Fitted to a 13 plate ford Fiesta ecoboost (99BHP) and driven on a combination of motorway, A roads and country road driving.
Fitted in August and run for a little under 8 months.
Initial bed in was quick with almost no noticeable detriment to performance (comparative to Kuhmo Ecstas fitted previously which took circa 150 miles to bed)
Tyres were good over the late summer months providing good progressive grip throughout. It was very easy to push the tyres to an audible squeal without too much understeer.
Winter months found the tyres lacking below 5 degrees with a lot of poor feedback and mushy feel overall.
Once in snow the tyres were as numb as any other summer tyre driven in snow, but in the UK its reasonably unusual to have dedicated winter tyres.
Coming back out to this spring the tyres are doing what you would expect with a name like rainsport, very resistant to aqua planing and good wet and greasy road handling.
At 8000 miles I am around 4mm of total tread left and looking for the next round of tyres prior to the next MOT. At £71 / corner fitted these are not budget offerings and whilst adequate for sports cars with low annual mileages operating predominantly in the warmer seasons looking for top performance I don't think they present the value I need for a daily driver. I would buy again but as application specific products.
Fitted in August and run for a little under 8 months.
Initial bed in was quick with almost no noticeable detriment to performance (comparative to Kuhmo Ecstas fitted previously which took circa 150 miles to bed)
Tyres were good over the late summer months providing good progressive grip throughout. It was very easy to push the tyres to an audible squeal without too much understeer.
Winter months found the tyres lacking below 5 degrees with a lot of poor feedback and mushy feel overall.
Once in snow the tyres were as numb as any other summer tyre driven in snow, but in the UK its reasonably unusual to have dedicated winter tyres.
Coming back out to this spring the tyres are doing what you would expect with a name like rainsport, very resistant to aqua planing and good wet and greasy road handling.
At 8000 miles I am around 4mm of total tread left and looking for the next round of tyres prior to the next MOT. At £71 / corner fitted these are not budget offerings and whilst adequate for sports cars with low annual mileages operating predominantly in the warmer seasons looking for top performance I don't think they present the value I need for a daily driver. I would buy again but as application specific products.