225/50 R18 Tyres

I have these tires on my new Toyota. They are comfortable and quiet, but the wet grip is very poor. On wet roads and in the rain, they slide a lot and provide very little traction. Disappointing performance in wet conditions. Disappointing for a premium tire. It might be acceptable for a mid-range tire, but I expected much better performance from a premium brand.

I have them on a 2022 Mini Cooper Countryman all4 JCW. Used for one season so far wasn’t a hard winter last year no big storms just around two snow days with a little over 8 inches. Most of the time there would be days of around two inches or less. Tires weren’t bad in the snow. Vehicle handled dry and wet good, tires had a numb feeling when driving.

Drove them on a 2019 Mini Cooper Countryman S all4 for about 20000 miles and then on a 2022 Mini Cooper Countryman all4 JCW for around 10000 miles. I felt the tires were excellent in the wet even when pushing the vehicles hard on the thruway. Good in the dry, nice handling in wet and dry. Just an overall excellent tire.Never used them in winter weather I used winter tires for that.

I’ve had them on two mini cooper countryman’s. A 2019 s all4 and a 2022 all4 JCW. On the 19 mini I got around 23000 miles on them and on the 22 I have around 7000 miles on them. To me they seem to wander a little, not overly impressive in the wet especially when pushing the JCW version. Never used them in the winter since I run winter tires. Not a great tire but not a bad tire.

2023 UX F Sport
Replaced original runflat's for A/S Contact2 XL
Better in the wet and cold climate including snow. Not the quietest tyre though better than runflats in dealing with bumps and very noisy road surfaces.
Being XL they have improved the ability to deal with uneven road surfaces and jaring bumps and not destroyed the sporty ish ability of the car. Having adaptive suspension is great and the conti 2 xl works well.
Next time, I will look for an A/Season tyre with less noise if I can find some, as although improved, no way near perfect though this may be the cost of A/S tyres against the best summer tyre.

Overall, quite disappointed with these tyres. From day one, the excessive road noise was noticeable at almost any speed, making highway driving noticeably louder than expected.
​More frustrating, however, is the sidewall stiffness—or total lack thereof. The tyres constantly feel soft and squishy, leading to a vague, floaty steering response and noticeable body roll in corners. Even after increasing the cold tire pressure well above manufacturer recommendations, they still handled like they were underinflated. Lacks the crisp feedback and composure you want for confident driving. Would not purchase again.

These tyres came as stock tyres on my Lexus 2023 UX250h.
As they are RF model they were wearing very slowly but I hated the road noise since I drive mostly on motorway 90% For the performance they are good but heavy… once I was fed up with them even after 40000miles /60000km the treads were not showing any aging. I’m a commuter on Irish motorway so basically not much of an action for tyres. If you want longevity I can recommend them if you want comfort forget them and look something else.

I've found the Michelin primacy 3 to be surprisingly good. They came newly fitted to a used Lexus UX 300e EV that I've been driving as my main car for 2 years in Scotland.
Having heard about how quickly EVs rip through tyres I wasn't expecting them to last as long as they have, although the Lexus isn't the most powerful out there, it's got enough torque to spin it's tyres in normal and sport mode, I've been 'enjoying' the car but these still have a little life in them.
In the dry they grip very well, obviously the Lexus isn't a sporty car but these tyres hang on very well before finally letting go in a highly controlled and predictable manner. There is very little feedback, although it's hard to know if this is the car or the tyres specifically.
Wet grip is also good. Not great, but predictable. Again, easy to spin a wheel in the wet, but generally the tyres cope well enough, and they're never less than very confidence inspiring. I also have to note that they're particularly impressive at clearing water at motorway speeds, no evidence of hydroplaning, they'll go through puddles and standing water at reasonable speeds like they're on rails, no tugging at the wheel whatsoever.
Comfort wise they're very good, these are 50 section on the larger 18 inch alloys but I have no complaints, these soak up exposed covers, most road surfaces and don't transmit it to the cabin.
With regards to noise they're disappointing. These are the only tyres I've had on the car and being an otherwise very quiet car it may be that the tyre roar sounds louder than it really is, but even at low speeds the roar is disappointingly loud.
What's impressed me the most is how consistent they've been from new to 20k/2yrs old, they drive pretty much exactly as they did when new, which is surprising but very welcome.
If they weren't so noisy I'd have them again, and I'd certainly price shop them on my ice cars when the time comes. Not the most dynamic tyre out there but very solid all rounder. Impressive.