Given
33%
while driving a
Ford Mustang GT
(245/45 R17) on
mostly town
for 10
average miles
These tires were installed on the car when I bought it. They are not good tires.
Having said that, I've read some interesting reviews that claim these slip so much on water that it's like driving on ice. Or that the road noise is so bad you almost can't hear yourself think. Both of these are gross exaggerations, IMO. Having said that, they are not good tires.
Road noise is very noticeable, right down to the vibration of the tread when you slow down for a red light. I've never encountered tires with this much road noise, even with mud and snow tires. I could still hear myself think, but it was bad. The rubber does seem to be very hard, which can't help the road noise.
Traction is marginal. They are summer tires, so forget snow - that can't be held against them. But their traction on all other surfaces was average at best. They were on my Mustang, so losing traction from on strong acceleration or while turning a corner from a stop was fairly common.
At highway speeds the stability of these tires was NOT confidence inducing, even though I never lost control or anything like that. They simply felt, at times, like they wanted to drift. I never felt locked onto the road. Very troubling for tires that bill themselves as some form of performance tire.
With that, I seem to get more performance, traction, stability, and quietness from the Michelin snow tires I replaced them with - not a ringing endorsement for Triangle's "performance" tires. The Michelins roll a lot smoother and more easily too.
The only positive thing I can say about the Triangle tires is that I got a few compliments on how cool they looked. I don't really care about that, though. Their performance was lackluster and bad, even for inexpensive tires. I've had cheap tires before and my biggest complaint about those was that they didn't last very long. The Triangles seem to last o.k. but the rest of the performance is simply not very good.
These should be the poster-tires for "you get what you pay for".
I drove these for 1 year and 10,000 miles on my Mustang GT.