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Across 129 owner ratings the Event WL905 averages 44%. Owners rate Wear highest at 6 out of 10 and Wet Grip lowest at 3. 27 of those reviews come from owners past 10,000 miles. 19% of owners score it 70% or better.

Owner ratings averaged from 129 ratings

  • Owner score 44%
  • Wear 60%
  • Dry Grip 59%
  • Comfort 49%
  • Road Feedback 41%
  • Handling 39%
  • Wet Grip 30%

Event WL905 Reviews - Page 11

Score spread across 127 written reviews
51%
Member
I've recently bought a secondhand BMW 530d which had a full set of these on when I got it. Initial impresions were good, with reasonable levels of grip and feedback. Then it started raining. Oh my lord, they are truely shocking in the wet! On a large roundabout traveling at around 25mph I first had oversteer, then understeer took over, finally slewing back into oversteer again. Any throtle input combined with steering lock results in the car sliding on wet roads - I can certainly see why they are called "Event"!
I've covered around 7000 miles on them since i bought the car and, although they are only around 70% worn I've had enough. With winter looming I've ordered a set of Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2's. I really can't wait to see the Events going into the skip - its where they belong.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 6
  • Wet Grip 1
  • Road Feedback 5
  • Handling 8
  • Wear 8
  • Comfort 7
  • Buy again 1
Helpful 178
80%
Member
  • Rover 75
  • 215/55 R16
  • 6,000 miles
  • A Combination of Roads
  • Average
Well, I got rid of the Federals and fitted the Event tyres.I have driven up and down from Scotland to Surrey several times now on motorways, a little noisy,but have driven through heavy rain and am more than pleased with the way the tyres performed.I hasten to add that I rarely drive at the limit.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 9
  • Wet Grip 7
  • Road Feedback 8
  • Handling 8
  • Wear 8
  • Comfort 7
  • Buy again 9
Helpful 182
53%
Member
Bought two for the front of my 2001 SLK. These are OK in the dry providing reasonable amounts of grip, however the combination of decent premium tyres on the back and these on the front means massive understeer in the wet. I can't recommend these for a performance car if you actually want to go round bends in the wet. However, They are lasting very well.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 7
  • Wet Grip 2
  • Road Feedback 6
  • Handling 7
  • Wear 7
  • Comfort 7
  • Buy again 1
Helpful 159

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53%
Member
  • Ford Mondeo
  • 225/40 R18 W
  • 12,000 miles
  • Mostly Country Roads
  • Spirited
Definitely not a performance tyre. Not much grip in the dry and considerably less in the wet, but they are very progressive and advertise the fact that they are going to let go very well. This makes them great fun to drive on, and you end up steering more with the throttle than with the steering wheel. Good fun comedy tyre for messing about on but not really a good road tyre.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 5
  • Wet Grip 2
  • Road Feedback 8
  • Handling 10
  • Wear 5
  • Comfort 5
  • Buy again 2
Helpful 149
46%
Member
  • Mazda MX5
  • 215/40 R16 V
  • 1,000 miles
  • Mostly Country Roads
  • Average
These are fine for what they are, but they're not performance tyres. Perfectly fine on a family saloon!
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 5
  • Wet Grip 5
  • Road Feedback 3
  • Handling 3
  • Wear 6
  • Comfort 7
  • Buy again 3
Helpful 153
72%
Member
  • Rover 75
  • 215/55 R16 W
  • 10,000 miles
  • Mostly Motorways
  • Average
I was a bit sceptical about budget tyres until I needed to replace all 4 in one go and didn't want to foot the bill for premium tyres. I must say that I am pleasantly surprised by these tyres. Admittedly, fitted to a Rover 75 diesel I don't exactly drive them on the limit! But in reality they aren't half bed. Grip is OK in the wet and dry and noise is better than the winter tyres that I took off. Also the rate of wear doesn't seem to be too bad. If I have any gripes it is that when new the tyre has 7mm of tread rather than 8mm as you would expect on most new tyres, but if I shop around I can get these for a third of the price that a premium tyre sells for. Good value as far as I'm concerned and I will definately be buying again for my rather sedate saloon! Maybe not the best choice for a more spirited driver though!
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 8
  • Wet Grip 6
  • Wear 6
  • Comfort 7
  • Buy again 10
Helpful 185
67%
Member
  • Volkswagen
  • 225/45 R17
  • 1,000 miles
  • A Combination of Roads
  • Average
Good tyres for reasonable price. One negative issue - compared even to my wintertyres these tyres are highly noisy. Driving on brick paved roads produces much noise. Maybe, that's because I've always had premium rubber before these tyres.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 9
  • Wet Grip 7
  • Road Feedback 7
  • Handling 7
  • Wear 7
  • Comfort 5
  • Buy again 5
Helpful 150
84%
Jeeringtowser
  • Rover 75
  • 225/65 R16
  • 20,000 miles
  • Mostly Country Roads
  • Average
A very good all round tyre.
Reasonably priced, refined which suited the nature of the Rover 75.
Excellent wear rate as the car was mainly driven on A & B roads.
Positive steering feedback.
An excellent tyre.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 8
  • Wet Grip 8
  • Road Feedback 9
  • Handling 8
  • Wear 9
  • Comfort 8
  • Buy again 9
Helpful 171
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