235/45 R17 Tyres

The following tyres have been reviewed in 235/45 R17.

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Tyre Reviewed Dry Grip Wet Grip Feedback Handling Wear Comfort
Nokian xLine (2) 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
Nexen N Blue 4Season 2 (3) 93% 97% 93% 93% 100% 100%
Michelin Pilot Alpin 4 (26) 92% 95% 93% 95% 93% 91%
Dynamo STREET H MH01 (3) 93% 90% 90% 93% 85% 93%
Continental WinterContact TS830 (30) 90% 95% 90% 84% 85% 91%
BFGoodrich gForce Profiler 2 (24) 92% 85% 87% 84% 89% 85%
Vredestein Wintrac Pro (28) 91% 90% 86% 83% 87% 87%
Vredestein Ultrac Satin (45) 92% 87% 85% 86% 86% 90%
Nokian Line (65) 92% 90% 89% 89% 82% 86%
Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 (156) 94% 87% 88% 87% 80% 85%
Nokian Snowproof P (9) 92% 89% 86% 90% 80% 79%
Goodyear Vector 4Seasons SUV (8) 86% 86% 88% 86% 90% 86%
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6 (137) 94% 91% 88% 88% 75% 84%
Triangle EffeXSport (4) 90% 85% 88% 90% 65% 85%
Semperit Speed Grip 2 (17) 89% 89% 89% 76% 87% 89%
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%
Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta (237) 91% 88% 87% 85% 79% 85%
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 5 (246) 93% 90% 86% 88% 79% 80%
Falken Eurowinter HS01 (22) 88% 90% 85% 76% 88% 80%
Barum Bravuris 3HM (66) 88% 83% 82% 80% 87% 84%
Goodyear Eagle F1 Sport (15) 91% 87% 84% 91% 77% 79%
Continental PremiumContact 7 (31) 93% 95% 85% 86% 78% 77%
Blacklion Champoint BU66 (21) 88% 84% 81% 82% 81% 85%
Dunlop SP Sport FM800 (58) 88% 86% 79% 83% 84% 84%
Nokian Z G2 (30) 88% 89% 86% 84% 80% 83%
Nokian NRY (2) 70% 90% 85% 85% 90% 75%
Pirelli Winter Sottozero 3 (50) 89% 92% 82% 87% 79% 80%
BFGoodrich Mud Terrain TA KM2 (5) 88% 70% 66% 88% 93% 84%
BFGoodrich gForce Winter (20) 85% 81% 77% 78% 83% 84%
GT Radial Champiro WinterPro HP (4) 90% 88% 83% 85% 77% 80%
Yokohama ADVAN Neova AD08R (44) 95% 73% 91% 93% 72% 70%
Bridgestone Potenza RE070 (16) 96% 71% 94% 89% 79% 66%
Hankook Optimo 4S (32) 86% 86% 79% 78% 78% 88%
Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 (6) 87% 87% 80% 82% 80% 77%
Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3 (23) 89% 90% 83% 84% 75% 78%
Yokohama Advan Neova AD09 (16) 93% 75% 89% 89% 75% 75%
Bridgestone Turanza 6 (35) 92% 92% 87% 86% 70% 84%
Falken ZE914 (99) 89% 81% 84% 80% 82% 81%
Kleber Krisalp HP3 (35) 85% 85% 82% 81% 84% 88%
Michelin Pilot Sport 3 PS3 (303) 90% 88% 84% 84% 73% 82%
Toyo R1R (31) 95% 81% 91% 90% 60% 71%
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 3 (181) 88% 86% 81% 81% 79% 86%
General G Max AS 07 (3) 90% 85% 80% 60% 0% 80%
Michelin CrossClimate Plus (116) 87% 85% 82% 74% 87% 86%
Matador MP 46 Hectorra 2 (57) 88% 82% 79% 75% 85% 84%
Continental ContiMaxContact MC5 (43) 88% 80% 80% 80% 78% 86%
Debica Presto UHP2 (41) 87% 80% 82% 83% 76% 88%
Fulda SportControl 2 (28) 83% 84% 81% 77% 79% 92%
Bridgestone Potenza Adrenalin RE004 (20) 88% 78% 86% 89% 73% 75%
Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen 3 (52) 83% 89% 78% 79% 86% 84%
Michelin Pilot Sport 4 (327) 91% 88% 81% 84% 74% 78%
Yokohama Advan Sport V105 (42) 91% 82% 83% 83% 76% 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%
Kumho Solus HA31 (9) 80% 79% 79% 80% 74% 83%
Continental ExtremeContact DWS 06 PLUS (19) 90% 94% 82% 87% 66% 86%
Bridgestone Adrenalin RE002 (108) 90% 82% 82% 80% 77% 77%
Falken Azenis FK510 (147) 88% 88% 82% 82% 72% 77%
Cooper WeatherMaster Snow (7) 82% 85% 83% 78% 80% 82%
Hankook Ventus Prime 3 K125 (120) 89% 80% 80% 79% 80% 80%
Continental Premium Contact 6 (124) 89% 85% 83% 85% 74% 78%
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%
Tigar Tigar UHP (22) 90% 76% 80% 81% 71% 84%
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric (141) 90% 87% 82% 78% 70% 80%
Goodyear Vector 4Seasons (62) 84% 83% 82% 82% 85% 82%
Hankook Ventus RS4 (19) 87% 73% 85% 88% 85% 61%
Nokian WR A4 (23) 85% 88% 73% 78% 78% 85%
Michelin Primacy 4 Plus (31) 87% 86% 76% 72% 83% 84%
Bridgestone Potenza Sport (111) 92% 87% 89% 91% 61% 72%
Bridgestone Adrenalin RE003 (93) 90% 78% 83% 86% 70% 74%
Nexen WinGuard Sport 2 (31) 86% 85% 74% 77% 85% 84%
Sailun Iceblazer Alpine Evo (9) 90% 87% 71% 78% 80% 82%
Michelin CrossClimate (147) 88% 85% 82% 80% 84% 88%
Hankook Winter i cept evo2 (26) 85% 79% 81% 81% 84% 85%
Sava Intensa UHP 2 (50) 86% 79% 78% 78% 78% 81%
Dunlop Grandtrek TG30 (2) 80% 85% 80% 70% 75% 90%
Toyo Proxes T1 Sport (50) 90% 79% 86% 84% 67% 78%
Altenzo Sports Comforter (25) 86% 76% 75% 78% 83% 85%
Uniroyal RainSport 3 (286) 84% 92% 79% 78% 64% 83%
Vredestein Ultrac Cento (22) 83% 78% 76% 73% 86% 82%
Neuton NT8000 (33) 90% 73% 80% 75% 81% 81%
Kumho Ecsta KU39 (124) 86% 78% 80% 76% 73% 81%
Hankook Ventus V12 evo2 (81) 87% 81% 78% 79% 73% 77%
Vredestein Quatrac 3 (48) 81% 86% 78% 75% 76% 76%
Giti GitiSportS2 (16) 82% 74% 75% 77% 84% 83%
Dunlop Direzza DZ03 (7) 94% 66% 89% 89% 71% 47%
Michelin Primacy 4 (173) 84% 80% 74% 76% 82% 83%
Barum Bravuris 2 (127) 85% 78% 79% 71% 75% 80%
Falken Eurowinter HS439 (17) 86% 83% 86% 81% 83% 77%
Dunlop SportMaxx RT (176) 88% 84% 83% 82% 60% 82%
Roadstone Eurovis Sport 04 (65) 84% 78% 76% 77% 74% 80%
Hankook Ventus V12 evo k110 (114) 84% 75% 76% 78% 74% 79%
Dunlop SP Winter Sport 3D (40) 81% 84% 80% 77% 76% 77%
Dunlop SportMaxx RT 2 (92) 84% 78% 77% 77% 75% 79%
Vredestein Wintrac Xtreme (64) 83% 86% 82% 77% 87% 86%
Pirelli P ZERO ROSSO Asimmetrico (26) 87% 75% 79% 82% 73% 71%
Kumho Ecsta V730 (4) 93% 53% 80% 85% 70% 65%
Nexen N Fera SU1 (138) 83% 76% 75% 77% 73% 80%
Nankang SV1 Winter Plus (14) 80% 72% 72% 71% 81% 82%
Kumho Ecsta KU31 (165) 83% 75% 77% 76% 72% 74%
Falken Wildpeak AT3W (16) 84% 80% 68% 75% 80% 83%
Pirelli SOTTOZERO (9) 78% 83% 79% 81% 79% 81%
Michelin Primacy 3 (191) 85% 79% 76% 77% 69% 80%
Continental Sport Contact 6 (89) 90% 86% 81% 82% 53% 77%
Continental Sport Contact 3 (244) 88% 80% 81% 77% 62% 74%
Cooper Zeon CS6 (33) 83% 74% 69% 74% 85% 72%
Firestone Firehawk Indy 500 (14) 83% 68% 80% 82% 63% 75%
Avon ZZ3 (115) 84% 75% 78% 75% 70% 74%
Primewell Sport 910 (23) 83% 76% 76% 76% 74% 73%
Nokian WR A3 (75) 92% 87% 88% 82% 90% 91%
Michelin Primacy HP (199) 85% 75% 77% 74% 77% 76%
Pirelli Cinturato P7 Blue (33) 86% 71% 75% 71% 87% 77%
Bridgestone Turanza GR100 (4) 83% 80% 78% 65% 73% 78%
Maxxis MA Z1 Victra (64) 88% 77% 73% 77% 71% 66%
Toyo TEO plus (16) 80% 65% 69% 73% 80% 85%
Toyo R888 R (28) 90% 64% 82% 85% 61% 63%
Falken ZE912 (200) 82% 74% 75% 70% 71% 79%
Bridgestone Potenza RE001 (42) 87% 72% 78% 80% 70% 63%
Kenda Komet SPT 1 KR10 (6) 78% 52% 66% 70% 96% 86%
Matador MP 47 Hectorra 3 (29) 80% 67% 75% 76% 74% 79%
Hankook Kinergy 4S2 (43) 80% 79% 69% 72% 77% 76%
Hankook Ventus S1 evo2 (80) 84% 76% 76% 79% 67% 72%
Michelin Pilot Primacy (52) 80% 76% 71% 68% 85% 71%
Falken FK452 (211) 82% 72% 75% 73% 69% 73%
Federal 595RSR (51) 86% 66% 76% 80% 72% 57%
Momo Outrun M3 (20) 81% 68% 71% 75% 70% 81%
Nankang SV2 (30) 83% 77% 74% 74% 83% 74%
Dunlop SP Sport LM704 (27) 80% 58% 75% 75% 79% 79%
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%
Sportiva Compact (7) 89% 70% 73% 71% 70% 70%
Triangle Sportex TSH11 (18) 78% 64% 76% 74% 69% 71%
Pirelli CINTURATO P7 (183) 83% 73% 73% 75% 69% 74%
Kumho IZen KW27 (32) 76% 75% 73% 69% 78% 83%
Bridgestone Turanza T005 (151) 82% 79% 73% 73% 65% 73%
Nexen N Fera SUR4G (5) 94% 84% 60% 83% 46% 48%
Davanti DX640 (99) 79% 71% 74% 73% 65% 78%
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%
Maxxis M35 Victra Asymmet (13) 83% 69% 73% 67% 68% 75%
Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO (43) 86% 88% 76% 78% 56% 77%
Achilles 123S (13) 91% 64% 81% 82% 58% 57%
Nexen N6000 (63) 81% 70% 74% 65% 71% 74%
Kormoran Road Performance (26) 80% 65% 67% 70% 75% 78%
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%
Federal 595RSRR (7) 93% 55% 82% 85% 62% 48%
Kumho Ecsta LE Sport (33) 77% 72% 73% 72% 70% 74%
Continental ContiSportContact 5 P (109) 85% 78% 77% 75% 55% 72%
Toyo Proxes 4 (45) 80% 63% 72% 66% 77% 74%
Continental Sport Contact 2 (229) 85% 75% 76% 72% 61% 66%
Avon ZV7 (137) 82% 77% 72% 71% 58% 78%
Falken Azenis RT 615 (4) 80% 53% 75% 78% 78% 55%
Altenzo Comforter (87) 78% 59% 69% 62% 75% 79%
Winda WH16 (18) 78% 71% 62% 52% 82% 76%
Nitto Motivo (4) 65% 50% 63% 63% 95% 73%
Dunlop SP Sport Maxx TT (54) 85% 73% 74% 76% 65% 64%
Winrun R330 (32) 78% 63% 67% 67% 73% 76%
Toyo Proxes C1S (37) 78% 68% 70% 69% 66% 70%
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%
Prestivo PV3000 (2) 100% 60% 70% 65% 65% 65%
Pirelli PZero Nero (141) 83% 65% 71% 71% 67% 64%
Pirelli Scorpion Verde All Season (68) 80% 65% 75% 74% 73% 70%
Dunlop SP Sport 01 (124) 78% 67% 71% 69% 69% 65%
Goodride SV308 (32) 75% 64% 64% 63% 77% 69%
Bridgestone Weather Control A005 (79) 81% 84% 76% 72% 54% 71%
Jinyu YW51 (17) 70% 67% 63% 58% 71% 70%
Pirelli P Zero (165) 84% 68% 75% 71% 57% 63%
GT Radial SportActive (17) 76% 61% 62% 67% 78% 68%
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%
Pirelli P Zero Nero GT (36) 81% 64% 63% 68% 70% 64%
Pirelli PZero Corsa System (11) 81% 57% 78% 76% 48% 56%
Pirelli PZero Rosso (109) 81% 66% 70% 68% 59% 62%
Wanli S1063 (80) 74% 58% 63% 61% 77% 65%
Nankang NS2 (211) 76% 58% 65% 62% 73% 62%
Landsail LS288 (36) 74% 60% 65% 61% 68% 70%
Pace PC10 (11) 75% 61% 57% 60% 75% 66%
Hankook Ventus V2 Concept (12) 87% 79% 79% 81% 75% 80%
Syron Race 1 (4) 80% 65% 73% 63% 38% 85%
Barum Bravuris (19) 79% 57% 63% 64% 65% 68%
Accelera PHI R (29) 76% 49% 67% 67% 65% 73%
Maxxis Victra MA Z3 (7) 70% 67% 70% 67% 53% 72%
Federal FZ201 (2) 100% 30% 85% 85% 30% 45%
Nexen N3000 (45) 73% 55% 63% 62% 63% 67%
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%
Davanti Protoura Sport (27) 72% 49% 65% 59% 68% 67%
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%
Pirelli Cinturato P 7 Ecoimpact (11) 65% 62% 66% 59% 72% 57%
Goodyear Ultra Grip Performance 2 (9) 79% 73% 74% 71% 70% 81%
Marangoni Mythos (29) 69% 55% 58% 60% 62% 58%
Triangle SporteX TH201 (29) 71% 51% 58% 56% 64% 65%
Yokohama ADVAN Sport (35) 76% 66% 64% 65% 47% 50%
Infinity INF 050 (19) 66% 47% 59% 54% 78% 51%
Rapid p609 (34) 68% 55% 57% 60% 62% 58%
Nordexx NS9000 (12) 67% 50% 55% 51% 68% 55%
Kenda KAISER KR20 (64) 66% 46% 55% 54% 71% 55%
Sunny SN3970 (46) 71% 49% 54% 54% 65% 54%
Federal SS595 SUPER STEEL (136) 70% 47% 57% 55% 69% 48%
Primewell PZ900 (59) 72% 58% 54% 57% 57% 50%
Maxtrek MAXIMUS M1 (75) 69% 39% 56% 52% 67% 61%
Nexen N7000 (7) 64% 49% 56% 54% 76% 49%
Accelera Alpha (131) 65% 44% 53% 48% 69% 56%
Pirelli P6000 (175) 66% 46% 55% 48% 67% 60%
Wanli S1086 (6) 58% 47% 53% 62% 72% 45%
Runway ENDURO 916 Plus (45) 66% 53% 52% 54% 62% 41%
Westlake SA 07 (8) 71% 41% 45% 49% 58% 64%
Achilles ATR Sport (57) 62% 40% 54% 48% 61% 56%
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric All Season (3) 75% 45% 65% 55% 35% 50%
Falken ZE512 (27) 67% 47% 52% 50% 45% 55%
Riken Maystorm 2 B 2 (22) 68% 35% 50% 54% 52% 57%
Rotalla F105 (29) 64% 31% 45% 41% 58% 58%
Autogrip Grip 200 (9) 69% 40% 47% 50% 48% 46%
Nexen N5000 (5) 54% 46% 50% 46% 44% 60%
Event WL905 (129) 59% 30% 41% 39% 60% 49%
Forceum HEXA (11) 60% 40% 51% 40% 40% 39%
Infinity INF 05 (68) 56% 31% 42% 39% 62% 45%
Autogrip F107 (127) 58% 27% 44% 36% 60% 50%
Triangle TR968 (69) 53% 31% 40% 38% 61% 38%
BCT S800 (87) 50% 29% 38% 37% 60% 32%
Fullrun HP199 (80) 48% 29% 33% 33% 54% 27%
Rockstone Radial F105 (25) 38% 20% 33% 30% 54% 36%
Sunny SN3800 (63) 50% 29% 30% 29% 44% 28%

235/45 17 Tyre Review Highlights

Nexen N Fera SU1 rated 89% while driving a Mitsubishi Lancer EX 2.0 GT
Driving on mostly motorways for 100 average miles
First things first, this tire is great, much better than the tires I had before. The dry grip is all there, it never feels unpredictable or slippery no matter how much I push it. The wet grip is lightly tested but it hasn't disappointed yet for the limits I pushed thus far. Dry braking is excellent. The feedback and handling is good. Even through electric power steering, the road feel gets translated quite well. No complaints.
tyre reviewed on 2025-03-15 22:45:38
Dunlop SP Sport FM800 rated 79% while driving a Volkswagen Golf R20 270 bhp 4wd
Driving on a combination of roads for 2000 spirited miles
Fitted to a 2012 Golf R, these have great grip for a touring tyre (even compared to the Advan Fleva V701 I had before on a previous set of wheels), and are really reassuring in the wet, even when pushing it. Lateral grip is great but I can get a hint of wheelspin pushing the tyres to their limits in the wet. Cannot comment on wear yet. Also very quiet. Sidewall isn't the most stiff so steering feel is more vague, however potentially due to tire size (235/45/17) rather than the fault of the design.
tyre reviewed on 2025-03-06 19:31:35
Bridgestone Potenza Sport rated 70% while driving a Audi S3
Driving on mostly country roads for 1500 average miles
Grip is out of this world in the dry and wet and they're so sharp on the steering, however the wear is really bad. 1500 miles and a track day and both fronts were done. Don't use them on track.
tyre reviewed on 2025-01-12 23:25:26
Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3 rated 81% while driving a Honda Civic 1.5T
Driving on mostly country roads for 1500 spirited miles
Pretty impressed with these, but they do have some limitations. I replaced some Bridgestone full winter tyres with these and they don't have the snow grip of that full winter, which probably stands to reason, but it's not a huge distance off it. What they do well is limit the float that some winter tyres come with when the car moves around on the tread block, it's still there, but tolerable. Some winter tyres really are unnerving for that and I'm sure going to an all season has mitigated an amount of this.
As I'm using these effectively like a set of winter tyres, I'm not wholly bothered by dry grip in the higher temps, these aren't a patch on my Goodyear ays 6's, but they're ok for the dryer winter days that they will encounter. Comfort wise, they are pretty good. Road noise on the civic isn't that well suppressed and these tyres are definitely quiet compared to any thing else I've had on, and I've had a fair amount of brands on this car. One thing they do though is best described as sing to you when you really start to lean on them, not annoying, but noticeable.
I can't comment on wear as yet due to the lack of mileage. Overall, as a replacement for a premium winter tyres, I'm very happy. They get you going in the snow, stop you pretty well and they do inspire some confidence when you want to press on.
tyre reviewed on 2025-01-06 06:38:51
Triangle EffeXSport rated 87% while driving a Audi 3,0 tdi quattro sport
Driving on mostly country roads for 5000 average miles
Had these on before on a previous car for 2 years, had a full set fitted in August on my A4, I hit a boulder on the road at 60mph and surprisingly it was still in tact, some damage but still held up, definitely durable and got me home at the end. Over inflation did have a major wear effect on it previously on my Quattro though so maybe that’s only thing I can complain about
tyre reviewed on 2024-12-19 08:53:22
Goodyear Vector 4Seasons rated 57% while driving a Volkswagen Passat CC
Driving on mostly town for 10000 easy going miles
initially i was very pleased, normal road noise, and quite acceptable all round behavior. Fitted on a FWD Passat CC with 250bhp, driven in the quite hot Mediterranean environment (last few years are with quite hot summer and quite moderate winters). In highway you instantly felt that they are not like summer tires, but still they have been quite ok. Road noise at quite acceptable levels (not a lot worse to my previous summer Dunlops). Dry handling and braking acceptable but not at par the summer tires, and also the same for wet conditions, but all these were expected. In general, the impressions were on the quite positive side, until these couple of months... Tires fitted exactly 3 years ago and i now experience big chunks of the rubber coming off the front tires! The tread depth is not bad at all with minimal wear on the 10000 miles i have been driving them, but it is crazy that i see big pieces of rubber coming off!!! Waiting for a new Pirelli Cinturato SF3 set to arrive next week to change them, and see how this goes.
tyre reviewed on 2024-12-17 14:17:27
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6 rated 87% while driving a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII MR
Driving on mostly country roads for 2000 spirited miles
I have an Evo 8 MR, I have always had Bridgestone RE003's as I know these tyres worked well enough on the car and it was a safe call for me, since changing out tyres isn't a cheap exercise. However I was looking to change to PS5's for this car, but these Asym 6's came up on sale for around $600 for all 4, I just couldn't say no. These tyres have greatly improved my car especially over the RE003, safe to say I will never be purchasing RE003's again. The dry grip on these is amazing and at cornering speeds where the RE003's would screech, these tyres are silent.
The wet grip on these are day and night, although I was in an AWD car I had to tread lightly in the wet as RE's would slip very very easy. I can now almost drive like it's dry in wet conditions.
tyre reviewed on 2024-11-28 21:34:55
Continental ExtremeContact DWS 06 PLUS rated 87% while driving a Saab Automobile 9 3 Aero 2.8T V6
Driving on a combination of roads for 12000 spirited miles
I came from a BFGoodrich G-Force Sport Comp-2 at 240 treadwear that lasted less than 38 000 kilometers (24,000 miles) so I wanted a sticky tire that could last a couple of years. The Continental Extreme Contact DWS 06 Plus had a great balance between treadwear and performance. Wet traction was also a concern on my last tire.

Considering the G-Force as the best tire I have tried yet
Higher is better

- BFGoodrich G-Force Sport Comp-2
(8/10 overall in satisfaction)
Comfort : 4
Grip : 10
Noise : 3
Steering weight : 10
Steering feel : 10
Steering sharpness (initial turn-in) : 10

- Continental EC DWS 06 Plus
(8/10 overall satisfaction) (equal)
Comfort : 9 (way better, not even close)
Grip : 10 (feels quite sticky)
Noise : 8 (you hear almost nothing)
Steering weight : 5
Steering feel : 8 (once you are in a stable corner, the steering feels good)
Steering sharpness (initial turn-in) : 7 (not on train tracks anymore, but compensated by the ease of turning / lack of steering weight)

They are excellent tires in the rain, virtually no difference in tire feel or grip between dry and wet condition during daily commute. Comfortable over rough roads and bumps too. Although it is a UHP A/S, its grip is comparable to a UHP summer tire.

In terms of feel, it is not comparable to a proper UHP summer tire. During high speed or high load curves, you can feel the sidewalls wobble a bit, which needs getting used to.

In the end, I'm being picky. They are really great tires.
tyre reviewed on 2024-11-14 21:17:53
Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 rated 83% while driving a Volkswagen Passat B7
Driving on mostly country roads for 9000 spirited miles
Confidence inspiring tyre. I chose this tire for its exceptional wet handling. Nowadays we didn't see a lot of snow in the winter however (because of high yearly mileage) I didn't want to buy an all season tyre just yet. I made an excellent choice in my opinion for these type of conditions.
tyre reviewed on 2024-10-20 10:23:05
Maxtrek MAXIMUS M1 rated 87% while driving a Ford ba falcon
Driving on mostly town for 9000 average miles
I have had a few brands on my 2005 Ford BA XR6, these Maxtrek,, Maximus M1 235/45 R17, have out preformed all of them except for one, the Pirelli P7, but these Maximus M1’s have out lasted them all, if I have one critisim it is they do have a little louder road noise,,,, I will be buying again, that’s for sure
tyre reviewed on 2024-09-29 10:36:56
Vredestein Wintrac Pro rated 86% while driving a Honda Civic 1.5T
Driving on a combination of roads for 25000 spirited miles
Very good deal, performance is really good in the dry and wet, clear feel of road feedback. In fresh snow, 10-15cm deep, they tend to struggle a bit when starting from a complete stop or on a hill, but as soon they are rolling the snow traction is really good.
tyre reviewed on 2024-09-25 23:07:55
Michelin Primacy 4 rated 69% while driving a Holden Ute VU SS
Driving on mostly country roads for 18641 spirited miles
These Michelins are very predictable and reliable. For reference, my front-heavy Ute produced 220.9rwkw (296.2hp) on a Dyno Dynamics Dyno and is now likely closer to 235rwkw (315hp).

At this power level, they offer amazing grip in the dry. Full-throttle acceleration from a standstill won’t break traction in a straight line. Full throttle from a stop while turning or purposefully kicking the clutch will see them spinning but still accelerating rapidly, quickly requiring a shift into 2nd gear. Under hard braking, ABS is never needed, with the exception of on gravel.

The combination of high torque and little weight over the rear axle isn’t ideal in the wet. As expected, heavy acceleration will cause these Primacy 4’s to lose traction easily in wet conditions.

That said, I do wish they offered slightly more wet traction. However, for everyday driving in the wet, they’re still acceptable and always predictable. There’s enough grip with smooth throttle inputs, and axle tramp/wheel hop gives plenty of warning when traction is about to be lost.

When purposefully sliding the rear of the vehicle in the wet, control is excellent. Simply lifting off the throttle quickly brings the slide to a stop before it goes further than intended.

The tyres have been fitted for approximately 30,000km and are due for replacement. I’m happy with this, considering I paid $700 for all four tyres, regularly engage in spirited driving, and deal with the excessive camber and toe wear that these models are known for.
tyre reviewed on 2024-09-24 22:29:53
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