Given
46%
while driving a
Holden SS Commodore
(245/40 R19 R) on
a combination of roads
for 100
spirited miles
I bought these frankly because I was broke and wanted to try a cheap tyre for once. I had been running Bridgestone RE50's on my Holden Commodore VE SS (V8). Bridgestones are so damn expensive and generally wear down fairly quickly on my car so I bought these thinking oh yeh they'll last longer and should be OK. I was more worried about road noise, I had read reviews it wasn't very good in the wet but figured given my cars 50/50 weight distribution, longer wheel base and stability control/lsd etc they would be OK. I was wrong. Went around a corner coming out of a round about rainy day..... bang read end slipped out from under me. Normally I can predict it even feel it being a V8....... nope. Slid like it was on ice.
Dont buy them. I dont know what I'm going to do with them yet. I've only had them on the car 2 days and I already worry about it's stopping capability. I have bigger brakes, but that wont help if tyres don't grip the road.
I'm used to Bridgestones, they just work. I never had to worry about grip even when they were completely BALD! My bridgestones were like slicks just before I changed them never had grip problems in the rain. But these with full tread couldn't hold a candle against completely bald RE50's.
Police shouldn't fine people based on tread levels, they should STOP manufacturers like this making tyres that are just so damn dangerous!