Drivers generally describe the Continental Premium Contact 2 as a confidence-inspiring summer tyre with strong dry grip, capable wet grip, and communicative handling/feedback when pushed. Many higher-scoring reviews also mention stable braking and predictable behavior, with some reporting very long life on lighter cars or predominantly motorway use. However, a large portion of users complain about rapid treadwear (especially on the driven axle) and noticeable road noise, and several note that wet grip/aquaplaning resistance can deteriorate as the tyre wears. Overall, it's viewed as a strong performer when fresh, but often expensive to run due to wear and (for some) noise.
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Changing from a set of diabolical Dunlop SP Sport 9000, these Premium Contact2 tyres have immense grip, sensitive steering and QUIET running! OK, so they don't look sexy, but....
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Bought these because I couldn't find any performance tyre in my size - 15". Why is this? Anyway, they're brilliant. Great bite into corners, feel, progressiveness etc, and for those of you interested, I don't exactly hang around. They do everything I wanted from the performance tyre I couldn't buy! Grippy and confidence insipiring. But, don't expect them to last. I've done 6,000 miles (on the front wheels of a RWD car) and they've warn dramatically. Probably just over half way through their life. Fork out and have fun. I paid ?79 each, but I shopped around like mad
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Came as OEM on my 08 FIESTA TITANIUM. Good dry and wet weather grip. Quiet but not that comfy. After 25000, the casing is starting to become very noisy. Sounds like glue is coming loose. Continental South Africa will be doing inspection. Probably a faulty batch. Am buying Michelin Exalto in a few days time.
Good mileage from rears (32000 miles to minimum legal limit) and fronts (15000) and a great caravan towing tyre. Excellent grip in all conditions, much improved over P6000's we used to use, and will perform equally well wet or dry, though some sports tyres may be better grip/less mileage. We run standard pressures of 32psi in normal use, 36psi for economy and towing and monitor conciencously. Best miles we've ever had from any tyre/car combination. I'm not a heavy footed driver and aim for good mpg as much as possible, but cruise at the legal limit usually.
Tyres are worn to wear bars after 18,000 miles, despite front-rear rotation to spread wear, and regular pressure checks/adjustment etc. Previous experience of Pirelli P6000s gave far higher mileage between tyre replacements.
Despite being a 7 seater our Zafira is mostly (95%) used as a four-seat estate car, so tyre wear rate is not down to regulary use with heavy loads etc
Very disappointed with tyre life, but as they were factory fitted form new I had no prior experience, and no choice.
Will consider replacement with Pirellis or another comparatively priced brand, but unlikely to repalacve with same Continental tyre.
I've done 200k+ in my polo and apart from the dunlops that came from factory, anything less than a set of these Conti's has me finding ditches. They always leave me feeling confident regardless of weather or road condition. The 1.9 Diesel polo is very nose heavy and prone to understeer, but these turn in everytime, they have my passengers pressed up to the window like Garfield! I only get 24k miles out of them, but better to come out the other side of a corner than not, rain or shine ;-)
Less than 10000 miles and wearing fast, they always feel as though they are about to "let go", especially on roundabouts in the wet, even when driven gently.
Had a set of Continental Sport contacts on this car when new. They wore out too quickly for my liking (15k on the front, 20k on the rear). Drove a mates E220K and noticed how quiet the tyres were on his vehicle and decided to replace mine with the same recipe of Continentals as fitted to his E-Class ie Premium contact 2. They are extremely quiet as far as road noise is concerned (very, very impressive). Don't think the grip is as good as the Sport contacts (no surprise) particularly when cornering hard as the car tends to break away at the back a bit quicker. They're wearing about the same as the original Sports - so no better there. I'd buy the Premium Contacts again though purely on the added refinement afforded to an already quiet car.
Tyres ok in dry and very good in the wet, but tyre wear is excessive. Fronts needed replacing at 7,000 miles which is expensive as approx ?130 each!
I've had continental tyres on 2 new cars now and tyre wear has been excessive on both. Other brands last much longer. Also found the continentals to be very noisy.
