Bridgestone Potenza RE040 Owner Reviews

What owners say summarised from 39 reviews

The Bridgestone Potenza RE040 is most consistently praised for dry grip, with progressive breakaway and steering feedback also receiving more praise than criticism. Road noise is the clearest drawback, criticised in over two in five reviews, while wet grip concerns appear in nearly two in five. Tread-life opinions are evenly split, so neither long nor short life is a consistent verdict. Almost every review lacks a stage of use, with only one end-of-life account, which limits conclusions about wear and retained grip. Repeat reviews include different cars and do not establish a common ageing trend.

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Owner ratings averaged from 47 ratings

Owner score 65%
Dry Grip 79%
Road Feedback 74%
Handling 70%
Wear 65%
Wet Grip 58%
Comfort 57%

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81%

Member May 15, 2007

Nissan 350z
225/45 R18 W
1,500 miles
Mostly Country Roads
Average

These are the OEM tyres on the 350z and overall aren't that bad. They've lasted ages, slide beautifully and gracefully and give you loads of feedback.

Wet weather performance leaves a lot to be desired but they're still very progressive

59%

Member May 15, 2007

Toyota MK2 MR2 NA
225/45 R15 W
10,000 miles
Mostly Country Roads
Spirited

These tyres came with my MR2 when I bought it. Were ok in the dry, pretty slippy in the wet.

Didn't care slide the car on them but that was probably the cars fault

53%

Member May 10, 2007

Honda Civic Type R
205/45 R17 W
6,500 miles
Mostly Country Roads
Spirited

I'd not buy these again. They lasted all of about 6500miles on the front, though the CTR does like to eat it's tyres.

Appalling in the wet, just understeered.

The only plus from this tyre is the fantastic feedback due to the stiff sidewalls, makes the car very pointy which is nice.