These are without doubt the worst tyres I have ever experienced at pretty much any price point. They make an otherwise dynamic car into a what feels like driving a bus on ice in damp/wet conditions.

The grip in the dry is actually OK and the tread wear is amazing, I could imagine these would last much longer than premium tyres, the incredibly hard compound has such a low level of wet grip that they cannot be recommended in any way.

Living in the UK though means anything less than a completely dry road with an ambient temperature into the teens and you have almost comical traction and grip, it is virtually non-existent.

I could not recommend these tyres in anyway as the day you do require a fast direction change or braking they WILL let you down.

Garages and even private sellers looking to save a few pounds put this sort of rubbish on to save money before a sale, if you see them on any car you are looking to buy demand a discount or replacement.

I wasn't aware how bad they were when I purchased the car and they have now been replaced.

Bought car SH with one on the front. Put much quieter Powergys on the front. Found a used one to match the Accelera, on Ebay. I liked the pattern and the rim protector. the XL rating was good for my caravan towing builder's van of a Mondeo 130 est.
Exemplary wear, Amazing grip in last year's snow. At least 50k miles on the rears. just replaced them because they had both gone out of shape and horrendously noisey. Put some new Powergys on the rear with winters on the front. MUCH quieter
Not much grip, but quite exciting 2 or 3 abreast round a giratory! breakaway very sudden in the dry. Like ice in the wet, first noticed that on a French roundabout, but put it down to an unusual line, being RHD in France. Wrong.
I had good use from them, but would not choose them again, unless I start minicabbing! Then they would be perfect. They get the ABS working downhill into a roundabout near home. Last new year I thought I was going to have to give up going round but go over said roundabout. but managed to slide it round, too scary for me but my passenger loved it! I guess "you pays yer money and takes yer choice!" Overall good tyre for certain people, just not for me again :-)

Only had one of these tyres as it came on a set of alloys along with some other mixed budget tyres. Even amongst the other rubbish tyres, this was always the first to break traction - which makes for much embarrassment when casually pulling out of a church carpark! It would spin in the dry with little warning and in the wet even when moving and in 2nd gear it would spin. That said, lateral grip wasn't THAT bad.

It's a very hard tyre - meaning a rather crashy ride but it doesn't wear very quickly as a result of this (even with all that wheel spinning!).

On the plus side - it has a very fat rim protector to prevent curbing (not that i curb my alloys!) and does look ok (nice directional tread pattern) so you'll be able to admire it whilst your car lies upside down in a ditch after this tyre lets you down!!!

Replaced with uniroyal rainsports which are excellent and never spin up.

The first thing I noticed is the fantastic straight-line stability on these Accelera Alphas on my year 2000 UK-spec Toyota Previa. I've never liked the lack of response/feedback through the steering on my Previa, (ok, it is an MPV not a sports car!) but these tires make it come alive more than any other rubber I've shod her with. You point it, and the tires take you there flawlessly. I couldn't really care less about comfort/road noise, I like to hear the tires doing their job, which these ones do. You can hear/feel the front end biting in on fast corners; the downside is that I've noticed a tiny amount of grain on the front shoulders. I'm running them at 40 psi, and plan to take them up to 42 psi unless the weather turns really wet and Icy. I've only had them on for around 1500 miles, and not really tried them in earnest in the rain, so if anything changes, will update you here. There seem to be a number of reports about lack of wet grip. Since I don't have a team pit-stop to run in and do a 3 second wheel-change to intermediates or full wets, I can accept a possible lack of wet performance on these summer tires as a fact of life. However, I plan on being a lot more cautious when it DOES rain. Finally, here is some real good news. My mpg has jumped from a very best ever 23 mpg since I bought the car, (and a typical figure of 21.5 mpg) to 31.5 mpg on a recent test, comprising 35 miles of commute, then a 250 mile (leisurely) motorway run, with some very spirited cross-country 'B' road driving thrown in for good measure. That's the equivalent of about 70 miles on FREE gas! Yes, would buy again.

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Fitted to the front of a Subaru Outback when I bought it. Have done 1000 miles before changing them to winter tyres. I will not be reusing them next summer. These have got to be the worst tyres I have ever had the displeasure of using. Poor cornering in the dry with sudden loss of traction at speed. Positively dangerous in the wet with no idea whether the car will make it round the corner at all. Also noisier than the winter tyres. If you value your life then avoid these tyres at all costs.

If you drive very very slowly in the wet & dont try to acelerate away from a roundabout you might be ok. Mine were crap in the wet & the side walls split so having already made my mind up to change them before the winter I did it now. Oh boy what a difference to my car (Hankook fitted)I dont fear driving in the wet anymore.

Shocking rubbish. The we're fitted by Chris Variava in Nottingham to save a couple of quid. These tyres are simply dangerous. The traction control light on the car will remain lit up to 60 mph in the wet. I've binned them with 80% of the tread left - my life and that of my family is worth more than saving the price of a tank of fuel. A traction rating of A versus a premium tyre of AA just demonstrates their limitations.

Excellent driftingtyres!
I've had a set of these fit on a '98 ImprezaGTT. Like all 'budget' tyres, dry-grip is fine, you really shouldn't compare them to much, much more expensive premium tyres.
However, these tyres really shine in wet conditions. You have virtually no grip whatsoever (note: it's an AWD car), and you'll be doing stunts like Ken Block does in no time. I lost count of the times I stood at 180 while pulling away from a parking spot. It's AWESOME. Also, they don't wear off half as fast as Wan-li (drifting) tyres!

Seriously, don't buy these tyres unless you never drive in the rain. People here that claim rain-grip is fine are probably driving half, sorry, 1/5th of the speed limit. These tyres will kill you if you're not 150% focusses in the rain. They go from 'grip' to 'ice' in a snap, progressiveness is zero.

Snow grip on the other hand is fine.

Have fun drifting!

dont buy these ever! they are a hazzard! i bought a car with tease on the back. they had almost full tread and had half the grip off the budget bridge stones that where on the limit on the front the car. the car would slide round corners with its back out at relatively low speeds (the car is FWD) and felt like driving a barge!
i couldn't go above 70 because the whole car would slide a slip in the wind and when changing lanes. if you value your life don't buy these!

I didnt buy these, but were on the car when i got it.

i wouldnt touch these again, i hate driving in the wet, grip is so poor in wet!!!!!
on the plus side ive done 15000miles and i still have 3mm of tread.
id rather buy grippy tyres and get 10000 miles than risk poor grip for a slightly higher weare rate.

Just about to buy my second set of these tyres, I do 30,000 miles a year all road types and these have been as good as the big money tyres on even wear and the best mileage from any brand I`ve had on this my second S-Max (Bridgestone/Michelin/Avon).Four tyres for £320, can`t even put two brand name tyres on for that. The current front two Acceleras have lasted 22,000 miles. The worst tyre brand lasted 11,000 on the front. I have no undue concern with these tyres in the wet, they all scrabble for grip sometimes in the wet.They have handled the local profusion of speed bumps without uneven wear and were good in the snow too.