Dunlop SP Sport 01 Reviews - Page 3

Given 43% while driving a Mitsubishi Lancer EX 2.0 MIVEC (MAN) (205/60 R16 H) on mostly town for 1,000 average miles
The tires are good at maneuverability and stability and braking but so loud and noisy so so loud at my lancer really
Helpful 13 - tyre reviewed on April 18, 2014
Given 42% while driving a Skoda Yeti (225/50 R17 W) on mostly town for 14,000 easy going miles
OE fitment. Very happy to start with but when tread depth went down to about 4mm the grip fell off significantly. Very poor grip in acceleration in wet and more recently in dry as well. Just as well that I don't push in corners.
Helpful 14 - tyre reviewed on April 3, 2014
Given 76% while driving a Volkswagen Transporter (235/55 R17 V) on mostly motorways for 30,000 average miles
Reliable tyres, low noise, good handling.
Helpful 15 - tyre reviewed on March 10, 2014
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Given 94% while driving a Skoda Fabia 1.9TDi (195/55 R15 H) on a combination of roads for 20 spirited miles
came with a car skoda fabia 1.9 tdi sport
i cant believe what you people are saying about this tyre
this is a second car that i use them and the tire is almost perfect
in dry or in wet, not in snow without grip at all very stiff tire
in wet i was cornering in 80 km/h and they was 4 years old
and my roads are prety much worn in corners - and dont give much grip at all
i have a couple a punctures in front left, and i had to change it after 20000 km, rear lasted 40000 and still runing
my dimension is about 95 euro so they are not so chep either
but i would recomend it on a small fast car
Helpful 13 - tyre reviewed on November 19, 2013
Given 53% while driving a Suzuki Swift 1.3l 2007 (175/65 R14 T) on a combination of roads for 29,000 spirited miles
On the plus side this have lasted well. Very good in dry, soon as get wet that changes and cannot brake very quickly / no grip at all, did almost run into two cars from rear! under 4mm they are shocking and aquaplane all time in rain. when new where okay in snow not so much under 6mm. never felt confident after first 6 months when worn in to the extent my car feels unstable over 50 on motorway in wet conditions.

Replacing with Goodyear ultra grip 8's, reviews amazing on that tyre for the winter
Helpful 13 - tyre reviewed on November 4, 2013
Given 74% while driving a Volkswagen Polo 1.2 TSI 105HP (185/55 R15 H) on a combination of roads for 24,000 average miles
The tyres are only tested in Greek roads (a pretty tough test, hah?)and pretty good in dry conditions. However, when they are warm enough it seems as if the braking deteriorates and they even slip. In wet conditions they are very bad and they spin a lot in accelerations. You should never push them to the limit when it' raining. The wear is very good, I have switched them twice and I still believe I can make another 15km. Thus, I will change them in the 4th year of use which is the maximum I use any tyres because they harden after 4 summers. Finally, they are very quiet but I won't choose them again though VW did so for my car. I may go for Conti Eco Contact 5 or something.
Helpful 13 - tyre reviewed on November 1, 2013
Given 73% while driving a Fiat 500 (185/55 R15 H) on mostly country roads for 19,000 spirited miles
OEM supplied tyres. Excellent for handling and grip although the FIAT recommended tyre pressures seem too high if driving solo. The tyres have quite a stiff sidewall and hard rubber and even with the pressures eased off by 5psi and the car driven hard, they remained cool.

Tyre wear was excellent with the fronts good for at least 20,000 miles and the rears probably for 30,000.

Comfort was not a high priority and the car is stiffly sprung.

On snow they were pretty good for summer tyres but in the rain the performance decreased quite a bit so that they never gave a feeling of great confidence and once down below 4mm they aquaplaned a couple of times.

Helpful 13 - tyre reviewed on October 29, 2013
Given 66% while driving a Skoda Fabia 1.2 (195/55 R15 H) on a combination of roads for 28,000 average miles
Good tyres in dry conditions. In the slight snow/ice performed terribly. No confidence in tyre when slightly worn. Would not buy again.
Helpful 14 - tyre reviewed on August 12, 2013
Given 46% while driving a Volkswagen Passat B5 1.9 TDi (215/55 R16 W) on a combination of roads for 6,000 easy going miles
My car is a VW Passat 1.9 TDi. max speed of this car is 119 mph. Came in at popular tyre dealer. They did not have the tyre I wanted at the mandatory speed rating. Advised me these Dunlops. The first 1000 miles they were fine. Than the noise started. Unbeleavable! Got worse as these tyres wore. Now massive bearing noise from 40 miles an hour and faster.
Never again.
Helpful 12 - tyre reviewed on July 10, 2013
Given 80% while driving a BMW 120i M Sport (245/35 R18 H) on a combination of roads for 38,000 spirited miles
I drive a BMW 1 Series Coupé with M Sport Packaging with RIMS in front of 215/40/R18 and in back 245/35/R18.

I've got a little bit of oversteer in dry conditions, but the grip on the tarmac is awesome. In wet weather I've noticed that oversteer is become more and that I need to slow down a bit. I have driven the car also with extreme winter conditions with these tires and I had some problems with breaking, but no problems with steering when I was driving at lower speeds. With higher speeds I had a lot more problems.

I've driven 38K miles with these tires and I can say that the wear is less then expected. The tires make more noise then expected, but when you drive Run Flats it's ok.
Helpful 13 - tyre reviewed on July 8, 2013
Given 60% while driving a Volkswagen Tiguan (225/45 R17 R) on a combination of roads for 28,000 average miles
Good in dry but very poor on wet road cornering, especially when they start wear down.
Pulling out of well used junctions in the wet is very skiddy to say the least, but really noticed they are bad in the wet on smaller uk roundabouts where the I found a lot of under steer unless I slowed down a hell of a lot more than normal. Also they were useless in the snow this year (2 inches). Interestingly my other car which is a golf mk6 Gti also came with Dunlop tyres as OEM and I found them really bad in wet. Even though the car was newbI switched all tyres to continental ones on the Gti and found them considerably better in the wet (sport contact 5).

For my Tiguan I'm just doing the same going for continental cross contact uhp 4x4 as they will have way better control in the wet and therefore safety whic I value far more than fractional better fuel economy or tyre wear etc, and as I don't go off road apart from driving on cut grass or a little mud on back roads these are good for me.

In summary
Dry = good
Wet = very bad
Snow = bad ( would switch to winter tyres anyway during winter)
Wear = good
road noise level = good (low noise)

Helpful 12 - tyre reviewed on June 29, 2013
Given 87% while driving a Honda Jazz (185/55 R15) on mostly country roads for 10,000 spirited miles
Very good tires. Nobody expects a jazz to go fast....but nobody can get away. Once these tires wear they get noisy but are the quietest I've found plus handling is brilliant. Not so great in the snow but I expected that. But I didn't get stuck and didn't crash
Helpful 12 - tyre reviewed on May 5, 2013