I have waited until a new set of tyres were fitted to my car before I wrote this review (Pilot Sport 5's) This gives me 15,000 miles + of experience with these tyres which were fitted when I bought the car.
Good points:
The wear of these tyres is actually decent, my car is heavy and powerful, I drive 50+ miles a day on a range of roads, country, town, A-roads etc, and the wear has been brilliant, albeit un-even. The sides wear very quickly with the centre 1/3 of tyre being more or less untouched. I could have got another 5,000 - 10,000 miles out of these tyres had I liked them.
That's where the good points end.
The dry grip is bang average, you'll begin to notice just how much grip these tyres lack once you are put on a more demanding, twisty roads. These tyres caused some serious understeer, and struggled to get around roundabouts without losing traction. You will find the limit of these tyres very quickly even if you aren't a spirited driver. Ditch finders.
The grip falls of a cliff in the wet, these seem to shed no water at all. I have nearly aquaplaned several times in minimal standing water. Seriously shoddy.
The comfort is awful also, the road noise is terrible and the tyres transmit tons of vibrations into the cabin, which isn't helped if you have large alloys.
It is difficult to mark the tyre feedback as my car doesn't really give much steering feedback anyway, it's not a very dynamic car.
These tyres are probably suitable for low-powered cars, or cars that aren't fussy about tyre choice. Personally, you could not give these to me for free. Don't cheap out on brakes and tyres.
Good points:
The wear of these tyres is actually decent, my car is heavy and powerful, I drive 50+ miles a day on a range of roads, country, town, A-roads etc, and the wear has been brilliant, albeit un-even. The sides wear very quickly with the centre 1/3 of tyre being more or less untouched. I could have got another 5,000 - 10,000 miles out of these tyres had I liked them.
That's where the good points end.
The dry grip is bang average, you'll begin to notice just how much grip these tyres lack once you are put on a more demanding, twisty roads. These tyres caused some serious understeer, and struggled to get around roundabouts without losing traction. You will find the limit of these tyres very quickly even if you aren't a spirited driver. Ditch finders.
The grip falls of a cliff in the wet, these seem to shed no water at all. I have nearly aquaplaned several times in minimal standing water. Seriously shoddy.
The comfort is awful also, the road noise is terrible and the tyres transmit tons of vibrations into the cabin, which isn't helped if you have large alloys.
It is difficult to mark the tyre feedback as my car doesn't really give much steering feedback anyway, it's not a very dynamic car.
These tyres are probably suitable for low-powered cars, or cars that aren't fussy about tyre choice. Personally, you could not give these to me for free. Don't cheap out on brakes and tyres.