215/45 R17 Tyres

The following tyres have been reviewed in 215/45 R17.

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Tyre Reviewed Dry Grip Wet Grip Feedback Handling Wear Comfort
Nokian xLine (2) 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
Michelin Alpin A4 (53) 88% 95% 91% 88% 94% 93%
Michelin Primacy Alpin PA3 (8) 91% 95% 91% 76% 96% 86%
Continental ExtremeContact Sport 02 (11) 94% 96% 78% 88% 96% 85%
Goodyear UltraGrip Performance Gen 1 (28) 86% 90% 83% 85% 88% 90%
Vredestein Ultrac Satin (45) 92% 87% 85% 86% 86% 90%
Vredestein Quatrac Pro Plus (6) 92% 96% 96% 92% 80% 87%
Nokian Line (65) 92% 90% 89% 89% 82% 86%
Continental ExtremeContact Sport (13) 92% 83% 83% 81% 88% 87%
Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 (156) 94% 87% 88% 87% 80% 85%
Fulda SportControl (40) 92% 87% 85% 83% 85% 86%
Goodyear UltraGrip Performance (9) 89% 89% 88% 88% 81% 83%
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6 (135) 94% 91% 88% 88% 75% 84%
Michelin Pilot Super Sport (145) 94% 84% 89% 86% 82% 81%
Michelin Pilot Sport AS 3 (7) 96% 93% 94% 93% 80% 76%
Nokian zLine (83) 91% 90% 89% 87% 76% 85%
Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S (139) 93% 88% 85% 87% 81% 85%
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2 (407) 92% 89% 85% 85% 80% 87%
Marshal MU12 (7) 91% 85% 87% 90% 83% 79%
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 5 (246) 93% 90% 86% 88% 79% 80%
Michelin Pilot Sport 5 (74) 91% 92% 81% 82% 84% 84%
Nexen N Fera SU4 (74) 91% 87% 84% 79% 80% 88%
Achilles Winter 101 (9) 84% 84% 86% 83% 84% 84%
Goodyear Assurance Triplemax (6) 90% 90% 80% 82% 84% 82%
Hankook Ventus Prime 4 (52) 91% 86% 85% 85% 80% 85%
Falken Azenis FK520 (34) 89% 87% 83% 85% 80% 83%
Barum Bravuris 3HM (66) 88% 83% 82% 80% 87% 84%
Falken Eurowinter HS449 (35) 85% 87% 80% 77% 85% 84%
Nokian Z G2 (30) 88% 89% 86% 84% 80% 83%
Zeetex HP2000 vfm (7) 96% 92% 88% 72% 68% 90%
Yokohama Advan Neova AD09 (15) 94% 75% 91% 91% 73% 74%
Nokian Z (7) 90% 80% 79% 83% 87% 80%
Pirelli Winter Sottozero 3 (50) 89% 92% 82% 87% 79% 80%
BFGoodrich gForce Winter (20) 85% 81% 77% 78% 83% 84%
Yokohama ADVAN Neova AD08R (44) 95% 73% 91% 93% 72% 70%
Sumitomo HTR Z III (13) 87% 80% 86% 80% 81% 87%
Falken ZE914 (99) 89% 81% 84% 80% 82% 81%
Dunlop Winter Sport 5 (41) 83% 85% 79% 78% 86% 84%
Michelin Pilot Sport 3 PS3 (303) 90% 88% 84% 84% 73% 82%
Yokohama Advan Neova AD08 (30) 94% 72% 90% 90% 70% 74%
Continental WinterContact TS 870 (18) 88% 93% 73% 82% 85% 86%
Toyo R1R (31) 95% 81% 91% 90% 60% 71%
Trazano SA07 (1) 90% 80% 80% 90% 70% 70%
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 3 (181) 88% 86% 81% 81% 79% 86%
Nokian WRG2 (72) 85% 87% 83% 80% 83% 85%
Matador MP 46 Hectorra 2 (57) 88% 82% 79% 75% 85% 84%
Continental ContiMaxContact MC5 (43) 88% 80% 80% 80% 78% 86%
Fulda SportControl 2 (28) 83% 84% 81% 77% 79% 92%
Bridgestone Potenza Adrenalin RE004 (20) 88% 78% 86% 89% 73% 75%
Michelin Pilot Sport 4 (326) 91% 88% 81% 84% 74% 78%
Neuton NT5000 (66) 88% 77% 81% 76% 84% 83%
Continental WinterContact TS 830 P (37) 86% 86% 82% 78% 85% 87%
Yokohama C Drive (45) 86% 82% 83% 77% 77% 86%
Bridgestone Adrenalin RE002 (108) 90% 82% 82% 80% 77% 77%
Falken Azenis FK510 (147) 88% 88% 82% 82% 72% 77%
Falken Azenis FK460 AS (2) 100% 95% 95% 95% 55% 75%
Bridgestone RE11A (4) 90% 85% 83% 88% 70% 80%
Kumho V70a (20) 99% 78% 89% 87% 56% 70%
Hankook Ventus Prime 3 K125 (119) 89% 81% 80% 79% 80% 80%
Michelin Pilot Sport (42) 92% 82% 87% 81% 73% 75%
Michelin CrossClimate 2 (126) 87% 83% 75% 74% 83% 84%
Kumho Ecsta Seven KU23 (5) 82% 90% 83% 64% 80% 84%
Goodyear Eagle F1 Directional 5 (30) 87% 81% 79% 85% 76% 78%
Continental ContiMaxContact MC6 (37) 90% 78% 78% 87% 73% 79%
Uniroyal RainSport 2 (226) 85% 91% 78% 76% 76% 80%
Vredestein Quatrac Pro (41) 88% 90% 86% 79% 79% 91%
Tigar Tigar UHP (22) 90% 76% 80% 81% 71% 84%
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric (141) 90% 87% 82% 78% 70% 80%
Michelin Pilot Sport All Season 4 (25) 92% 91% 78% 87% 78% 77%
Nokian WR A4 (23) 85% 88% 73% 78% 78% 85%
Continental WinterContact TS 850 P (19) 84% 86% 84% 85% 82% 79%
Pirelli Sottozero Serie II (30) 84% 87% 89% 81% 81% 86%
Michelin Primacy 4 Plus (31) 87% 86% 76% 72% 83% 84%
Bridgestone Potenza Sport (111) 92% 87% 89% 91% 61% 72%
Michelin Pilot Exalto (56) 86% 81% 76% 80% 83% 77%
Bridgestone Adrenalin RE003 (93) 90% 78% 83% 86% 70% 74%
Maxxis MA iPro Victra iPro (24) 89% 78% 84% 85% 68% 77%
Falken ZIEX ZE310 EcoRun (104) 86% 83% 81% 80% 76% 79%
Nexen WinGuard Sport 2 (31) 86% 85% 74% 77% 85% 84%
Falken ZIEX ZE914 EcoRun (91) 86% 82% 81% 82% 78% 77%
Michelin CrossClimate (147) 88% 85% 82% 80% 84% 88%
Hankook Winter i cept RS2 (48) 84% 85% 75% 79% 85% 75%
Sava Intensa UHP 2 (50) 86% 79% 78% 78% 78% 81%
Toyo Proxes T1 Sport (50) 90% 79% 86% 84% 67% 78%
Uniroyal RainSport 3 (286) 84% 92% 79% 78% 64% 83%
Yokohama BluEarth Es ES32 (49) 82% 77% 80% 80% 75% 85%
Vredestein Quatrac 5 (37) 82% 79% 80% 82% 82% 85%
Yokohama Advan Fleva V701 (66) 84% 79% 81% 81% 77% 75%
Nexen N Blue HD Plus (71) 83% 79% 77% 76% 77% 84%
Star Performer Winter AS (3) 90% 67% 83% 87% 80% 90%
Viking ProTech HP (14) 83% 78% 78% 73% 82% 75%
Continental UltraContact (19) 86% 83% 77% 75% 77% 83%
Nokian WR D4 (71) 81% 82% 79% 79% 67% 83%
Kumho Ecsta KU39 (124) 86% 78% 80% 76% 73% 81%
Hankook Ventus V12 evo2 (81) 87% 81% 78% 79% 73% 77%
Federal Evoluzion ST 1 (28) 85% 70% 72% 81% 77% 84%
Michelin Primacy 4 (173) 84% 80% 74% 76% 82% 83%
Barum Bravuris 2 (127) 85% 78% 79% 71% 75% 80%
Nexen N9000 (12) 84% 80% 81% 80% 77% 77%
Dunlop SportMaxx RT (176) 88% 84% 83% 82% 60% 82%
Roadstone Eurovis Sport 04 (65) 84% 78% 76% 77% 74% 80%
Kumho Ecsta PS31 (62) 82% 78% 74% 79% 74% 78%
Petlas Velox Sport PT741 (42) 84% 76% 77% 78% 85% 71%
Kumho Ecsta PS71 (76) 86% 82% 81% 80% 72% 74%
Kumho Ecsta XS KU36 (10) 91% 74% 84% 84% 74% 62%
Hankook Ventus RS2 Z212 (13) 91% 61% 82% 80% 74% 69%
Hankook Ventus V12 evo k110 (114) 84% 75% 76% 78% 74% 79%
Petlas SnowMaster 2 Sport (3) 80% 73% 77% 80% 83% 73%
Dunlop SportMaxx RT 2 (92) 84% 78% 77% 77% 75% 79%
Vredestein Wintrac Xtreme (64) 83% 86% 82% 77% 87% 86%
Riken Riken Snow (6) 77% 73% 83% 70% 85% 65%
Nexen N Fera SU1 (137) 83% 76% 75% 77% 73% 80%
Kumho Ecsta KU31 (165) 83% 75% 77% 76% 72% 74%
Michelin Primacy 3 (191) 85% 79% 76% 77% 69% 80%
Continental Sport Contact 6 (89) 90% 86% 81% 82% 53% 77%
Sava intensa uhp (15) 83% 74% 79% 71% 78% 76%
Antares GRIP 20 (5) 74% 78% 70% 76% 80% 72%
Continental Sport Contact 3 (244) 88% 80% 81% 77% 62% 74%
Nexen N Blue ECO (35) 83% 78% 77% 77% 67% 74%
Firestone Firehawk Indy 500 (14) 83% 68% 80% 82% 63% 75%
Avon ZZ3 (115) 84% 75% 78% 75% 70% 74%
Nokian WR A3 (75) 92% 87% 88% 82% 90% 91%
Michelin Primacy HP (199) 85% 75% 77% 74% 77% 76%
Nankang AR 1 (36) 91% 46% 85% 88% 70% 66%
Accelera 651 Sport (25) 82% 70% 78% 76% 73% 73%
Michelin Primacy LC (12) 82% 79% 67% 68% 73% 88%
Toyo Proxes TR1 (68) 84% 75% 78% 80% 71% 67%
Yokohama Parada Spec 2 (118) 92% 59% 80% 80% 69% 71%
Maxxis MA Z1 Victra (64) 88% 77% 73% 77% 71% 66%
Nankang NS2R (60) 89% 66% 82% 84% 72% 55%
Toyo R888 R (28) 90% 64% 82% 85% 61% 63%
Uniroyal RainSport (25) 78% 88% 68% 78% 72% 74%
Falken ZE912 (200) 82% 74% 75% 70% 71% 79%
Uniroyal RainSport 5 (75) 76% 86% 69% 68% 75% 80%
Bridgestone Potenza RE001 (42) 87% 72% 78% 80% 70% 63%
GT Radial Champiro HPY (24) 88% 80% 73% 74% 58% 76%
Nitto NT01 (9) 94% 46% 84% 83% 73% 46%
Dunlop Direzza DZ102 (18) 83% 74% 76% 69% 66% 74%
Falken FK452 (211) 82% 72% 75% 73% 69% 73%
Zeetex HP1000 (12) 79% 71% 76% 65% 79% 75%
Pirelli Dragon Sport (16) 79% 78% 78% 75% 68% 69%
Dunlop SP Sport LM 705 (29) 79% 60% 69% 72% 82% 88%
Firenza ST01A (6) 78% 73% 75% 75% 72% 82%
Federal 595RSR (51) 86% 66% 76% 80% 72% 57%
Momo Outrun M3 (20) 81% 68% 71% 75% 70% 81%
Michelin Pilot Preceda 2 (7) 76% 66% 80% 74% 64% 76%
Yokohama C Drive2 (31) 79% 73% 70% 69% 71% 81%
Landsail LS588 UHP (96) 80% 73% 69% 67% 76% 79%
Yokohama S Drive (65) 83% 69% 75% 77% 71% 68%
Three A P606 (47) 79% 73% 69% 69% 72% 76%
Rovelo Sport A1 (25) 78% 68% 71% 72% 72% 71%
Sonar Sportek SX1 EVO (1) 80% 70% 80% 80% 60% 60%
Triangle Sportex TSH11 (18) 78% 64% 76% 74% 69% 71%
Pirelli CINTURATO P7 (183) 83% 73% 73% 75% 69% 74%
Dunlop All Season 2 (3) 80% 67% 70% 57% 90% 83%
Sailun Atrezzo ZSR (46) 80% 68% 71% 75% 67% 72%
Nexen N8000 (80) 79% 74% 69% 66% 69% 79%
Toyo T1R (288) 83% 69% 75% 75% 63% 70%
Maxxis HP M3 (7) 69% 65% 73% 76% 76% 80%
Toyo R888 (37) 90% 63% 80% 78% 59% 55%
Continental Sport Contact (18) 81% 73% 72% 73% 66% 71%
Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO (43) 86% 88% 76% 78% 56% 77%
Nexen N6000 (63) 81% 70% 74% 65% 71% 74%
Goodyear Excellence (126) 79% 70% 72% 71% 72% 74%
Continental Sport Contact 5 (217) 86% 82% 79% 76% 50% 73%
Goodyear Eagle F1 GSD3 (157) 84% 78% 76% 73% 60% 65%
Goodyear UltraGrip 8 Performance (13) 84% 84% 71% 77% 83% 82%
Kumho Ecsta LE Sport (33) 77% 72% 73% 72% 70% 74%
Continental ContiSportContact 5 P (109) 85% 78% 77% 75% 55% 72%
Rotalla RU01 S Pace (26) 82% 71% 69% 69% 69% 76%
Linglong Green Max (38) 78% 70% 67% 70% 67% 73%
Avon ZV7 (136) 82% 77% 72% 72% 58% 78%
Fulda Carat Exelero (16) 74% 79% 69% 73% 72% 69%
Jinyu YU61 (46) 80% 65% 68% 63% 73% 75%
Toyo Proxes 4 (45) 80% 63% 72% 66% 77% 74%
Continental Sport Contact 2 (229) 85% 75% 76% 72% 61% 66%
Winrun R330 (31) 79% 64% 68% 68% 74% 78%
Petlas Snow Master W651 (27) 77% 66% 64% 69% 86% 71%
Torque TQ901 (5) 82% 72% 74% 74% 54% 76%
Hankook Ventus Prime2 (61) 79% 73% 72% 71% 67% 72%
Altenzo Comforter (87) 78% 59% 69% 62% 75% 79%
Kumho Solus KH17 (56) 76% 70% 70% 69% 67% 70%
Dunlop SP Sport Maxx TT (54) 85% 73% 74% 76% 65% 64%
Yokohama ADVAN Neova AD08RS (34) 74% 65% 74% 72% 80% 68%
Bridgestone Potenza S001 (162) 83% 69% 74% 74% 67% 60%
Toyo Proxes C1S (37) 78% 68% 70% 69% 66% 70%
Yokohama E70D db (10) 73% 68% 76% 74% 71% 69%
Pirelli P 7 (85) 79% 69% 71% 68% 73% 65%
Bridgestone Potenza RE050 (57) 83% 69% 76% 69% 66% 61%
Bridgestone Potenza RE050A (212) 83% 69% 74% 72% 66% 59%
Pirelli PZero Nero (141) 83% 65% 71% 71% 67% 64%
Firestone Firehawk SZ90 (25) 77% 68% 74% 71% 70% 60%
Jinyu YU63 (53) 77% 61% 66% 65% 72% 71%
Goodride SV308 (32) 75% 64% 64% 63% 77% 69%
Bridgestone Weather Control A005 (79) 81% 84% 76% 72% 54% 71%
Toyo Snowprox S953 (10) 77% 69% 64% 74% 75% 74%
Bridgestone WeatherPeak (12) 80% 71% 49% 64% 43% 81%
Rovelo RPX 998 (31) 78% 60% 67% 63% 64% 73%
GT Radial SportActive (17) 76% 61% 62% 67% 78% 68%
Nexen N1000 (19) 78% 66% 66% 66% 67% 63%
Goodyear EfficientGrip (143) 77% 68% 63% 61% 70% 72%
Laufenn S fit EQ (13) 78% 63% 62% 57% 73% 73%
Dunlop SP Sport Maxx (166) 79% 69% 69% 67% 63% 64%
Firestone RoadHawk (40) 83% 72% 68% 63% 56% 71%
Yokohama S306 (17) 82% 59% 68% 62% 74% 64%
Yokohama BluEarth AE50 (36) 74% 67% 68% 69% 60% 68%
Goodyear Eagle F1 GSD2 (8) 75% 68% 70% 64% 66% 63%
Wanli S1063 (80) 74% 58% 63% 61% 77% 65%
Dunlop SP Sport 3000 (10) 81% 64% 64% 64% 66% 69%
Falken FK453 (30) 77% 70% 63% 60% 60% 69%
Evergreen EU72 (48) 75% 61% 60% 60% 73% 67%
Dunlop SP2000 (14) 78% 70% 73% 62% 59% 62%
Nankang NS2 (211) 76% 58% 65% 62% 73% 62%
Hankook Ventus V2 Concept (12) 87% 79% 79% 81% 75% 80%
Bridgestone Turanza ER30 (44) 78% 61% 67% 62% 73% 57%
Dunlop SP Sport 9000 (60) 75% 64% 64% 61% 65% 62%
Kumho WinterCraft WP71 (15) 68% 61% 56% 56% 73% 51%
Avon ZV3 (28) 72% 63% 65% 66% 58% 66%
Tigar Syneris (20) 75% 61% 62% 61% 61% 65%
Nexen N3000 (45) 73% 55% 63% 62% 63% 67%
Sailun Atrezzo Z4 AS (52) 74% 68% 62% 62% 64% 56%
Federal 595EVO (40) 74% 46% 69% 65% 72% 55%
Achilles ATR Sport 2 (43) 72% 45% 61% 63% 73% 66%
Achilles 2233 (20) 77% 47% 63% 64% 71% 65%
BFGoodrich Traction TA (4) 75% 68% 60% 63% 80% 37%
Landsail LS988 (37) 76% 52% 59% 54% 72% 66%
Hifly HF805 (63) 74% 60% 64% 63% 54% 63%
Aptany RA301 (21) 73% 62% 65% 65% 48% 67%
Davanti Protoura Sport (26) 72% 48% 64% 58% 68% 65%
Laufenn S Fit AS (13) 83% 65% 81% 75% 70% 85%
Apollo Aspire 4G (10) 71% 57% 67% 64% 53% 63%
Hankook Ventus V2 Concept 2 H457 (11) 69% 47% 55% 67% 73% 69%
Nokian eNTYRE 2.0 (4) 63% 55% 50% 63% 83% 73%
Marangoni Zetalinea (15) 72% 45% 64% 64% 68% 57%
Marangoni Mythos (29) 69% 55% 58% 60% 62% 58%
Continental EcoContact 6 (124) 74% 57% 58% 60% 53% 70%
Infinity INF 050 (19) 66% 47% 59% 54% 78% 51%
Rapid p609 (34) 68% 55% 57% 60% 62% 58%
Cooper Zeon 2XS (16) 70% 51% 57% 48% 58% 65%
Kenda KAISER KR20 (64) 66% 46% 55% 54% 71% 55%
Sunny SN3630 (8) 64% 40% 50% 45% 79% 69%
Federal SS595 SUPER STEEL (136) 70% 47% 57% 55% 69% 48%
Primewell PZ900 (59) 72% 58% 54% 57% 57% 50%
Autogrip P308 (26) 66% 52% 56% 50% 60% 61%
Accelera PHI (161) 68% 44% 53% 51% 66% 58%
Pirelli P7000 (7) 71% 47% 63% 57% 61% 57%
Bridgestone Ecopia EP25 (12) 65% 46% 63% 62% 55% 62%
Maxtrek MAXIMUS M1 (75) 69% 39% 56% 52% 67% 61%
Accelera Alpha (131) 65% 44% 53% 48% 69% 56%
Runway ENDURO 916 Plus (45) 66% 53% 52% 54% 62% 41%
Fullway HP 108 (12) 71% 51% 54% 50% 63% 50%
Bridgestone Potenza RE92A (1) 80% 60% 70% 70% 60% 20%
Westlake SA 07 (8) 71% 41% 45% 49% 58% 64%
Kumho Ecsta 712 (10) 69% 42% 51% 47% 74% 50%
Zeta Ztr10 (33) 60% 44% 48% 47% 61% 59%
Achilles ATR Sport (57) 62% 40% 54% 48% 61% 56%
Silverstone Atlantis V7 (6) 70% 42% 53% 50% 66% 52%
Sava intensa hp (25) 58% 46% 45% 40% 61% 60%
Falken ZE512 (27) 67% 47% 52% 50% 45% 55%
Maxtrek INGENS A1 (35) 59% 32% 52% 45% 62% 57%
Hifly HF201 (35) 57% 43% 50% 44% 46% 56%
Yokohama A041 (2) 70% 55% 65% 55% 35% 45%
RoadX RXMOTION U11 (34) 62% 36% 44% 41% 74% 52%
Firemax FM601 (9) 60% 45% 51% 49% 34% 59%
Bridgestone Turanza T002 (3) 85% 50% 30% 15% 65% 65%
Event WL905 (129) 59% 30% 41% 39% 60% 49%
Gislaved Speed 606 (1) 60% 70% 60% 80% 10% 10%
Haida HD921 (39) 59% 40% 47% 45% 50% 37%
Forceum HEXA (11) 60% 40% 51% 40% 40% 39%
Infinity INF 05 (68) 56% 31% 42% 39% 62% 45%
Silverstone M5 Synergy (16) 58% 30% 46% 45% 65% 37%
Autogrip F107 (127) 58% 27% 44% 36% 60% 50%
Wanli S1088 (85) 57% 35% 41% 39% 59% 38%
Triangle TR968 (69) 53% 31% 40% 38% 61% 38%
BCT S800 (86) 51% 29% 38% 37% 60% 32%
Yokohama BluEarth S34 (3) 70% 40% 47% 43% 65% 47%
Sunny SN3800 (63) 50% 29% 30% 29% 44% 28%

215/45 17 Tyre Review Highlights

Yokohama BluEarth Es ES32 rated 84% while driving a Toyota Prius
Driving on a combination of roads for 20 easy going miles
A fuel-economy tyre with great comfort credits. This tyre will never please the boy-racer brigade, but some of us regard that as a bonus. On to my second set of these Blue-Earth after over 160,000 km of daily commute and occasional holiday travel. Quiet, comfortable and reliable. Fuel economy is up there with the very best, with wet braking on par with tyres twice the price. Unsure what "Orange Oil" is, it sounds like something I use to remove glue residue. I think these tyres represent great value and I would very much like to recommend them.
tyre reviewed on 2025-04-03 14:23:06
Petlas SnowMaster 2 Sport rated 75% while driving a Skoda Fabia Mk4 1.5 TSI ACT
Driving on a combination of roads for 3000 average miles
I've been using it for 4 months and have driven approximately 5000 km. The majority of this was in the city and on the unpaved road where my workplace is located. The tire performs very well on both dry and wet surfaces, with a good braking distance. I had no issues on snow either. In terms of noise, you can hear the tires at every speed. For me, it was a great price/performance tire, and I can say it has been successful in this regard. If it maintains the same softness next season, I believe it will continue to satisfy me greatly.
tyre reviewed on 2025-02-19 05:22:51
Riken Riken Snow rated 87% while driving a Vauxhall Corsa
Driving on mostly country roads for 4000 average miles
got these on a corsa van and they are great in the snow and not noisy on the road, good wear properties for the blocky tread pattern. Bought some more for the rears to replace the verdenstiens which are not as good in the snow.
tyre reviewed on 2025-01-19 11:12:59
Vredestein Quatrac Pro Plus rated 80% while driving a Subaru BRZ
Driving on a combination of roads for 250 spirited miles
After 4 years and 33,000 km the excellent Quatrac Pro have hardened and are very close to the legal limit for an AS (4mm). Time and wear have made them wagging, still valid in the wet and very reactive in the dry, but on snow they would have been nothing short of a gamble.

And since I will be going to Germany again in January with the brz and the Quatrac Pro were not available, I recently mounted the Quatrac Pro+ (215/45/17 91Y XL B/C utqg400/A/A).

The Q.Pro+ have a softer carcass and sidewall, are less reactive, have a different compound more oriented to wet/snow and also require more running-in (at least 500 km).

The always very nice design remains unchanged with an appreciable footprint of the tread and the characteristic wide central rib.

At first I optimistically thought I could mount the Q.Pro+ only on the rear, leaving the old Q.Pro on the front which with a generous 5mm could have done another 10,000 km. But all the differences mentioned above are overall so important that, in the few days I rode with the new ones only on the rear, at every minimal change of direction I could perceive a clear oversteer combined with an appreciable lateral instability of the rear (cobblestone sensation, so to speak), practically disappeared, net of the remaining wax to dispose of, once the new ones were mounted on the front as well. I didn't think that the lack of homogeneity between the two axles could be so problematic. It was basically like having a summer tyre on the front and a winter tyre on the rear with the consequences of the case.

I will do a full review around 5000 km.
tyre reviewed on 2024-12-28 13:24:39
Toyo Proxes TR1 rated 54% while driving a Vauxhall Corsa D
Driving on mostly country roads for 1000 spirited miles
I ran two of these on one end and michelin PS5s on the other end. Night and day difference. The toyos would fold quite easily under 30psi, i ran mine at around 33psi, they wouldnt grip the same as the PS5s. I experimented putting the toyos on the front and the car understeered. I put them on the back and the car oversteered. So i learnt my lesson not to cheap out on tyres. In conclusion, these tyres and okay but not for your spirited drivers. Hope this helps
tyre reviewed on 2024-12-26 04:54:22
Landsail LS588 UHP rated 83% while driving a Skoda Rapid TSI
Driving on a combination of roads for 21000 spirited miles
Purchased these mainly because of the price. I needed 2 new tyres and these were priced well. I had used Landsail LS388 on a previous car and they were pretty good. The 588 however weren't as good for pulling away, they gave a fair amount of slip under acceleration. Having now driven 21000 miles on them and needing to replace. I won't be buying them again mainly because of that slippage as I didn't have confidence in pulling away and partly because I'm now is a position to afford Premium Tyres and have opted for Goodyear Efficientgrip Performance 2's. Other than that they handled everything I threw at them. Summer, winter, wet, dry, ice, snow with the appropriate driving they were fine. They have lasted 2 and a half years (21000 Miles) not a bad tyre by any means and if budget is a concern then you can't really go wrong.
tyre reviewed on 2024-12-21 05:14:03
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 3 rated 36% while driving a Vauxhall Corsa
Driving on mostly motorways for 7000 spirited miles
Good grip in dry not to bad wet In cold days very poor grip cold wet days omg I replaced them at 5mm with F1 as6 totally brilliant tyre
tyre reviewed on 2024-12-10 03:44:03
Dunlop SportMaxx RT 2 rated 70% while driving a Mazda MX5 2.0 Manual
Driving on a combination of roads for 1200 spirited miles
A mixed bag these ones. I'll start with the positives:

Survived two mixed weather track days. Although conditions meant pushing hard was never an option, most road tyres show some shoulder wear in track conditions, but these held up well. In Cold / Greasy conditions, they clearly performed better than the same car on semi-slicks and the handling was predictable, consistent and controllable. Oversteer was progressive and correctable.

Next, in very very very heavy rain conditions on the motorway (and I mean, can't even see the car in front kinda wet), they performed very well. Very little if any aquaplaning, resistance to it was good. Felt calm and steady over standing water and in damp conditions it felt like the tyre was keyed into the road.

Lastly, country road driving in damp / changeable conditoins, also excellent, very reliable grip, even when pressing on.

So what about the downsides... well, theres a few:

1) very odd steering characteristics off centre and on / off throttle. The car changes direction slightly on and off throttle, a behaviour I've only seen when tyres were different brands, or one was hugely over / under inflated. It suggests that all four tyres may not be perfectly the same dimensionally. It lends an oddly floaty feeling just off centre when driving on roads.

2) very very very firm. For a road tyre, the carcass stiffness is significant. These are actually about as stiff as a set of Nankang AR1 track tyres, and significantly harder than the likes of a classic P zero. For a road tyre this makes it quite uncomfortable. It certainly feels "sporty" but over all but perfect roads, its quite uncomfortable.

3) I have no data yet on how these will perform under hard driving in dry conditions, so will need to report back once I've had a chance to do so.
tyre reviewed on 2024-12-06 02:28:05
Uniroyal RainSport 5 rated 67% while driving a Alfa Romeo 147
Driving on mostly country roads for 20000 average miles
I had always Continental sport contact in my alfa romeo 147, when Continental stopped to produce sport size 215/45/17, I chose uniroyal rainsport 5 as a fast alternative, uniroyal are good tires, beautiful, but i lost my handling, braking, the grip, always comparing to contisports, for daily and normal driving, I really enjoy uniroyal, but my next tyres will be michelin pilot sport 5 or good year assymetric 6.
tyre reviewed on 2024-11-23 04:52:59
Sailun Atrezzo ZSR rated 63% while driving a Vauxhall Corsa D
Driving on a combination of roads for 20000 spirited miles
I have a bit mixed impression relating to Sailun ZSR tyres. They offer surprisingly good grip on dry tarmac, even if cornering hard, but can be inconsistent on wet roads, especially on smooth tarmac. They are acceptably noisy. Rolling resistance can be noticed at petrol station. But still within acceptance. It could be a cheap and good tyre, unfortunately high wear level is pulling down overall impression because 20k miles does not impress at all - near legal limit already. But to be honest, I have seen worse results at much higher price. Would I buy these again? I would consider for just rolling wheels for sure, but not for the pulling wheels.
tyre reviewed on 2024-11-20 16:48:13
Maxxis MA iPro Victra iPro rated 92% while driving a Honda Civic FD2
Driving on mostly town for 0 average miles
Superb grip in dry
tyre reviewed on 2024-11-16 05:29:06
Michelin Primacy 4 Plus rated 94% while driving a Toyota Prius
Driving on mostly motorways for 0 average miles
Very good tyres in : comfort, handling wet and dry,tread life good,aquaplaning good.
Negative is price ,but quality always it will be expensive.
tyre reviewed on 2024-11-04 10:40:58
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