Initial Impressions Review
After a horrible experience with my previous OEM tyre, Continental Eco Contact 6, I put on EGP2.
Consumption is slightly higher, but not alarming, as EC6's only advantage is consumption; it is logical that they focus on this ability and reduce the rest.
On wet roads and in curves, I notice a significant improvement over the EC6. It is very comfortable and quiet, as I can notice for now. Dry and wet grip is excellent.
EC6 lasted just 30.000 km and 3 years. From this tyre, I hope it can be doubled. Just one fun fact - in my country, the price for these two tyres is almost similar (!), which is crazy considering how dangerous EC6 is on the wet.
Handling is great. I can really feel improvement from anything I drove previously (Firestone, Bridgestone, Vredestein, Continental, Hankook). Vredestein was very comfortable biased always, so I enjoyed this, but EGP2 seems comfortable enough, but also good in curves, and very confident in braking. Hankook (I just drove winter RS3, so maybe it is not a good comparison) was also very comfortable, but EGP2 is a level up in confidence or feel.
The reason I chose this tyre is that in my country, there are no current models of touring tyres from Tier 1 and 2 except EGP2 and Vredestien Ultrac +, which unfortunately did very badly in this year's tests. Manufacturers push eco tyres (like Conti) or older models (like Primacy 4 or Bridgestone T005). So for 185 65 R15 I think it was the best possible choice if you want to go above Nexen, Kumho, Kleber, Fulda, Uniroyal...
About wear, and whether I would buy it again, I cannot say; it is too early for that.
