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What owners say summarised from 193 reviews

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.

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Owner ratings averaged from 230 ratings

  • Owner score 71%
  • Dry Grip 85%
  • Road Feedback 76%
  • Wet Grip 75%
  • Handling 72%
  • Comfort 66%
  • Wear 60%

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Score spread across 192 written reviews
70%
Member
The first 10000km where ok.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 7
  • Wet Grip 7
  • Wear 9
  • Comfort 9
  • Buy again 4
Helpful 105
83%
Member
  • Audi A6
  • 225/50 R17 W
  • 50,000 miles
  • Mostly Country Roads
  • Average
I've had Sport Contact2's on my A6 Avant from new. The fronts lasted reasonably well given that it's a reasonably heavy front wheel drive diesel and were replaced after about 15,000 miles. I thought that was ok but by comparison the back tyre wear has been amazing. After 2.5 years and 50,000 miles I am only just about to replace them. In terms of performance they have done all that I've asked of them, I've been particularly impressed on the 2 occasions I've had to carry out an emergency stop - both times from about 50mph to zero without any tyre drama. In the wet they've been very reliable and grip has only really been an issue in the snowy weather. I think this is more due to modern tyres which seem to deal well with wet weather but struggle with snow. All in all a great tyre.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 8
  • Wet Grip 8
  • Road Feedback 8
  • Handling 8
  • Wear 10
  • Comfort 8
  • Buy again 8
Helpful 137
59%
Member
MY car is driven like a wedding car,..............but needs new rear tyres on the back at 9600 miles, Yes 9600 miles,............a brand new car
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 10
  • Wet Grip 8
  • Road Feedback 8
  • Handling 8
  • Wear 1
  • Comfort 5
  • Buy again 1
Helpful 144

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59%
Member
  • BMW 530D
  • 275/30 R19 W
  • 8,000 miles
  • Mostly Motorways
  • Spirited
I would rate these average overall which I would not expect from a trye that costs over ?200 per corner. The grip in the wet is poor at best in a straight line, putting the power down on anything apart from a dry road will kick in the tdc even in second and third (300bhp). They do however corner well in the wet and seem to stick to the road within there limit which is quite high but don't have much progressiveness and seem to just giveway. The wear is quite good as driven 10000 on them and will probably get another 10000, down to about 4mm. Excellent in the dry as most tryes should be. Ride is very hand but run the low profile, run flats so would not expect anything else. I'm looking at replacements already and will probably punt for the dunlop eagle f1 as they review better for wet driving conditions.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 8
  • Wet Grip 4
  • Road Feedback 7
  • Handling 5
  • Wear 8
  • Comfort 4
  • Buy again 5
Helpful 131
49%
Member
  • Audi A3
  • 225/40 R18 W
  • 8,000 miles
  • A Combination of Roads
  • Spirited
Not as grippy as i hoped and the wear rate was awful, i ate through most of the tread in about 4000 miles, got a bit better at the end. Grip wasn't great either.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 7
  • Wet Grip 4
  • Road Feedback 7
  • Handling 7
  • Wear 2
  • Comfort 5
  • Buy again 2
Helpful 153
93%
Member
These tyres worked great for my style of driving combined with the mainly motorway mileage i have put on them. These were the rears on my Saab and covered 72K before i swapped them to the front before the sidewalls perished. They were only changed this week because i wanted winter tyres but they still had maybe 2mm of tread remaining. Be advised these are summer tyres so no surprise here when i say the snow performance was non-exsistant. I got stuck on the slightest on inclines on packed snow. I will now use SportContact 3's when the ambient temps average out above 8 degress or so...
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 10
  • Wet Grip 7
  • Road Feedback 10
  • Handling 8
  • Wear 10
  • Comfort 10
  • Buy again 10
Helpful 128
59%
Member
16K miles was how far these lasted on the front of an under powered 1.5 Almera. They might have last a bit longer but with all the snow I had to change them a bit sooner than the TWI showed, a bit noisy too.
Replaced them with a pair of Bridgestone Turanza ER30, they don't get a good review on this site, but so far so good, quieter than the Contact 2.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 8
  • Wet Grip 7
  • Road Feedback 5
  • Handling 5
  • Wear 7
  • Comfort 5
  • Buy again 4
Helpful 112
93%
Member
  • Audi A6
  • 225/50 R17 W
  • 30,000 miles
  • A Combination of Roads
  • Average
Done 30000 miles plus on original tyres, still got 3mm left, having rotated them.
Mixture of town and short motorway journeys, also tow a caravan on a regular basis. Not the cheapest but reluctant to try others due to these being so good.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 9
  • Wet Grip 9
  • Road Feedback 8
  • Handling 9
  • Wear 10
  • Comfort 10
  • Buy again 10
Helpful 147
60%
Member
On my car these tyres were absollutley useless in snow and ice. Anyone buying this model with these tyres on should be told they will need a set of winter tyres as well to drive safely. Skoda Fabia 3 , 1.4 hatch.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 1
  • Wet Grip 9
  • Comfort 9
  • Buy again 3
Helpful 111
79%
Member
These were original equipment on my Polo GTi. I have had one sidewall failure (Irish potholed roads....) but apart from that they have been fantastic. Replacement is expensive though, so I may have to look at another premium brand. If price wasn't an issue I would 100% buy these again given the performance and life.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 8
  • Wet Grip 7
  • Road Feedback 8
  • Handling 8
  • Wear 10
  • Comfort 7
  • Buy again 7
Helpful 120
86%
Member
Front tyres wear evenly and last 20,000 miles. Rears last 80,000 and wear evenly.
Excellent performance in wet and dry condition.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 9
  • Wet Grip 9
  • Road Feedback 7
  • Handling 10
  • Wear 10
  • Comfort 5
  • Buy again 10
Helpful 112
89%
Anonymous
Lovely tyres fitted to the rear of my Avensis and have lasted 30k. Good grip levels in the wet and dry and also offer good comfort levels too. they are still at 4mm so will go on for a while yet.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 10
  • Wet Grip 7
  • Road Feedback 8
  • Handling 8
  • Wear 10
  • Comfort 9
  • Buy again 10
Helpful 130
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