Given
71%
while driving a
Alfa Romeo GT 1.9 JTD
(225/45 R17) on
mostly country roads
for 9,320
spirited miles
I did 15k KM's on these. Firstly, these cost 42 GBP, I jus had to try them out.
When reading the tests, they were done with tires made in germany and rated C/A/69.
Nowadays, they are only made in C/B/70 and made in Slovenia or Poland. Mine are from Poland.
Dry grip is ok, depends what you compare it to. I will compare to Dunlop Sportmaxx RT, (not RT2). Grip is similar, in the wet they are ok. But they do need to warm up a little bit to achieve better grip in the dry. Not the quietest, but the comfort is reasonable. They wore to 6mm after 15.000 KMs with my style of driving which is spirited, sometimes really hard in the corners (I have my favorite patch of curvy roads to really push). I like that they are progressive, meaning they warn you and start letting go slightly and won't suddenly snap to oversteer or understeer.
So overall, I'm not impressed but you cannot argue that for this price you get a decent tire which is not unsafe in any summer conditions.