Best Tyres for the Honda Fit (Jazz)

Honestly i dont know much about performance tires but these were my first set and ive honestly blown away how tires can make a underpowered car handle so well. Ive never been more satisfied with a purchase and i honestly could get away with just a tire rotation and could drive mire on my tires.

Simply superb tires they're perfect in every way other than being an absolute pain to fit on the tire machine. No matter how much tire lube we used the beads wouldn't pop unless you 85psi in them, which is getting up there!

On the road in comparison to my old Bridgestone ep150s that used to squeal and understeer very easily, turn in and mid corner feel was a bit numb too.

The es-32s are excellent, takes A LOT harder driving to get them to start squealing, road feel is fantastic they give you so much confidence. Honestly it's like driving a completely different and vastly superior vehicle.

The tire was better than the OEM Continental tires regarding comfort (noise) and grip in the dry. The grip in wet, snow and ice were comparable. After two years and roughly 20.000 miles the tires have worn down to the 60% mark.
All four tires are now showing the beginning of a tread separation in the shoulder area. According to the tire dealer a typical issue of the NOKIAN One tire.

Compared to the Greenways equivalents, which I've used in three sets since 2016, their wet performance is quite good at reasonable speeds. In hot climates, UV-induced hairline cracks begin to appear on the sidewalls and treads after the third year. Incidentally, what I've mentioned applies to Cyprus conditions. Cornering performance is high, and due to the thin sidewall, they're not as good, but they're good at moderate speeds.

Road noise varies depending on the asphalt quality, but after the first two years, noise begins to increase due to hardening. Overall, their price is quite reasonable and they're worth a try.

This is my third set of Xice tires

Just bought a new set have had two sets previously

Have driven on many different studded tires from cheapest to premium, went to studless as I was doing a long highway commute and was sick of the noise, and legal limits on when to have the tires on and off.

I drive in the worst of Canadian weather in Newfoundland Canada. Snow slush freezing rain we see it all.

The original Xice was better in deep snow

The newest ones are great winter tires but twitchy at the limit of traction

I only miss studs on wet smooth ice

If you drive on a well serviced road these are great tires

Had blizzacks DMV 2 on our van. There better but wear extremely fast

If you get a lot of smooth ice or wet ice go with the studded version or a Hakka 10 studded

Third set debating between Xice studded or Hakkas for my wife’s Subaru as she makes a trip across Newfoundland Canada at least once a winter 1000 km drive.

Any judgement exists by virtue of context. In my case, the context is the set of OEM tires that came with my car, the Honda Jazz/Fit, 2018 model in Asia. After 5,5 years of ownership, I went through 2 sets of OEM tires: Bridgestone Turanza ER370 185/55/R16, having driven 47700 kilometers/ 29639 miles. In both cases replacement by necessity; dry rot cracking, due to South East Asian climate conditions. Still plenty of tread left actually. Anyway, the Turanza's were pretty decent, but they felt like wobbly balloons. Okay that's an exaggeration, but I was getting a bit tired of the amount of tire deflection during cornering and the wobbling rake during acceleration. If there was any element holding back this car's potential, it was the tires. So I set out to search for something more sporty - and this turned out to be a tougher challenge than I thought because UHP tires in this small size are hard / impossible to find in the Philippines, even if they do exist in the international market (for example; Continental ExtremeContact Sport). Eventually, I found these Goodyear Eagle F1 Sport tires for about 95 USD per tire, which is actually a rational and proportionally justifiable price for a car like the Honda Jazz on Philippines roads (potholes and all). It has to be said, that despite being wobbly balloons, the Turanza's featured excellent dry and wet grip, plenty within the range of Philippines speed limits (100 KPH) and even beyond that. In that sense, the Eagle F1 Sport had to at least perform equally to the Turanza's in order to not feel disappointed. Although I've only done about 500 kilometers so far (both city driving and expressway) I can safely say the Eagle F1 Sport tires exceed the Turanza ER370's; At the very least they match the dry and wet grip, but more important to me is how they changed the handling. And this brings me to the another aspect of my purchase choice; I went from the Turanza's 185/55/R16 to the Eagle F1 Sport in 195/50R16; This means a diameter decrease of 1.39 percent. This accentuates the stiffer sidewall and it also subtly affects the "gearing ratio" (car comes with a CVT). As intended, cornering feels a lot better now thanks to minimal tire deflection. Acceleration also feels better because the chassis rake doesn't wobble as much anymore front to rear axle. And all of this doesn't deteriorate comfort levels as far as I can tell, even with all the potholes and uneven road surfaces here in the Philippines. UTOG treadwear says 300, whereas the Turanza's said 320; but all of this is meaningless to me now because of the UV intense climate here. In fact, I've just purchased UV protective wheel covers to minimize the impact of heat, dampness and UV rays. For 95 USD per tire, I think the Eagle F1 Sport is the sweet-spot choice for this South East Asian scenario.

Being using these tires for the last 4 years, done about 20000km on them and the grip is amazing, its on a Honda Fit RS GP4 and the tires grip really well on the dry. Didn't get a lot of mileage out of it probably because of the way i drive. but i would recommend these tires for someone who drives spiritedly time to time i have confidence of the grip. being through a lot of pot holes because i am from a South Asian country with bad roads but no issues with the tires.

I bought my car with these winter tires. They where new... I did approx. 38k with them and there are still at least 10k. Unfortunately almost no snow experience , here in Ireland, just 3-4 days in 2 years. Compared with other winter tires I used ( Pirelli, Kumho and Brigestone ) these were used 2 years continuously , while other were changed : Winter - winter tires , Summer - with summer tires. The only issue, according to me is - fuel consumption. It increased with approx. 1lt/100km.( compared with summer tires )... Otherwise tires are super ! I use them on AWD - all are worn the same, Tires are soft so the grip is perfect, in all seasons, almost no traction control light seen on the board... Comfort - they are noise compared with summer ones but have smooth drive...maybe due to the soft resin.

First off, ignore the optimistic reviews on here. They are obvious and sound like Yanks on crack with their excess positivity. Proxes are fine for the money, but pretty hopeless in some situations such as the wet, or over a cattle grid. Nearly lost control on hitting a cattle grid recently at relatively slow speed. I've had Proxes twice and wasn't all that impressed on either occasion in the wet.