Best Tyres for the Audi A5 3.0 tdi quattro sport

The best tires I've ever put on my vehicles. They perform wonderfully with the quattro of my A5, on the country roads of the surrounding hills. The price is significant but the longevity is quite incredible. I will buy the same ones or even more performance-oriented ones from Michelin again.

I have waited until a new set of tyres were fitted to my car before I wrote this review (Pilot Sport 5's) This gives me 15,000 miles + of experience with these tyres which were fitted when I bought the car.

Good points:
The wear of these tyres is actually decent, my car is heavy and powerful, I drive 50+ miles a day on a range of roads, country, town, A-roads etc, and the wear has been brilliant, albeit un-even. The sides wear very quickly with the centre 1/3 of tyre being more or less untouched. I could have got another 5,000 - 10,000 miles out of these tyres had I liked them.

That's where the good points end.

The dry grip is bang average, you'll begin to notice just how much grip these tyres lack once you are put on a more demanding, twisty roads. These tyres caused some serious understeer, and struggled to get around roundabouts without losing traction. You will find the limit of these tyres very quickly even if you aren't a spirited driver. Ditch finders.

The grip falls of a cliff in the wet, these seem to shed no water at all. I have nearly aquaplaned several times in minimal standing water. Seriously shoddy.

The comfort is awful also, the road noise is terrible and the tyres transmit tons of vibrations into the cabin, which isn't helped if you have large alloys.

It is difficult to mark the tyre feedback as my car doesn't really give much steering feedback anyway, it's not a very dynamic car.

These tyres are probably suitable for low-powered cars, or cars that aren't fussy about tyre choice. Personally, you could not give these to me for free. Don't cheap out on brakes and tyres.

This review is for the Z FIT EQ, these tyres are a real find. They are excellent in the wet and dry. They are laufenns UHP performance tyre. No understeer or oversteer with these having solid sidewalls and give you total confidence to drive your car in any situations you come across. Really comfortable ride in the car and excellent mpg. People think that economy tyres are not safe but all tyres sold in the UK have to meet British standards. 7.5 mm of tread depth and good rim protection make these brilliant!

A good cheap tyre that will stick well in dry conditions once up to temperature. Doesn't shed water like a Michelin PS4 but you do realize this is a Firemax tyre. An excellent tyre if you need a set to last for a while without paying a Frenchman's mortgage. Adjust expectations accordingly.

Switched over to these from the cheap budgets my car came with and they have made my car feel like a completely different motor, the road noise is almost non existent and the dry grip is fantastic I feel a lot more glued to the road

i have had the same problem with both cross-climate tyres they all wear on the inside edge, I have an audi a5 cab quattro and had the 4-wheel alignment done by Audi and an independent who say the alignment is spot, on this also leads to another problem they become noisy and i have to replace them early with lots of tread on the outside. so now i am trying MPS5 as it was origanaly fitted with MPS3

(fitted as default tyres by manufacturer) tyres provide excellent grip in dry + wet, good & sporty feedback on the steering. Tend to get a bit louder while aging over time

got them fitted by spec on an Audi A5 - very silent in the beginning, got a fair bit louder after passing 40k km. competes easily with continental, michelin and co, for a fraction of a prize. best value for the money.

I've been using Roadstar 245x40x18 97W Eurovis SPT 4 tyres on Audi 3.0L A5 Quattro for over 6 years now and haven't been tempted to try any other tyre as these really do the business, great handling in both Wet & Dry and the wear is great, which isn't bad for a car with over 320 bhp and both front and rear tyres lasting around 25k miles and when I need to replace them there are always some good deal around.

Love this winter tyre for the UK.
Disappointed in its dry breaking as it let go a couple of times when I wouldn't of expected it too.
I marked feedback low just because I have an Audi A5 and feedback is numb on anything.
Tyre very noisy but I have never used other winter tyres.
Snow & Ice handled excellently but then I'm using winter tyres on a AWD Audi when I'm used to all season tyres on a BMW.