Owners are split on the Goodyear EfficientGrip overall (62.6% average), but the strongest consensus is that it delivers a comfortable ride, good dry grip and worthwhile fuel-efficiency gains. Road noise and tread life are far more variable, with roughly as many owners praising them as criticising them. The most repeated concern is wet performance: around one in five owners specifically complain about weak wet grip, and a similar share report vague steering feel, often linked to soft sidewalls. A smaller but notable group (around one in ten) mention poor puncture resistance, particularly sidewall-related damage.
What owners mention most counted across 133 reviews
A very soft and comfort tyre suitable for daily driving. It can handle speed above 160kmh quite decent, but when approaching a sharp corner, i agree with the earlier reviewer that it gives a "jelly" feel like handling with minimal steering response. I suppose it is not a performance kind of tyre given the characterisics that i have mentioned.
Overall, okay and it does give additional mileage since tyre changed. Will i buy this tyre again - dont think so as i feel Asymmetric 2 would be a better choice and much satisfaction in all areas.
I bought these tyres to replace the original Bridgestone Potenzas which were factory fitted to my Audi A4. The Good Year tyres had the same specification but turned the Audi from a sharp handling car to one that felt like a jelly on wheels. Trying different pressures, from recommended to higher, did not provide any improvement. Road feel was non existant and the handling was unpredictable at both high and low speeds. The only advantage was a slight, but noticeable reduction in road noise and ride. I do not reccommend these tyres on a performance car. Have replaced them after 2 weeks.
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Got all 4 tyres replaced with Goodyear Efficientgrip tyres. Cost a bit but very pleased with them. Haven't done 1000km on them as yet but they are quiet tyres and adds to the comfort of driving.
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I totally disagree with other comments that refer these tyres giving jelly like feel, if they had decent handling cars they'd realise that these tyres give good grip and feel when driven hard in wet and dry conditions. When driven 'normal' road noise is low comfort is high and the wear rate is very good, I don't really notice any real gain in fuel consumption but that is probably down to the way I drive. I would recommend these tyres.
Just changed a set In my rear which replace my ori bridgestone potenza R050 RFT, the feeling is totally different with mine previously potenza, I felt the take off acceleration is not aggressive, the braking is take longer than mine potenza, which I felt a bit of dangerous.
Overall is very quiet and soft, much more comfortable.
Tyres seem good in the dry, but are pretty poor in the wet, especially from take-off.
Noise is the most alarming thing.... compared to my pirelli p7's previous, these are terrible. They really do rumble down the motorway and at 60mph + speeds.
I've noticed with the weather getting colder ( less than 5'c) these tyres compared to the p7's slip and loose traction far sooner. Not tried them in the snow yet, and that was the weakness of the P7's.
235/40/18 fitted to 2010 Ford Mondeo. Replaced original Continental Sport Contact 2s with Goodyear Efficientgrips and there is no noticable degradation of grip, ride or quality. They are however £30-40 a corner cheaper than Contintentals so they get my vote.
Seem slightly quieter too but that might just be because the old tyres were worn! Perhaps slightly more cushioned ride than the Contis but I can't decide if that's me imagining it or not.
Bought on the basis of reviews. Extremely disappointed. May be OK on a smaller vehicle (?) but not suited to my larger saloon. Made no difference whatsoever to my fuel consumption, despite the claims. Noisy, uncomfortable, and lack of confidence in the grip in all weather conditions and seasons despite my steady driving. Have just replaced with a set of Nokian WR A3 for which are just infinitley better.
I bought the car second hand with those tyres on the front and Dunlop Sport Maxx TT on the rear. There's a big difference between those two.
EfficientGrip make car boring and unpredictable to drive, but the mileage is good. There's not much road feedback and the traction control kicks in every time I accelerate (scary on wet). Perhaps those tyres are not suitable for a performance car and would be more suitable for a family hatchback driven at 30mph around the town?
They are also very very noisy.
