Dry and wet grip are the Continental Sport Contact 2's clearest positives, attracting 91 and 63 favourable comments respectively, with fewer opposing views. The 193 reviews from 178 people average 69.6%, split between 91 positive, 92 neutral and ten negative. Wear is the main compromise, with 84 critical comments against 48 favourable ones, so short life is common but not universal. Road noise draws 36 complaints against 17 favourable mentions, affecting roughly one in five reviews. Dry handling and steering feedback also receive more praise than criticism, while comfort is evenly divided. Repeat-owner scores move in both directions, without a consistent pattern of declining satisfaction as the tyre ages.
What owners mention most counted across 187 reviews
46,000 Km in Australian conditions, mostly city driving but some longer country trips. Rotated and balanced at regular intervals. Great tyre. Definitely buying the same again. Peter
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These are a decent tyre and were excellent on the TT im not sure how much the Quattro contributed to that but in the dry they were as good as you get. In the wet they held the road well and offered good aquaplane resistance. I absolutely loved the tread pattern and they wore well too.
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I've fitted these tyres to the front of my Peugeot 207 GT Diesel twice.
I do well to get 8,000 to 9,000 miles out of them.
The grip is fine in wet or dry conditions but the cost is too high £130 plus per tyre to replace them every year...I'll be trying a different brand soon..
One of the few choices in staggered 16 inch fitment. Good grip in the dry, not great in the wet. Had a few wheelspinny moments in a straight line trying to put the power down in wet conditions, previous GSD3's did not have a problem.
Overall grip was less than the GSD3's and are wearing quicker. Probably wont buy these again as they werent worth the price.
Came as standard on my new FOCUS TDCI running on R17s. Was advised by an employee of a tyre garage that continentals were 'poor' on wear...dunno what he was thinking of, but I've got over 21,000 out of my SP2s so far, and am only now in the process of replacing the fronts (almost at the markers) while the backs still have plenty of life left.
Good tyre, definetly will be putting on another set of these! Excellent grip in the dry, and decent enough grip in the wet. Good tyre all round.
Very good in dry, far less confidence in wet which gets much worse with wear becoming prone to aquaplaning. Graded as a summer tyre but lose grip quickly in cold weather and like many other summer tyres useless on snowy surfaces. Became noisy with wear.
I bought a Scirocco R with 3500 on the clock and even with a mostly average driving style they seem to be wearing quite fast as I approach 7100 on the clock. They seem to aquaplane quite frequently in the wet but on the dry the handling is brilliant. Would recommend but cant help but feel there are better options out there.
These tyres came stock on my car, and serve decently in dry conditions. When the roads are wet, they lose the maority of their grip. They are reasonably confortable and quiet when taking into consideration the lower profile. I think there are much better options in the same price range if I were to replace them. These tyres are not terrible, but again - there are better options for your money.
Fitted as original equipment on Skoda Octavia 11 Elegance and very good in dry and have lasted better than Bridgestone on previous Octavias - mileage now in excess of 16000 miles and still at 4 - 5 mm all round. However, leave the car at home when snow about - they are horrendous!
Have a porsche boxster and the rear tyres are bald after 8,000k. Very bad wear. excellent tyre in dry conditions but slippy in wet and pointless in snow. i'll shop around instead of buying them again.
Excellent tyre, excellent wet and dry grip. The tyre suffered from road noise when new but was quieter after 3000 miles. The tyre wear was good they lasted me 15k on a big car. I would recommend them highly.
