Given
97%
while driving a
Mazda MX5 MK3 2011
(215/45 R17) on
a combination of roads
for 2,000
spirited miles
Very pleased with these tyres, I've been running Continental Sport Contacts 3 through to 5 over the years and have been very pleased with them. However, so fat the Goodyears have taken it up a notch, perhaps not in ultimate dry grip but in feedback it's a fair leap. My car is heavily modified producing circa twice the factory power so good tyres are essential and these do provide outstanding grip and feedback
Wear is a bit of an unknown as I've only put a couple of thousand miles on them so far.
One strange thing with these tyres though, most, if not all new tyres I've used on various cars over many years come with 8mm tread from new. The Goodyear's come with 7mm tread (interesting that some reviews state they have 7mm tread after 5k miles etc)
I'd be interested to know if there is a technical reason for this lower tread from new or if it is simply to have customers replacing sooner. I always replace at 3mm tread as performance starts to drop of significantly at this point so Goodyear's despite all the positives only give me 4mm working tread, interesting.