Given
83%
while driving a
Skoda Octavia
(205/55 R16 V) on
a combination of roads
for 500
spirited miles
Let me be the first reviewer of this tyre. I had a pair fitted at the front to replace Pirelli P7s which had shown mediocre wet grip and wore very quickly. The 914s show excellent wet grip and are particularly impressive on, for instance, damp greasy roads under trees. Dry grip is also good, though they could respond quicker and give more feedback. Traction and braking are very good, with much less Traction Control flashing in my 2.0tdi, wet or dry. Noise on course motorway surfaces is as good as the P7s, and much better than Toyo Proxes that I had a couple of years ago.
It seems to me that the new rubber mix has really worked for wet grip - (I'm sure rubber mix matters more than tread pattern unless rain is very heavy). Too early to judge wear rates or rolling resistance.