Volkswagen Golf Mk5 1.9 TDI Tires

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Tire Reviewed Dry Grip Wet Grip Feedback Handling Wear Comfort
Dunlop Winter Response 2 (10) 86% 90% 92% 82% 87% 93%
Continental WinterContact TS 860 (49) 89% 92% 84% 86% 83% 86%
BFGoodrich gForce Winter (20) 85% 81% 77% 78% 83% 84%
Michelin Pilot Sport 4 (322) 91% 88% 81% 84% 73% 78%
Davanti Alltoura 4 Seasons (5) 84% 78% 84% 74% 90% 78%
Falken ZIEX ZE310 EcoRun (101) 87% 83% 81% 80% 77% 79%
Michelin CrossClimate (146) 88% 85% 82% 80% 84% 88%
Toyo Proxes T1 Sport (50) 90% 79% 86% 84% 67% 78%
Uniroyal RainSport 3 (286) 84% 92% 79% 78% 64% 83%
Kleber Quadraxer 2 (14) 82% 75% 87% 82% 83% 87%
Sava Eskimo S3 Plus (29) 76% 75% 71% 73% 78% 83%
BFGoodrich gForce Sport (6) 88% 77% 82% 77% 63% 78%
Dunlop Sport BluResponse (185) 88% 84% 79% 75% 62% 83%
Michelin Energy Saver (136) 83% 71% 74% 71% 85% 80%
Michelin Energy XM2 (52) 80% 74% 73% 74% 86% 73%
Maxxis MA Z1 Victra (64) 88% 77% 73% 77% 71% 66%
Hankook K425 Kinergy Eco (49) 83% 77% 77% 74% 72% 77%
Pirelli Powergy (26) 84% 77% 75% 76% 64% 76%
Firestone TZ300 (19) 81% 71% 75% 63% 68% 76%
Continental Sport Contact 2 (229) 85% 75% 76% 72% 61% 66%
Nankang NS2 (211) 76% 58% 65% 62% 73% 62%
Pirelli P6000 (175) 66% 46% 55% 48% 67% 60%

Volkswagen Golf Mk5 1.9 TDI Tire Review Highlights

Writing about the Davanti Alltoura 4 Seasons given 40% (195-65-15-)
Driving on mostly country roads for 1000 spirited miles
Has changed my driving to much more cautious - replaced some Vredstein All Seasons on the front, it now squeals round coners at quite modest speeds in both wet and dry letting go unpredictably , are harsher and noisier and are overall quite tiresome tire to drive on. For me it feels like a big mistake and am really considering binning them with around 1000 miles. I have no idea of them in snow or ice where they might be amazing, but not worth keeping as winter tire because of the poor wet performance. I've had Maxxis before which while not as good as Vredstein, they were safe predicable and honestly not that far off the performance of the Vredstein.
tire reviewed on 2024-07-11 01:23:22
Writing about the Pirelli Powergy given 79% (195-60-15-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 18 spirited miles
No comments left
tire reviewed on 2023-06-08 03:57:23
Writing about the Dunlop Sport BluResponse given 94% (205-55-16-)
Driving on mostly country roads for 25000 spirited miles
Golf came with Continental tires, poor. Changed to Dunlop's huge improvement on steering grip here in hot Spain, Great safe grippy tire
tire reviewed on 2021-06-14 09:09:07
Writing about the Falken ZIEX ZE310 EcoRun given 80% (205-55-17-V)
Driving on mostly town for 3000 average miles
I replaced a set of Bridgestone Turanza and the noise level significantly dropped in the cabin. Overall pretty good confort and grip, I would definitely recommend them, especially since the price was very good. For the average non-performance car they are a solid choice. Will see how is the wear over time but so far there is no visible wear.
tire reviewed on 2020-10-19 02:32:41
Writing about the Kleber Quadraxer 2 given 97% (225-45-17-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 0 spirited miles
I got the 4 season Kleber Quadraxer 2 tire for in the winter months in Holland, they are very good tire's in the rain and winter conditions!
tire reviewed on 2020-09-28 05:36:07
Writing about the Michelin CrossClimate given 75% (225-45-17-)
Driving on mostly country roads for 15000 average miles
Pretty much great tire overall. In the dry i had no problems with understeer. In the wet they are not the best tires i tested, some understeer happens quite often but its probably bad road quality in my country that is problem. In the snow i had overall ok perfomance they will pull you almost anywhere but they are just for snow emergency situations, i would not fit them in snowy areas. Wear is amazing, 1.5 years and they are almost as new.
tire reviewed on 2020-05-20 12:25:51
Writing about the Sava Eskimo S3 Plus given 80% (225-45-17-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 0 spirited miles
I have a good experience with them. Used the all seasons, 2 winters the tires are kinda done, only this winter are usable but still they have a good drip in the snow and ice.
On heavy rain i've had pretty good grip, almost drove like it was dry, never had aquaplane with them, the noise when they were new was a little high but it's not that much of a problem, after they worn out a little bit the noise disappears.
Handling was very good, didn't had any problem. I do recommend them, and they are pretty cheap.
tire reviewed on 2019-01-27 03:08:50
Writing about the Dunlop Winter Response 2 given 94% (195-65-15-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 500 average miles
Great tires.
tire reviewed on 2018-10-27 07:52:20
Writing about the Michelin Pilot Sport 4 given 97% (205-55-16-W)
Driving on a combination of roads for 10000 spirited miles
No comments left
tire reviewed on 2018-10-24 13:59:31
Writing about the Uniroyal RainSport 3 given 90% (205-55-16-V)
Driving on a combination of roads for 20000 spirited miles
No comments left
tire reviewed on 2018-10-24 13:56:01
Writing about the Michelin Energy Saver given 71% (195-65-15-H)
Driving on a combination of roads for 40000 spirited miles
hello, I replaced my old michelin energy tires which came on my vw golf tdi van new at 100,000kms at the front and the tho rear tires at 103,000 kms. I got the same tires again and I got the four wheels alined , I had a sidewall of one tire damaged some how on one of the new tires so I have been using the spare from the boot for the forth wheel and I got a used tire for the spare. I liked the tires well enough and did all types of driving styles and roads and speeding. the tire size was 195/55R15 91H , I changed the tires last week after covering 60,000kms and the front tires were 2.5mm and the other was 3mm and the rear was 4mm. I replaced the tires with goodyear efficient grip performance wich so far I like but I have done very little driving yet so I will not know for sure how good they are in all weathers and driving styles but so far im very happy. I changed from michelin because of the sidewall problem I had with one tire. and I now sell and fit tires myself with my own shop I can check out all the brands now. thank you for reading
tire reviewed on 2017-10-19 15:51:25
Writing about the Hankook K425 Kinergy Eco given 81% (205-55-16-V)
Driving on a combination of roads for 6500 spirited miles
Good tires for its price
tire reviewed on 2017-02-05 13:39:34
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