Fitted to my wife's Forester (which I drive occasionally). So, a sporty tyre in a mostly non-sporty context. I'm interested in tyres & when I've driven the Forester I've had a bit of an exploratory "go" on familiar twisty roads in dry & wet conditions. Conclusions?

Dynamically, it's a very talkative & responsive tyre that operates at low slip angles yet is not snappy when at the limit of its adhesion. Further, recovery of grip in that transition stage is easy to modulate. So, a nicely behaving tyre for both the enthusiast who can "play" it & the non-enthusiast who won't be caught out by untoward behaviour on the tyres' part in, say, an emergency avoidance manoeuvre (which I've simulated).

As for absolute grip levels, my impression is that it is way good indeed in dry condition, streaming wet "tread pattern" conditions & merely slick "compound" conditions. Buy with confidence.

Not that it is of any interest to me but the tyres didn't seem to me to be noticeably uncomfortable or noisy (my wife certainly has not complained & she is more concerned about these things than me). As for longevity, I think that, on current indications, they will be faster wearing than most competitors but that bothers me not at all as it's often the trade-off for a wet-grippy compound.

Good tyre when new, wish it lasted longer

Great tyres, amazing dry grip and feedback. Very comfortable for an ultra high performance tyre.

It's a nice tire I would say, it's very good for dry road, it's comfortable and not really noise if we compare to other performance tire. But if I tended to compare it with Goodyear F1A2, which was my previous tire of my Mondeo MK4. The grip on wet condition is not that good and I'm not as confident as driving with F1A2. Indeed wet grip of RE003 is better than RE002 but I would ask more if it's possible. The other thing is that I have drived Goodyear F1A2 for over 44,000 km until it wore to the safety line. But I don't think RE003 would give me the same result.

Coming from Michelin Pilot Sport 3. Very good tyres, specially in the wet but you need to add + 2 to 3 psi in the front else its too soft (touting like). Very pricey here in Mauritius at Rs6000 each. RE003 better in every way except in wet but its only Rs3200 for one. Suddenly the michelin seems like a rip off! Will stick to RE003 the same way it sticks to the road!

Great Tyre, hard to make squeal, I drive a MX5 hard, with track day camber and tow in settings front and rear. its so neutral with these tyres. No idea if they are noisy, I have lots of noise anyway. Against Toyo Proxis they are maybe the same kind of grip, but no squeal, they are just diffrent. I will make my stnadrad tyre going forward. 195 / 50 R15

The best tyre we have had on this car, spirited driving from Christchurch to Akaroa over hilly passes shows how good this tyre is. Increadibly high limits in the dry with only mild squealing on the limits. The Clio 172 is a small pocket rocket, but these tyres showed we need more HP - these definitely made the chassis perform!! Wet is very good, with high resistance to wheelspin. A little noisier than previous Pirellis which were not in the same class of tyre. However, we do find the car torque steers more than before, pulling noticably from one side to the other under hard acceleration in 1st gear if the road has uneven camber.

Decided to purchase the RE003 after reading reviews from the internet. Compared to the previous tyre, RE003 delivers extreme grip on dry tarmac, even when I drive through sharp corner in high speed. Tyre noise is acceptable, not so irritating as written on some reviews. Its a track/performance tyre with a price of street/normal driving. Absolute value-for-money purchase, definitely will buy it again.

Dry grip is very good. Compound more soft compare to my prev GY F1D5. More comfortable and low noise but the road feedback and progressiveness is not good as GY F1D5. It give me high speed confidence at highway. Hard to make it over r under steer. Very grip.

one of the best ive ever used
way better than factory
better than re002
id put them in the same league as rs3's
but they turn in better than rs3's
so good so happy if your considering just do it

These tyres are the best set of tyres I've installed on this car by far. Its traction is unmatched both in dry and wet, and there is hardly any road / tyre noise on the freeway. After about 800 km hardly any thread are worn. Traction, road handling and tyre noise are all better than the previous tyres installed on my car, which were Yokohama C Drives. Very impressed with these tyres, and when the time comes, will certainly replace these with either the same set or its newer model.

Bought this tyre based on my friends recommendation. It's a good set of tyre for a sporty drive but. It is terribly noisy.

My 328i is filled with road noise now.... I am not sure if the grip is worth the noise