Given
56%
while driving a
Volkswagen Golf GTI
(195/50 R15 V) on
a combination of roads
for 25,000
spirited miles
some very confused reviews here, but one thing that is consistent is theyre very good in the dry.
in the wet they leave a lot to be desired. emergency braking in the wet being particularly worrying. my car isnt particularly powerful at all but you could still get wheelspin exiting corners in 2nd gear, sometimes 3rd in the wet, especially if there was any standing water.
cornering in the dry was very good. i liked the harder sidewall compared to goodyear eagles. dry braking wasnt particularly impressive. the tyre has a sharp break away which could be very bad news if youre not expecting it or you dont know how to recover from it.
as for the compound, these had a treadwear rating of 310, so not particularly soft at all. mine lasted past 20k miles, but then the geometry on my car is set up properly.
given how poor they are in the wet, i wouldnt get another set. they did handle standing water "ok", but not a good tyre in the wet at all, dry braking is not as good as the dry handling, and when ive seen them used on higher powered cars too, they didnt put down power particularly well either. they lasted a long time though (not strictly a good thing..)
there are far better tyres out there.