Bridgestone

Initial Review, 4,000 Miles on Tires
May 08, 2012

These tires are great on ice covered roads. I have been using Blizzack Tires for many winter seasons, both in the city and on country mountain roads here in New York State. They have worked equally well on several different vehicles. Their mileage is the only flaw. They have an outer soft layer for ice traction which will disappear if you drive them for an extended season on dry pavement. But the shorter stopping distances on ice covered roads are worth it. I only put them on during the winter months here in the Northeast.

Initial Review, 65,000 Miles on Tires
May 09, 2012

Wow, I am really surprised at several of the reviews! These tires came as standard equipment on my 2008 Town and Country and I couldn't have been happier with their performance nor with the tread wear. My van now has 65,000 miles and the original tires are still going strong!!! Great ride, low noise and incredible traction!! Can't say enough good about them, especiall now that I am shopping for new ones and I see the price - wow!!!!

Initial Review, 43,000 Miles on Tires
May 13, 2012

Replaced OEM Bridgestone RE92s with these at 58,000 miles. Most dramatic change I have ever witnessed in any vehicle I have ever owned. Excellent handling all conditions except ice and deep snow (rare here.) Good feedback, generally quiet, treadwear on my all wheel drive vehicle has been excellent. Probably have close to 10,000 miles tread left. Very adept dry weather handling for an all season tire.

Initial Review, 30,000 Miles on Tires
May 11, 2012

I have owned many sets of blizzaks for various vehicles and the DM-V1 have continued to deliver the confidence that I come to expect from Bridgestone. These are absoulutely THE best investment that one can make in there vehicle. a category they should have listed under performance is stopping as this is where these also show up big in winter conditions.Once you have em you cant be without! Simply the best winter tire on the market.

Initial Review, 1,000 Miles on Tires
May 10, 2012

put these on because the goodyear rsa tire are junk! worst tire. these bridgestones are great its a night and day difference. would recommmend these to anyone and the shipping is unbelieveable order and in one day at my door step.will always oreder tires from here.

Initial Review, 1,200 Miles on Tires
May 01, 2012

These tires perform much better than the Yokohama Avid S on my Prius. I saw an increase in my mpg by about 2-3mpg. They do give off a floaty feeling but almost all LRR tires give off a floaty feeling. I recommend changing your stock tire from Yokohama to something else. My brake issue when driving and hitting bumps went away as soon as I replaced them with tires that had more traction. If you drive a Prius and would like to save on gas I recommend getting these tires. Especially when there is a $70 mail-in-rebate going on right now.

Initial Review, 1,200 Miles on Tires
May 01, 2012

These tires transformed my grocery-getter tC into a worthy track machine. I drove my car to the limits on the tires that came on it, which were Goodyear Eagle RSA. Those are All-Season tires and they showed it in their grip levels. I canyon my car regularly to get to places around town, and the immediate improvement with these tires was staggering. My car now had the same traction my All-Seasons had in the dry, in rain with the Bridgestones. The dry traction on the Bridgestones is incredible. After they were installed, I also purchased drilled and slotted rotors with an aggressive brake pad to compliment the brakes, and took my car to Streets of Willow in Rosamond, CA. I was able to run successfully with Subaru STI's without falling behind on cornering, albeit my straight line speed lacked a huge amount of power.

Comfort wise, they are a definite improvement in smoothness on the regular road and even better on the highway. The noise levels are lower as well compared to the All-Seasons. I enjoy less banging and slamming over bumps with these tires and they do so without sacrificing traction and grip.

Treadwear however is the only thing that I see being the low point on these tires, but then again, I do a lot of driving(600 miles a week), and I purchased these UHP Summer Tires expecting to wear them out a tad sooner. I'm planning on rotation of these tires every 1.25-2k miles. And so far they still have 95% tread on the front axle and 100% on the rear.

Overall, these tires are an excellent replacement tire for any vehicle that sees moderate weather conditions. In the rain they give performance equal to a good quality All-Season without sacrificing the dry traction drivers of Summer Tires demand. A definite solid decision and I will certainly purchase these tires again. I highly recommend them to anyone considering them and all my friends like them too!

Initial Review, 3,000 Miles on Tires
May 01, 2012

This tire just keeps giving performance. Have been a Michelin Pilot Sport guy for years...not any more. Incredable traction in both wet and dry conditions. I do a lot of back road driving in the forests of Bavaria Germany and these tires have given me a new confidence to push the envelope.

Initial Review, 2,000 Miles on Tires
April 26, 2012

I purchased a set of these tires to replace the worn out set of Sport Pilots that were on my car that had achieved 27K miles, complete with at least 4 track days (one of which was a rainy day) and still they were not quite down to the wear bars. Clearly though, the old set was work hardened and not performing well at the track or comfortably on the road.

What a HUGE difference these new Sport Pilot PS2 tires made to the track handling and overall driveability and comfort of the car! Wow! Over the years I have tried other tires, Conti Sports, Bridgestones Pole Position, Kumho Ecsta XS and frankly none of them can hold a candle to the Michelin Sport Pilot series of tires in terms of overall performance. I'm not saying that the other tires aren't good tires for the money but, if you want outstanding performance in a tire that you can drive on the street in comfort and flog to the limits and beyond on the track and still get some mileage from then the Sport Pilot is the best one out there and the PS2 is even better. My car sticks like glue around Willow Springs - utterly amazing. These tires are very predictable when driven to the limit and very forgiving when pushed beyond those limits. Very little scalloping of the outside and little to no roll up of rubber along the outer 1/3 of the tires - a common sight on all of the other tires that I have run at the track and see on other similar cars at the track. This is also a marked improvement over the earlier Sport Pilot version of the tire.

At the same time, the these tires are also excellent driving around town and very comfortable driving down the freeway, low noise and comfortable over the miles of expansion joints. They have excellent traction without requiring warm up, have excellent wet road traction and performance. In the wet, with DSC off it takes some extra effort to spin the rear wheels and they have predictable understeer when pushed around corners. You will be pleased with these tires!

Initial Review, 2,000 Miles on Tires
May 01, 2012

I'm on my second set of REVO's the first set I had was on a 2wd dodge ram xtended cab longbed. These tires worked great on that truck, I got about 50K miles out of them. Now I have a set on a 98 RAM 4x4, and with regular rotation they should last a while. It's hard to gauge wear because I have snowplow on this truck and I tow a lot, including farm use off road. I don't expect to get 50K with this kind of punishment. These are great in snow, and better than average on ice. Mud is not a problem when in 4 wheel drive. I don't go offroad seeking mud, so my experience is limited to having to go through a sippee hole on the farm that I can't find another way around. Road nosie is slightly noticeable around 45 mph, but at 55 to 75 you can't hear them over the wind noise. The ride is better than average for an all terrain tire. They aren't Michelin's afterall. I bought them for their traction and lack of obscene road noise. The don't seem to adversley impact gas mileage either. I will continue to buy these as long as the driving habbits warrant an all terrain tire. I woudl nto buy these for somethign that never goes off road. I run Michelin LTX M/S2's on the wife's suburban, which never goes off road.

Initial Review, 6,000 Miles on Tires
May 03, 2012

The tires handle great on dry pavement. I can't say how they are in the wet, as I haven't really driven in the rain. Feed back is also excellent. However the noise level is not as low as I had been led to believe. Overall, I'm very happy with the tires.

Initial Review, 1,000 Miles on Tires
May 02, 2012

I've only driven 1000 miles so far on these tires and so far I'm pleased with the low noise and relative comfort of the tires. As for any increase in fuel economy I can say my MPG's are no less than before from the Michelin Primacy. I'll know with more certainty as get more highway miles logged but my trip computer currently tells me of a +1 to 2 MPG for my highway driving. If you are a spirited driver, expecting razor sharp handling, you may want to look at some other tire. But for 90% of my driving, the handling is fine. I'm especially pleased with the low noise factor.

Initial Review, 300 Miles on Tires
December 01, 2008

Replaced my Bridgestone Potenzas with these tires. These General Altimax Tires are like night and day compared to the Potenzas. I purchased the Outback late last winter for its AWD, reliability, safety and versatility. I was however extremely disappointed with the handling and ride from the start. All of my disappointment has faded after making the change to the Altimax HP tire. The Altimax tires not only make the ride much more civilized but also make the car handle much better around corners/turns. The Bridgestone Potenzas were very harsh and did not hold true around any tight corners. Dry and wet traction is great. Traction in approximately 4" of snow/sleet was very good as well as we just got our first snows up in Wisconsin. I will provide an update when these tires have seen more miles and more driving conditions.

Initial Review, 45,000 Miles on Tires
May 02, 2012

These came factory on my '09 Chevy 4x4. I admit I don't rotate as I should however GM needs to rethink their pressure ratings. The back tires at 70 psi is way too much. My rear tires wore incredibly fast down the center of the tread. Once that started happening I backed off the presuure about 8 lbs. I always get the OnStar report every month saying they are low but GM isn't providing free tires. The front on the other hand at 45,000 miles look like they still have another 45,000 of life in them.
I figure with the rear replacements by the time they wear down again they will have evened up and all four will be due for a change.
I think the tires are somewhat noisy. I have the LTZ model so even with the extra sound insulation they still drone at highway speeds. Other than that they are average in everything, snow rain, mud. They are a high priced tire but I won't switch until all four need rplacing at the same time.

Initial Review, 5,000 Miles on Tires
April 24, 2012

I just purchase these tires and I'm in AH as to how great they are! Compared to the previous tires, non Bridgstone, they are fabulous. The ride is so smooth for 22" tires and quiet. It literally change the ride and comfort of my vehicle. Now, I have to see how they will perform in Snow and Ice. I owned these tires on a previous vehicle, a Toyota FJ and they performed well in the winter time. I would recommend these tires to anybody.

Initial Review, 6,000 Miles on Tires
April 28, 2012

I have driven on Michelin Alpin, Bridgeston Blizzak, and older Continental WinterContact winter tires before on my previous cars and minivan. I must say that these Continental ExtremeWinterContact winter tires are definitely the most quiet, best handling, and most comfortable ones from my experience. My commute is about 40% city streets, 30% freeways, and 30% curvy mountainous highways. It is because of the mountainous roads that I must travel on regularly which prompted my winter tire research for a high performance winter tire. The Tire Rack website and review was very influential in my decision to try out these ExtremeWinterContact winter tires. I must say that the reviews are quite accurate as my last set of Bridgestone Blizzak WS60 compared very similarly to me as the Tire Rack review comparison. One difference I should point out was that I found the ExtremeWinterContact tires on my Honda Odyssey minivan worked best for the road I typically traveled when inflated to 42psi on the front and 40psi on the rear. These tire pressures yielded the best balance between cornering performance, ride comfort, and road noise.

I had finally removed these ExtremeWinterContact tires for my all-season tires (Kumho ECSTA Platinum LX... also excellent tires) even though our weather in Vancouver, BC has warmed up to over 15C. The ExtremeWinterContact tires worked so well in the dry that I had forgotten they were winter tires that should be swapped out for all-season tires. In summary, I highly recommend the Continental ExtremeWinterContact winter tires for anyone looking for the best performance winter tires for ice, snow, wet, and dry conditions.

Initial Review, 5,500 Miles on Tires
April 28, 2012

Have had the RE760's on my Mazda3 for ~12mo now and really am impressed. I previously had been using General's, but had several sidewall damage issues - upstate NY, lots of potholes, caused sidewall damage. The General's were just too soft, and wore relatively too quickly for my taste too. The RE760's though have been outstanding. Excellent road feel in the city and highway. Cornering is excellent, though not quite as aggressive as some of the very sportiest tires - still more than enough for me. Moderate road noise, but very tolerable (granted I'm mostly driving in the city at low speeds). They've been very durable on upstate NY's pothole strewn roads, and I've definitely hit a few big ones with no signs of damage on the RE760's. Wear has been very even and extremely minimal so far. I can't nail down a single characteristic, but in all these tires just made the car feel must more confident and sure footed than my previous General's and the stock Goodyear RS-A's. Although the RE760's are slightly more expensive than the others, I've been truly happy wit them - would buy them again in a heartbeat, and would absolutely recommend them to friends and family.

Initial Review, 32,000 Miles on Tires
April 26, 2012

This is a great tire, but I can find this tire much cheaper at my local tire dealer. Bridgestone/Firestone have made a great economy tire to compete against some of the lesser brands. Most of the Fuzions still carry the Uni-T technology that Bridgestone/Firestone offer. To the user at the bottom. . . It's a "HIGHWAY" tire for a reason. It isn't meant for off-road ventures. Maybe you should do a little more research before you buy next time!