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
Surely the noisiest tyres on the market. They are the original equipment on my Skoda Superb Elegance DSG Estate and are the fronts at very worn at only 8,500 miles. I find them unacceptably noisy on anything but the smoothest road surfaces and can't wait to change them to either Michelins or Goodyears.
Runflats on the rear of BMW M-Sport
Excellent in both wet and dry.
Very predictable handing.
These replaced Bridgestone Potenzas and they have raised the fun level.
Corners like on rails.
8500 hasn't even taken 1mm of the tread=depth yet.
I would definitely buy them again.
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Fitted them to the front of my car at 68k replaced them at 96k , they had to be replaced due to inner tyre wear and I still had 3mm in some places. The inner tyre wear is my fault due the geometry and me haveing to accommodate 20's.
Excellent in the dry and wet and the have really lasted well, and most of driving has been in and around town. I know my car is rear wheel drive but I'm still kicking out 275 bhp and this is a heavy diesel. I have had the same tyres on the rear but on 275/30/20 and they lasted 20k too.
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Having bought a brand new car these came fitted as standard, the dry grip was fantastic thanks to how soft the tyres are. The down side of this is horrific tyre wear. After just 3500 spirited miles they were down to 2mm. Other owners of the same car have experienced the same issue, one reported the tyres warn to the marker after just 1800 miles!! Would never touch continental again. Since replacing with good years I've done double the mileage and have only used 1mm of tread.
These have decent grip in the dry but I didn't find the grip in the wet as good as other tyres I've used. The wear is horrific, my front's are at 3mm after just 3500 miles. The wear is even and the car hasn't been driven very hard with these.
Bought these not long ago and I am very disappointed with these. They are the noisiest tyres I have ever come across with. I even thought the tyre place has accidentally put winter or all weather tyres as they are usually quite noisy but nopes. Will never buy this brand again
A good Tyre with good handling both dry and wet, a little bit wobbly and soft on the limits, not very direct response in turns and they felt a little bit slow in responding to wheel-movements but no big problems.
Acceptable/good comfort and noise-level but I have had more comfortable Tyres than this.
Poor wear, lasted about 34000 km on my 2011 VW Golf TSI 122 , not extremely bad but I think that low wear is typical Continental.
I changed to Continental Premium Contact 5 and they are a bit better in every way except in wear which is very poor.
These were standard fitment on our 1.4 TDCi Fiesta Titanium when it was new. I had two of them replaced with Sport Contact 3's after damaging one when I hit a pothole (I like to have equally worn tyres / same type of tires on either side of the car at the very least).
Good Points:
The two that remained managed to last 29'000 miles (including rotating from the front wheels to the rear wheels). Grip in both dry and wet conditions was superb in all conditions and there was never an issue with traction (except in snow/icy conditions which is understandable - under steer when on the front and over steer when on the back). Feedback was good too, although the Sport Contacts 3's when they were moved to the front wheels definitely had the edge in terms of grip and feedback.
Bad points:
Definitely not a comfortable tyre. Very very noisy! And even worse on rough road surfaces which led to vibrations in the car in the worst case. They became even worse as they approached the 3mm mark.
Overall though definitely a good 'sporty' tyre, although not as good as the Sport Contact 3. I always felt they were a bit wasted really on a Fiesta with only a small diesel engine with a 0-60mph time of 15 seconds. I've replaced all 4 tyres with Good Year Efficient Grips (which seem much more appropriate for a car like this) and what a transformation that has been in terms of road noise with also a slight improvement to ride comfort (will write a separate review of these).
Really poor wear, only managed 8,500 miles before I had them changed at 3mm. My driving style is fairly average I don't tend to drive it too hard very often.
Performance was ok.
Did 36,000km on these tyres. Brilliant dry grip - was wary in the wet (also due to the torque from the car).. holds well on bends, but skids too much if using launch control (or even taking off fast when the tyres became older). I wouldnt recommend it due to the very fast wear. Also had 2 tyres with bulges in them. Upgraded to Toyo Proxes C1S, and amazed at how noisy the Conti's were.
Bought these when I had covered 78,000 miles and the car is now on 94,000 miles and they are down to approx 6.4mm.
Albeit they are on the front of a rear wheel drive car but at this rate im looking at a minimum of 30k and maximum of over 40k use from these tyres which at 130 quid fitted in RFT is excellent value for money.
Dry and wet grip fantastic, very progressive and comfortable.
