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.
I have just bought A Ford Focus 1.8 TDCI with 3 WL905 and 1 Michelim and it looked a bit odd so before doing anything with them I would check out the Event tyre online. The main bad point was wet weather driving so on that note decided to make all the tyres the same and got rid of Michelim and see how the car handled. We had heavy rain the other day so off I went. I couldn't find any problems really. I tried the supermarket roundabout that was fine, hurtled down the M6 for a few miles and that was fine, didn't slide when braking. The end result is I would buy these tyres again.
Needed some front tyres quick for the MOT, and the ones I wanted weren't available at short notice, and my tyre dealer suggested these.
BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD!!!! They were ok pottering around the bumpy tracks in the Forest of Dean for a few days in the dry, but at the weekend I took a trip along the M4 to London in the rain - God Almighty, I had to keep the speedo pegged at 60mph, I felt THAT unconfident in these tyres! Not surprisingly it was a slow miserable trip with those tyres on the car. Steering was vague and wandered from side to side and felf over-light with no feedback at all.
Roundabouts provided a challenge too, even at slow speeds - although I wasn't sliding about - the line I had to take was completely different to before, and it was so unpredictable whether it was going to understeer or oversteer.
The dealer took them back from me without a quibble and I now have Uniroyal Rainsport 2's - and my Saab is now back to its old self again!
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The dealer I bought my car from put a brand new set of these when I purchased my car. I was skeptical at first since I had never even heard of Event tyres before. I must say they had pretty good durability - I had the assumption that they would only last around 10k miles but I finally changed the whole set after 43k miles in 3 years. As the tyres were included in the purchase price, I cannot comment on value for money.
Good points:
Durability exceeded my expectations.
The strength is quite good, where I live, the roads are littered with potholes after our unusally cold winter and as much as I tried avoiding them, I still managed to catch some nasty potholes. The good thing is that the tyres were not damaged.
Decent dry grip (for a somewhat budget tyre), offering a respectably sharp turn-in. I recently had a blast through the Black Mountain pass in the Brecon Beacons (the famous A4069 road) and these tyres gave me the confidence to press on.
Bad points:
Take extra care when driving in the wet! (seriously, at my local Tesco mini roundabout the car would understeer at 10 mph. Yes, 10mph off throttle.) However, it's a little better on bigger roundabouts where you don't need as much steering lock.
These tyres can also be unpredictable in the wet, nearly got killed (totally my fault) when cornering on a slip road to join the M40. I took the bend at 60mph at which point it understeered and when I corrected myself the rear end snapped, sending me into a lift-off oversteer 360 degrees. As I said, again it was stupid of me to go that fast when joining a motorway, but be warned and slow down when driving in the wet with these tyres. I drive an ST170, it doesn't have that much power compared with the fast cars of today, but the traction light comes on a lot in the wet when accelerating even at a sensible pace.
Motorway road noise is quite loud and you get droning sounds, so if you regularly go on long journeys, spend a little extra on something more comfortable.
Overall, they were reasonably ok I suppose, just not in the wet. As the saying goes, you get what you pay for - in my case since I didn't buy them as they were already on my car, but I would not buy them again.
I have replaced these with a set of Primewell PZ900 (apparently they are a subdivision of Firestone and they have a 'B' rating for wet grip according to the EU tyre label) - £279 for a set of 4, including valves, balancing, nitrogen filling and insurance. I will review that set after I accumulate enough mileage.
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A very hard wearing tyre, The peolple who fitted my most recent tyres told me the event WL905 are favoured by the taxi drivers in Eastbourne for durability.
Grip isn't great but OK for slower drivers. Ride is quite harsh though so low score for comfort. Good for Summer use but cold weather grip a little lacking as expected from hard wearing rubber. The last one of these tyres left on my Zafira has done about 40000 miles on the back. Recommended on basis of costs alone but there are much better gripping tyres out there.
I use these on the rear axle of my Cougar. They seem to have lasted forever - they were part worn when i got them and have lasted a good 20k from half worn. For a budget tyre i have been impressed and whilst i probably wouldntput them on the front as a rear tyre on a front wheel drive thay are good.
These tyres are just shocking, the worst tyre I've ever encountered, they just slide all over the place. After 2k miles of what felt like driving in snow and ice i've changed them for Goodyear Eagles. Feel safe again now,
Those tyres should be banned, The wet handling is hopeless and feels like driving with soap instead of tyres, the tyres grip a bit in the bend then gives without warning, lucky i have ESP to keep the car on the road...
I recently bought my Frod Mondeo ST220 which had these tyres on the front. They're fine in the dry, but in the wet it is like driving on ice! The car just wheelspins everywhere. Not good tyres.
Had them on my Audi S3 when bought car, was aware it was a budget tyre ! but lived with them, as dont drive fast as a mature S3 driver But have had to replace them even though still like new as they are so bad on wet roads . I was suffering under steer and could not take the same line as a ford galaxy on a wet roundabout, how bad but 100% true !!
I don't understand the negative comments on these tyres. I can only assume the originators are driving as if they are at Santa Pod Dragster circuit. I found no problem in dry or wet conditions nor on motorways or country roads. Perhaps it's just that the tyres are better suited to certain cars but for the MGF I have no hesitation in recommending the WL905.
Stay away from these tyres! On wet conditions they're EXTREMELY dangerous. As other people said, even trying to stay on the line in a roundabout becomes a rally driver's job.
I purchased my car last year with 4 new tyres. These were Event WL905 tyres.
Dry grip very good. A very good dry tyre. If I needed tyres for use only in the dry I'd say "these are the tyres for the job. I can think of no better 'dry' tyre for the price".
However, when things get wet on the roads, these really are 'event'-ful tyres.
Drive briskly (but sensibly) as you would on 'normal' tyres, and these will understeer, gradualy switching to oversteer in a manner that the old Audi Quattro Works rally drivers were able to do in the 1980s. Remember though, that this under and over steering on these tyres happens at anything over 30mph in the wet.
I changed 2 fronts to Pirelli P6000 (as fitted as standard from the factory to my car). The understeer has now gone, but the oversteer still remains on wet roads.
With winter approaching, I am getting rid of these awful tyres that still afflict the rear wheels of my car.
I think I will put some chewing gum and elastic bands around the rims and draw some tread pattern on them. I really do think that will be better than Event WL905 'tyres'.
Please - do not risk it with these tyres unless you only drive on dry roads.
As for being progressive - sometimes they are, sometimes they're not. And that inconsistency is a warning in itself.
I would say that these are the worst, most dangerous tyres I've ever driven on.
