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
I've had a full set of these for two years on my Rover 75 2.0CDT SE Tourer Auto and have been satisfied with them in all respects. I drive in NE Scotland so not many roundabouts or motorways, but have still been great on long trips south acheiving 22,000 miles to date, but need replacing before the snow sets in. Tow a trailer and caravan at times and often have heavy tool boxes in the boot and the wear is fairly uniform. I like the chine on the side wall that protects the alloys from knocks. Bit expensive.
If you like your tyres to give you confidence and the grip when when you need it, or you just like getting your foot in, avoid these tyres. They are rubbish.
I have got then on the front of my VW Polo GT Pd130 with a remap and I am looking forward to getting them off as soon as I can.
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Bought two of these for my saab 93 at £108 each, replacing Goodyear Excellence on the front. Instant improvement in noise and comfort and far less tram lining. I tend to drive fairly normally, so can't comment what they are like for grip if you like to be first away from lights, but for my style of driving they seem a good match. Average mph seems to have gone up slightly by about 5mpg. Hopefully they should do more than the 18k their predecessors covered.
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Fitted these to a 2000 POlo TDi. Makes the car feel like a small Mercedes, wafts over bumps and it generally very comfortable. Sadly the handling suffers very badly - if you like a sporty drive then do not buy these tyres. It's like driving a big jelly!
But if you like a bit of comfort, then these are perfect.
I agree with a lot of the other comments here. Grip for accelerating and braking is generally good in wet and dry plus low road noise. I just replaced a set of bridgestone tyres and the car immediately felt different. There isnt much feedback from the tyres and I've found it lead to sudden oversteer when cornering agressivly. Definitely not the tyre for a sporty driver, perfect for lots of motorway miles.
Have recently removed my Continental Sports contact2 tyres and replaced with Goodyear efficient grip on the front and Goodyear NCT5 on the rear. Would have liked NCT5s all round but difficult to get any now.
The car is totally different - very quiet on road noise but sports grip gone. Not a problem for me but may be for the sporty driver!! Pleased with fuel consumption so far
i got a set of these tyres with 5-6mm tread left. they were fitted to a mk4 vw golf gti and ive had the car lowered on coilover suspension.
the tyres didnt combine with the uprated suspenion at all. these tyres have soft sidewalls and are not made for 'sporty' driving. the car felt like it was on jelly. these tyres are made for comfortable motorway driving, and decent fuel economy i would imagine.
so for me i wouldnt buy these tyres again, as thats not the sort of driving i do. by reading reviews on this website i saw that toyo t1r tyres seemed more suited to the sort of driving i do, and having fitted them i would recommend the toyos for a more sporty drive over these any day, the car reacts a lot quicker now with the toyos on.
I've had to endure 2 sets of these tyres now on the front of a Vauxhall Zafira - Don't get the choice of tyres as it's a LEX fleet vehicle. No grip in wet, just wheelspin everytime I pulled off. Lasted 13K miles per pair when a pair of Pirelli P zeros lasted me in excess of 20K miles so hardly a high mileage tyre. Very little driving feedback, vibration at steering wheel which couldn't be balanced out.
As fitted to police fleets.... No wonder they never catch any criminals!!
I commute in excess of 30K miles per year, 85% on the M5. The rest being on A roads and country lanes.
Mostly it is myself, alternate weekend up to full load of kids/adults. On holiday fully loaded. Run tyres at 32-33 psi (35 is a touch too hard)
The first pair of Continentals Contract 2(?140) (origal fitting) covered 17,585 miles. This I thought was not that good.Tried Mitchelins next that managed 21k miles.
Fitted first pair of Efficient grips in Jan 2010. ?140 fully fitted from Kwik Fit. Extremly impressed by tyre wear, performance and generally handling. Fuel economy is between 10-11 Miles per litre.
Changed them 16/10/10 having done 24,200 miles. They had between 2 and 1.6mm left but were getting a bit twitchy on some road surfaces and wet performance was deterioating but still OK.
Manged to get the replacement pair for ?124 have checked on line price and then haggled with local independant dealer. New tyes have average tread depth of 8.5mm.
Must say highly impressed with them on the front. Will consider pair of Bridgestones to go on the back when the two non branded tyres need replacement.
comfy quiet .press on they squeel in dry when new.like car sat on jelly
not perfomance tyre maybe 5 miles extra a tank because im driving like old lady.ONLY RESERVATION WOULDNT WANT A BLOW OUT ON THESE really soft side walls
apart from that all good
After 5000 km are still very comfort, with good grip. When i first fit them i had vibration after 140 km and needed to re-wear it. Without noise.
Good choice for "easy" driving.
Not a sports tyre - noticeable if you've just switched from sports tyres - but fine for normal to moderately brisk driving. Quieter and softer ride than a sports tyre but lacks the precise on-rails feel when cornering harder than most people do, and tends to go into oversteer when a sports tyre could be pushed further.
But most of miles are commuting so I opted for comfort and fuel economy this time. I like the way that when it breaks traction from a fast start it does it in a smooth controllable manner, not in great lurching hops like my previous Proxes did.
Comfort and noise levels are good. The main plus with EfficientGrip is supposed to be better fuel consumption. I measure MPG on every tank so I have a good picture. I am finding about 2-3% improved mileage compared with older sporty/non eco tyres. This should add up to a reasonable amount of money over the life of the tyres but it's too early to assess wear rate.
I would happily recommend EfficientGrip for everyday driving, not for speed demons.
