mm of tread left on them. I swapped them out after with a pair of Michelin cross climates which pretty much solved all my handling, grip, aquaplaning and braking issues. I kept the worn ones on the back and they were fine for the rest of the winter with no problems at all there. Now it's summer I've switched those back to the front and inflated to 45psi cold to get the last use out of them before replacing with the less worn ones. The increased pressure seems to have improved the grip, braking and handling from what it was before. In the warm and dry they are better handling than the cross climates although still not as good in the wet or on the brakes but do seem better than before. I also had some snow driving with the less worn pair on the front before swapping to the Michelins and although they are not as good as those in the cold, wet and ice they actually worked better in snow for me. The Michelins look at least half worn after just 6000 miles on the front so considering the cost difference I'd say the Vredestines are a better tire unless you are doing a lot of driving in bad conditions. In which case I'd probably try the Goodyear Vector 4's which will be going on my Golf diesel this winter. As I said in the last review the Quadrac 5's were pretty good all round for the first 12,000 miles, I don't think the Cross climates would even last any longer than 12,000 miles so the Vredestines win by default. The aquaplaning on the front with the hardly worn tires is my biggest issue and the reason I won't buy these again. The newer version is supposed to be 10% better for that but that's not good enough. Make it 25% and I'd be interested. The Michelins have not aquaplaned once and they are down to about 4mm. The worn pair still on the van is down to about 3mm tread after approximately 20,000 miles on the front and 10,000 on the rear. They are bald on the outside edges but still legal as you only need 1.6mm on 75% of the centre tread in the UK.
tire reviewed on 2021-05-16 14:00:02
Writing about the Vredestein Quatrac 5 given 66% (195-50-15-V)
Driving on a combination of roads for 15000 average miles
I have these tires on a MK2 VW Caddy SDi 1.9 diesel with not much over 60bhp. They have now covered around 12,000 to 15,000 miles, fronts are down to 5mm with heavy wear on the edges and the rears are down to 7mm. Most of my driving has been on road trips through Europe in summer in very hot temperatures with a fairly heavy load, I mainly use a car for day to day driving. In the dry these tires perform as well as all but the best summer tires although they are starting to drop off with regular wheelspin occurring even in the dry in recent times. The van will understeer a bit at the limit but it is to be expected on a front drive which combined with the coilovers handles nearly as well as my BMW 1 series. In the wet handling is also good on corners but wheelspin is now nearly as bad as any tires I've experienced when launching or accelerating hard. For the first 10 to 12 thousand miles wheelspin wasn't a problem in the wet. Braking wise in the wet even when the tires were new they were only average, now they are close to being dangerous with planning needed in bad conditions, in an emergency situation you are going to crash. I believe the performance drop off may be due to the excessively hot conditions the tires have been mainly used in as heat cycles will harden rubber, the fact that the fronts have barely worn down much more than the rears show that they may have been overheated when barreling down the alps and doing a couple of laps of the Nurbirgring. When I happened to be using the van after not driving it much for a while it rained and I had no chance of stopping from a not fast speed for a junction, luckily I timed the traffic while I was locking and unlocking the wheels so as not to crash as I pulled straight out in front of someone. Now I am very steady whenever the rain starts to fall or I make sure to drive something else and will swap the tires around as soon as the summer starts to end. If performance is still unsafe when braking in the wet I will purchase a pair of Michelin Cross Climates for the front as according to the tests they maintain performance until they are on the legal limit. I can't stick with dangerous tires no matter how much tread they have left, they are great still in dry conditions and would recommend them if you can get them for a good enough price. I've also got Goodyear Vector 4 Seasons on my 1 series, the Michelins were too expensive for those wheels, so far the Goodyears have impressed although they don't seem quite as good as these Vredestines were when new in the dry. I haven't had the pleasure of snow and ice driving with the Vredestines but on cold tarmac in the winter they out grip most summer tires in corners but are a bit weak when braking again. For the record the van has had new brake pads, discs, fluid and I've cleaned all the dust out of the drums, plus the shoes are within the service limit. All done since I've had these tires, plus it has gone through 2 MOT's. Most of my driving has been easy going except on occasion, rolling resistance is very good, on long motorway runs at 50mph I was averaging close to 70mpg. Normal UK driving gets me mid 50's to the gallon. Overall the Quadrac 5 are good but if you are keeping the vehicle allow them to need replacement within 15,000 miles unless you are happy with sub par / dangerous wet weather performance. You can buy better tires but if the price is right still worth a look.
tire reviewed on 2020-08-09 04:14:28
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