Continental ExtremeContact DWS 06 PLUS Reviews - Page 2

These are great tires! The Bridgestone and Goodyear all seasons I had on my car previously felt like garbage compared to these, both in handling feedback and overall grip, but they lasted a bit longer. I can't notice much of any difference between these in the wet and the dry, although in colder temperatures (20F and below mainly) they do lose enough grip that I'm able to notice it. They're worthless in the snow which isn't surprising for a summer performance oriented all season but the Crossclimate 2's that are on my parents Subaru grip better around corners and feel better at the steering wheel also. Even a little bit of slush is enough to break these loose, but they don't ever make you feel out of control which is nice.

I have Hawk HPS pads on my car which bite very hard for a street pad, but I still haven't had ABS engage during hard emergency braking situations with these tires. They are great when cornering hard, and when they break loose its never a surprise, unlike a lot of other tires that feel perfectly fine in a corner until they lose grip out of nowhere. They also snap back into grip very easily with small corrections, so they are very fun to push the limits with when you get the chance. They do transmit small road imperfections very well which isn't the nicest thing on the street (for some reason even the stress relief breaks in concrete pavement really makes these vibrate at highway speeds but they're fine on asphalt at the same speeds) but ends up being very helpful other times. They are also pretty loud depending on the road surface. They only lasted me 25,000 miles but that's including some pretty hard driving and occasional track use.

Before I had gotten these tires, I had the Yokohama Advan sport A/S (non plus version) and we had gotten them replaced at 4 and 5 32nds because they started to hydroplane in the Dallas rain storms. These Contis performed amazingly ever since I have gotten them. I wore down 2 of the tires to 2/32nds and the others to about 4/32nds before replacing them and they definitely could've lasted a lot longer had I not driven as spiritedly as I did when I got them. When it comes to grip, there is little to fault these tires for. In the 225/45/r19 size, they gripped in all conditions and had a really direct feel when it comes to steering in all conditions. We have encountered light bits of snow and Ice for a brief period and these powered through them with no issues. At the limit, they do tend to understeer a little bit but that was corrected by either reducing the steering input, or slowing down for the corner a little bit more. I will say that under some extreme cornering, the sidewalls did feel a little soft and squishy and felt as if I was rolling onto the very edges of the tread and that was not a great feeling as it was the only time I made my FWD Mazda oversteer, but it was easy to recover when that happened. In terms of comfort, it left a little to be desired in my opinion... but that also could be due to the fact that I had 126.1k miles on the car at the end and 94k when we got the contis installed. Noise on the tires depended on the surface. On smooth surfaces and parallel-cut concrete, they were really quiet for the type of tire they are and I was satisfied with them. On cross-cut concrete and rougher surfaces, they were either moderate or LOUD and sometimes it was really bad to a point where having a conversation in the car had to mean that you were speaking loudly. On the rougher roads at 65-80 MPH, my apple watch was recording anywhere from 74-78 decibels which is really loud. On the quieter roads at the same speed, it was reading closer to 68-73 decibels. In these conditions, I was running my music at 80 decibels (which is on the verge of hearing damage after a few hours). On city roads at city speeds of 30-55 mph, the tires were comfortable in terms of the noise. Ride quality on these tires is a mixed bag in terms of context (in general, my car is stiffer riding compared to Hondas [we own a 2017 accord] and Toyotas). When you look at it with a UHP state of mind, the ride on these is taut and composed. It is really hard to unsettle these tires and overall are really consistent. When you look at it in the sense that these are going to be touring tires, they are STIFF and can ride a bit hard. Overall though, you will be satisfied with the way that they ride in terms of ride quality. Rolling resistance/fuel use on these tires is pretty bad. I have noticed that these tires run a few mpg LOWER than the yokos that were previously on the car. Lastly, treadlife on these also leaves some to be desired as they quickly wore down to 5/32nds but they last a while after that point. Then again, that could also be because of my spirited driving to that will vary between driver to driver, but overall, I would definitely purchase these again.

I put these tires on my 2006 Mercedes CLK500 and I live in Minnesota. This is my second winter with the car but these tires were installed this summer. I picked up a set of used Bridgestone Blizzaks last year when I purchased the car so I had some better winter tires for driving in the brutal MN winters. The tires have plenty of tread but are dated from 2022 so they are a few years old. They did ok last year but recently I swapped them back on for this winter season in the middle of a few days of snow, ice, & cold on the roads. So I was able to drive my car back to back the in the same conditions with the new Continental's (my "summer" tires) comparing to the used Blizzzaks. I was shocked to find the new Continentals (an ultra high performance all season tire) is actually better grip that my 3y/o Blizzaks. The Blizzaks are still ok so I'm just going to run them out for the rest of the winter season but color me impressed on how great these Conti's are. It's also great at all the nice weather stuff also (comfort/quiet, dry handling grip, wet handling). The car had an old worn out set of these DWS06+ on it when I picked up the car 2 years ago and when I needed to replace them earlier this year, I wasn't sure I wanted to spend the extra money on the same ones even though I was happy with even at the end of their life. So I tried a set of Falken Azenis FK460 A/S first as they were highly rated in the same category. WOW. They were horrible. Absolute junk. So bad I returned them under their free 30 day trial and bough a new set of the Conti's again instead. I know it's an older tire model at this point but damn it's still one of the best and I'm very happy.

Fronts are 225 tread, rears are 245 on my rwd v6 coupe. am basing the scores off my initial impressions compared to the cheap tires that came with the car.

The Contis are significantly more responsive to steering input compared to the cheapos I were using before (habilead headking s2000 front, joyroad rx6 rear). way more comfortable. acceleration noticeably better at all speeds. i'm almost certain it will be much better in the wet, which i haven't tried yet. brakes work much better with the contis.

they were quite expensive but even after driving for only an hour, i can already tell these are genuinely good tires. im not that interested in the final few percentages in comparing with the pilot as4 or pzero as3. All i care about is that these tires work very well. Sidewalls seem a tad soft for my liking, but the initial turn in is so much better than my cheapos, that you can carry more speed into corner entry despite the tendency to feel the weight shift towards the outside of the outer tire.

Bought these after reading some reviews from other Quadrifoglio owners saying that these were some of the best all-seasons that retained the dartiness and precision of the stock Pirellis. So far I would have to agree. I think the Pirellis were definitely a more focused and exciting tire, but not really by too much. But they only last 10k miles, front axle would judder at low speeds at full steering lock, in cold temps they were so stiff it was like driving on hockey pucks and felt like they weren't always gripping as they should.

These Continentals feel like they sacrifice maybe 15% of the sporty/direct feel of the Pirellis but make up for it in comfort, noise, and grip in colder temps. You can hustle around corners and mash the throttle and there's very little slip (if any) even in colder temps. And better yet, no more front axle judder. In general the car feels much smoother but can still play along with sporty driving pretty darn well. I'm still considering going for a more dedicated summer tire when the temps go up, but they are good enough to make me doubt whether that's worth it. Expect these will last much longer as well.