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What owners say summarised from 247 reviews

The Toyo T1R earns its clearest owner praise for dry grip, with favourable comments also on handling, feedback and value. Wet grip is much more divisive: positive mentions outnumber complaints, but around one in five reviews describes poor grip in rain. Tread life is the main recurring reservation, with criticism in roughly a quarter of reviews and mid-life and end-of-life accounts ranging from quick wear to long service. Around one in ten reviews mentions soft sidewalls, sometimes linked to imprecise responses. Noise and comfort receive mixed verdicts, while progressive breakaway has more supporters than critics.

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Owner ratings averaged from 288 ratings

  • Owner score 72%
  • Dry Grip 83%
  • Road Feedback 75%
  • Handling 75%
  • Comfort 70%
  • Wet Grip 69%
  • Wear 63%

Toyo T1R Reviews - Page 16

Score spread across 245 written reviews
87%
Member
The car feels even smoother just turning. These just stick to the road like glue and I can drive in the wet like i normally do in the dry and the hold the road just as well

Fantastic buy, an absolute steal if your alloys are the same size. I got all 4 tyres for ?200 delivered

IMO these are probably some of the best bang for buck tyres on the market, I wouldn't hesitate to buy these next next time, excellent.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 9
  • Wet Grip 8
  • Road Feedback 9
  • Handling 9
  • Wear 8
  • Comfort 8
  • Buy again 10
Helpful 118
89%
Member
clio 182 luvs these tires,dry grip is amazin,car jus hangs on, not much understeer an v responsive steerin,good brakin an traction. i remember goin 2 work 1 day in winter an tellin 1 of the boys the car felt bit loose on 1 particular bend an e told me e spun his car on the ice...enuf said....always used 2 put avon zv on cars,did put em on clio but ordered toyos after doin 1k on the avons,felt like drivin on flat tires.....t1r gets my vote 4 small hot hatch any day.......wil try r1r or 888 but overall b hard 2 try anythin but toyo on my clio........my boy is also puttin em on his saxo vtr,bet he will luv em ..........i get 10k out of em but its pushin 200bhp an the traction control is not always on lol..............
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 9
  • Wet Grip 8
  • Road Feedback 9
  • Handling 9
  • Wear 8
  • Comfort 9
  • Buy again 10
Helpful 106
79%
Member
Sorry for my horrible English. Unbeliveable tyres. A bit noisy. Very soft and because of that excelent road feedback, very fun to drive with them, replaced Continental Premium Contact 2 with them I spined and crash my fiesta, my tucking fault, maybe Conties, I think btw. Super grip in dry, very fast on operating temperature. Superior grip when they are hot, if you push them they squitch prety soon on hot day but just asking for more and more. Excelent control of car with handbrake in circual crossroads in town. There is 5 circual crossroads in my town and belive me, ok this one is biger but i was driving 90 - 95 Kmh with ease through out. When wet, did not try the limits in cornering but on straight with ease 190 Kmh (heavy raining in suburbs) playing with aquaplaning even at 100 Kmh (no raining in town). After 15000 miles on legal limit of tread. Now I have 23000 and still driving them. Look like semi slick now (can send pictures if someone want :-)[email protected] or see video on facebook) (deported from neighbour country Slovenia because of slicks). No such road feedback, no squtching in corners now (you dont know where is the limit especialy if u are not familiar to car) as in start. Driving like my granny in wet, no over 70 Kmh. My personal conclusion: tyres made for cars with high power engines to bring power on road when needed, but it was fun to have them on pretty normal fiesta and have so much of reserve in every aspect of driving. Would buy them again but price is much higher as back then in 2007. (stupid sellers!!) I am replacing them this month (only first 2) with bridgestone turanza ER300 for the same money i gave for toyo in 2007. Will post reviev about and hope that will enyoy and they will cope with me much as toyo did...
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 10
  • Wet Grip 8
  • Road Feedback 10
  • Handling 10
  • Wear 3
  • Comfort 4
  • Buy again 10
Helpful 106

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61%
Member
I find these to be reasonable middle of the range tyre. There are better but there are worse. Im impressed with the wet grip, which is better than i expected but not as good as ive had with some tyres. I was also surprised at their grip in the snow, i was easily passing other cars which were stuck. I do find they wear quite quickly and even after several attempts by tyre fitters to balance them they are still not perfect. One seems to be distorting. I wont be buying these tyres again, wear too fast and are quite average, they also look a little plasticy in the rubber compund.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 9
  • Wet Grip 7
  • Road Feedback 7
  • Handling 7
  • Wear 4
  • Comfort 5
  • Buy again 4
Helpful 98
91%
Member
I have bought full set of tires for my Astra GTC. It was a big dilemma, but Toyo was my final decision. After driving them in very different conditions, from track days to very rainy trips, I can say this is one of the best tire I've ever drive. It has excellent grip on dry roads, even at the limid. The Y-design is perfect for wet roads. Maybe the only one negative feature is faster wear. This tire is highly recommended for sporty cars and hot hatches with a lot of power, and for drivers with a lot of fuel in their veins.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 10
  • Wet Grip 10
  • Road Feedback 9
  • Handling 10
  • Wear 8
  • Comfort 7
  • Buy again 10
Helpful 149
100%
Member
Awesome tyres, massive improvement over the previous tyres I had on and still going strong.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 10
  • Wet Grip 10
  • Road Feedback 10
  • Handling 10
  • Wear 10
  • Comfort 10
  • Buy again 10
Helpful 127
40%
Member
UK RX-7 Turbo II on 15% harder suspension (Racing Beat) with Tokico dampers
Car is relatively gentle on tyres RWD flat torque curve 50:50 1250kg.
Driver holds motorsport license.
Cornering and braking and main interest.

Replaced Yokohama AVS-Sport with
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 3
  • Road Feedback 6
  • Handling 4
  • Comfort 6
  • Buy again 1
Helpful 139
83%
Member
  • MG ZR
  • 205/50 R16 W
  • 12,000 miles
  • Mostly Country Roads
  • Spirited
Great Tyres and at a decent price.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 10
  • Wet Grip 8
  • Road Feedback 8
  • Handling 8
  • Wear 7
  • Comfort 7
  • Buy again 10
Helpful 133
43%
Member
I'm going to be short, tyres grip well in the dry, thats the good points over now the bad, the tyres wear very quickly, once worn they are a nightmare in the wet, constant wheel spin, 4 wheel slides, you feel every road defect and are always fighting with the steering (the car is fine), the profile seems smaller to other tyres with the same profile. did not like at all, felt they are over rated and not as cheap as people say are, i think the old cheap Fulda tyres i had on before were way better. Gone to Hankooks now will review later.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 8
  • Wet Grip 3
  • Road Feedback 10
  • Handling 1
  • Wear 3
  • Comfort 4
  • Buy again 1
Helpful 111
86%
Member
Excellent performance. Best tyre I've ever had so far, only downside is they wear far too quick (9000 miles done and the fronts need replacing) but they can be found at very cheap prices especially in 195/50/15 format so the value of them makes up for the wear. Never lost grip in the dry unless wanted to, and only had a brown moment in the wet once, but the tyres gripped well in that certain experience.
Great breaking ability and corners very true and straight.
Sides could do with reinforcing some more as I find it they wear too quick on the shoulders.
Excellent tyre choice for trackdays and fast road, very popular amongst these two categories.
Buying again as we speak (?28 a pop, bargain!) and will carry on buying until the replacement shows up.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 10
  • Wet Grip 9
  • Road Feedback 10
  • Handling 10
  • Wear 3
  • Comfort 8
  • Buy again 10
Helpful 102
59%
Member
Nice in the dry, but could be better. Wet ok and wear is correlating with loss of grip especially in the wet, under steering a lot...

Dan Jordan
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 8
  • Wet Grip 4
  • Road Feedback 7
  • Handling 8
  • Wear 4
  • Comfort 6
  • Buy again 4
Helpful 117
84%
Member
These tyres really suit my MGF and improve the grip in the dry and the feedback through the wheel. Good grip together with low noise make this a great tyre in dry conditions. Slightly slippery in the wet, but progressive with no sharp break away. I certainly find them better than The Eagles they replaced.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 9
  • Wet Grip 6
  • Road Feedback 9
  • Handling 8
  • Wear 8
  • Comfort 9
  • Buy again 10
Helpful 101
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