Goodyear Eagle GT

Initial Review, 20,000 Miles on Tires
December 10, 2012

My setup:
My Shelby GT500 came equipped with this tire in the following sizes:
F:265/40/ZR19
R:285/35/ZR20

Pros:
- This soft rubber tire has an amazing amount of grip when warmed. (It takes a couple of miles to reach appropriate temperatures and peak performance)
- Rarely lose traction even with the large amount of torque outputted by the car.
- The tire is fairly quiet considering the size that I have installed.

Cons:
- The performance of this tire is reduced significantly when driving in wet conditions.
- The same quality which gives this tire an amazing amount of grip, causes its tread wear to be incredibly high.
- The tire has a very small shallow tread.

Result:
This tire is amazing, both on and off the track, when weather conditions are dry and warm. Traction is significantly reduced in wet conditions, chances of hydroplaning are significantly increased.
The high tread wear, combined with the shallow tread, causes the life of the tire to be short and is definitely not recommended for a daily driver.
I would recommend purchasing this tire if the life of the tire is not a concern and you plan on driving very aggressively on dry roads. This tire will not let you down in dry and warm conditions.
If hydroplaning is a concern(i.e. it rains a lot where you live) or reduced life is a concern or you feel that you may not need the extreme amount of grip, then this tire is not for you.

Initial Review, 3,400 Miles on Tires
December 07, 2012

I appreciate the input from others w/same tires. Bought the car w/3200 miles and oringal tires. Can not find the same tire in any other brand. Reading reviews gives me hope that if I buy a new set they will perform better. Once these have gone over 3 to 4 years the rubber gets very hard and will not hook up. Afraid of corners at speed until I get new set, wish the size came in another brand but such is life. On the GT, absolutely the best American car ever! Tires, fair, car no question.

Initial Review, 1,000 Miles on Tires
December 04, 2012

Replaced the OEM Pirelli PZeros with these. At first I was weary of all-season tires (some call them no-seasons), but now I am definitely sold! When new, the Pirellis had better traction at ambient temperatures over 60 degrees, but not by much. However, at cooler temperatures the Pirellis are useless compared with this tire. My Mustang is now drivable, even spiritedly, at cool or even sub-freezing temperatures. Note that I do NOT intend to drive my Mustang in snowy conditions. I have an alternative vehicle for that. However, it is nice to be able to enjoy my Mustang on dry winter days, or even on most spring/fall mornings.
Here in Iowa, for a daily driven car, these all-seasons will outperform summer tires 9 out of 12 months in a year. Another point in favor of these Good Year all-seasons is that I expect a lot longer tread life from them. The Pirellis only lasted me 10K miles.
I have driven quieter tires than these Good Years. However, compared to the noise the Pirellis were making near the end of their life, they were a much welcome relief. Traction is a lot better than I expected. Another thing I like is that the loss of traction is more gradual and more predictable. The Pirellis’ were the opposite. As a result, there is less axle-hop upon launch. Steering feedback is good, and the car feels well planted. I haven’t driven these long enough yet to comment about their tread wear, and I won’t be driving them on snow.
I would definitely recommend these tires for a daily driven high-performance vehicle in higher latitudes where you won’t get the most from summer tires’ temperature-sensitive compounds throughout most of the year.

Initial Review, 1,200 Miles on Tires
October 23, 2012

'13 GT (brembo / track pack) Car came with PZero summer only, which worked tremendously as long as temp is above 50F. No plans to drive car in any snow however in NH we have quite a few days in the fall and spring that are obviously below 50. Wasn't ready to "park it" for the winter so ordered these with a set of ford track pack wheels.

Steering and handling - no noticeable change. Progressive break-away, recover nicely as well. Steering response / turn in just as immediate as the PZeros. Does provide a bit more feedback information through wheel (mostly because of stiffer sidewalls)

Braking - Under hard braking tire does induce more ABS action however still can generate similar braking #s. Wet road braking is probably better than PZeros

Ride / Comfort - Do ride stiffer than the PZeros. Road noise is lower. No change in tracking for car

Wet traction is great; equal to PZero. Zero issue with hydro-planning.

Dry traction is more than adequate but not nearly the bite that PZeros have (provided it was 50 degrees out). My best 0-60 time on Pzero was 4.2 with these it's 4.5 (according to onboard track app)

Overall = Good looking tire, tremendous in wet conditions, rides very quiet. Ride is stiffer and dry-road traction is 90% as good as summer only tires.

Tire-Rack Service : Ordered tires at 3:00pm on monday afternoon. Had them on my car by 10AM tuesday (next day). Wheel balance is spot-on.. no shakes or vibrations on speeds fast enough for a few week stint in the pokey ;)

Initial Review, 1,200 Miles on Tires
October 09, 2009

I now have put about 1,200 miles on my new set of Eagle GTs and I love them so far. They have exceeded my expectations; the only thing left to evaluate is snow traction but it is too early for that yet. I was concerned about ride comfort and noise based upon some of the other reviews but I am pleasantly surprised so far. I was exceedingly happy with the OEM Pirelli PZero Rossos that were on the car but found replacing them challenging my budget. The jury is still out for tread wear and as I said snow traction but so far I am very pleased and saved about $100 per tire over the OEM tire.

Initial Review, 20,000 Miles on Tires
December 25, 2009

I mounted these on my wife's car after work one night, and drove out on them into a snowstorm- 5 inches accumulated with no plowtrucks in sight, this was in the North Country in New York. They took my wife through some intense snowstorms, without her destroying her car, which speaks volumes of the tires' winter capabilities. Since then til now, they continue to impress. Went from NNY through Chicago, St Louis, OK City, on down to Central Texas, moving home, fully loaded. A pothole bent a rim and the tire survived. Other reviews of this tire feeling too neutral on-center are bogus. Wet weather characteristics are good, the tread voids and pattern work well at all levels, and I've yet to get them numb in any frog-drowners. Highway noise is completely livable. Dry cornering is impeccable with gradual breakaway at the limit. They hold pressure well throughout the seasons. At install, they balanced easily enough, after difficult mounting from some pretty stiff sidewalls. In all, a very fine tire and great value.

Initial Review, 20,000 Miles on Tires
October 04, 2012

I bought these tires to replace Goodyear Eagle GT tires that had worn down. The first thing I noticed was much more sidewall squirm, which made steering response a bit sluggish. I'm used to fairly quick turn-in response, but with these, there was a noticeable delay with a bit of understeer. Overall however, the understeer was fairly progressive and predictable, and not prone to suddenly breaking away. As the sidewalls are more compliant, the ride is a bit softer, but I wasn't concerned with a soft ride. Noise was at an acceptable level, which means they weren't so loud that I noticed how noisy they were.

I drive very aggressively and am always finding the limit of the tires, so I'm not surprised that these tires are shot after only 20k. Because I hit so many on/off ramps, the left side tires are worse, but this wasn't something I noticed with the Goodyears. In fact, I hit the ramps so hard that the left front wheel bearing has failed at 85k. Fair to say that I expect a lot from my tires. For someone who drives at a more pedestrian pace, they would probably provide good service. I'm looking for a bit less tread and sidewall squirm and a more direct feel, and less concerned about cracks and bumps in the road.

Initial Review, 94,800 Miles on Tires
October 02, 2012

These OEM tires on my Solstice Coupe have really stood up with over 94,000 highway miles of Southern California commuting over 3 years. The fat tires are on a light car and I rotated every 8 to 10k. I took in to rotate again at 94,680 and the guy said I had steel poking through on one tire and two others showed signs of cord separation and bulging....so now I am driving slowly while I look at the RS-A and GT for replacements.

This tire has performed just great with no uneven wear, no hopping, no weird sounds. I've had good luck with some other tires on some vehicles and poor luck with others.

Whatever I get to replace these, I hope I have the same luck and service.

Initial Review, 35,000 Miles on Tires
September 22, 2012

I am on my second set of these tires for this car. This was the first time I ever bought the same tire twice. These tires are great on this car. Responsive, quiet, and they wear great considering the performance and relatively low price. I got 35k miles (mostly highway) on the first set and look to get about the same on the second (rotated every 10k miles). I live in So. Cal so they only saw a few days of heavy rain and one day of snow up in the mountains - they performed really well in these cases. I think it is a great tire that i would likely buy a third time.

Initial Review, 5,000 Miles on Tires
September 20, 2012

I had the original tires on this Shelby and they were 4 years old when i bought the car. I hated this tire with a passion, I thought it was just absolutely horrible. THEN, I got a brand new set, night and day folks. I went from a car where I could come around a cloverleaf onramp and roll on the throttle and immediately get the car in a drift to a car that can ---- near have the pedal to the floor and still just plants to the ground around the corner. Launching used to be horrendous because the old set just spun and you'd hit second gear and the ------- end would be going side to side until you were doing 70. With this new set, you can get a solid launch from higher RPM in 1st, when you dip second it'll leave maybe 6ft of rubber but she hooks and you're GONE. I had the tires installed and immediately left on a 5,000 mile trip up into Canada and down to South Carolina back up to Maine and ending back in upstate New York. The tires had some road noise to them but that is to be expected of performance tires. I used to run Pirelli Pzero Assymetricos and Michelin Pilot Sport 2's and they both were as noisy. It was nowhere near unbearable and the ride comfort was A ok. The only time you notice a rough ride is when you're on bad asphalt or cobblestones. In my opinion, I'd definitely buy them again, especially considering tire rack sold me them for around $660 for the set and Ford quoted me $1940 not even installed. Final note, the last set went 26,000 miles before I replaced them and that was because I burnt up the rears, the fronts still had a good bit of tread on them. Thank you tire rack!

Initial Review, 100 Miles on Tires
September 22, 2012

For what its worth some thoughts on my 4th set of tires for the Cobalt SS/tc the Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric All Seasons:

Cornering wet or dry it infinitely better than the Continental Extreme Contact DWS

Similar dry launching compared the immediately outgoing ContiSportContact2 when they were new and slightly better than the Eagle GT memory in this cold of conditions

Much nicer, smoother break of traction taking off wet, shorter loss with similar throttle input vs any of the aforementioned and very sweet resync with the road. Understersteers less with more throttle input or fast through a corner wet or dry very smooth, predictable, and responsive action.

Measured by car accelerometer and on the phone's it's holding similar lateral g level wet and dry through very commonly driven corners for me to the CSC dry and superior to everything else wet.

Very relaxed feel in comparison to the Eagle GT and CSC2 at low speed, similar to the ExtremeCOntactDWS but with much better precision at low speed, at higher speeds (60+ and only took it to 90 twice today) this tire retains the granularity of steering input control of the CSC2 at every point of its life (one of many reasons why I love it and recommend it to anyone not regularly autoXing or "tracking" it) with the relaxed personality of the DWS. The Eagle GT falls somewhere in the middle in this regard

does not bump steer nearly as bad as the conti's and superior to the Eagle GT. Best tires I have had yet on this car in that sense.

That sums up what I gathered in 50 miles. Haven't even worn off the mold break compound.... I think I am gonna love the next 45K all season miles

Initial Review, 1,500 Miles on Tires
November 24, 2010

Comparing this tire to the Goodyear Eagle GT several things were readily apparent from the get go. First, this tire did not have the 200 mile break in the GT required to feel normal. Second and more importantly this tire does not have the dry or wet grip the Eagle GT has. The difference is so stark I just can't believe how the tire rack came up with its track numbers as on Seattle roads, they simply don't perform as their numbers would suggest. Not even close. The wet performance(save for hydroplaning resistance which is on par with Eagle GT)is so poor that I initially was thinking of giving these back to Conti for another set of ContiSportContact2's and writing it off as a lesson learned. Then the snow and ice hit the Monday before Thanksgiving and my selection was vindicated. Compact snow performance is stunning. Fresh snow traction is not to be believed for an all season and the ice traction puts these tires with Tina Turner and Mad Max, well beyond Thunderdome. Limited slip front differential helped a little with my Cobalt Super Sport but these tires are what allowed me to climb a 10-12% grade hill (required to get to my house) that turns into a sheet of ice whenever the weather gets like this. After climbing the hill successfully, nary a slip, I decided to go down it to go up it one more time, stopping in the middle of the grade and restarting. Meeting with success in that test of the silly I can say what these tires sacrifice in dry and wet performance handling they more than make up for in snow and ice traction. Simply put, the Eagle GTs are that much better in dry, wet, and general performance. I only had the GT's on ice once and there were competent for an all season but nothing like the ExtremeContact DWS. I will be rotating these off the car as soon as I think snow is gone for the season and putting on my summer rubber since the traction otherwise is unlivable IMHO. Quiet&comfortable ride.

Initial Review, 10,000 Miles on Tires
September 02, 2012

Best tire I ever purchased from Tire Rack. The combination of quiet, sure footed handling, and the price/Gift card convinced me...Very happy after a year of use. Would certainly buy again, but this tire not made in size 205/65-15 which I need for my son's 1994 BMW 525i. Replace noisey Goodyear Eagle GT, and before that terrible Yokohama Avid 4S. Kumho has a real winner here, this from an experienced tire buyer for over 40 years. Finally, I'm disappointed that my installer went out of business. They had the right price, did timely work for me, quality work. I'm searching for a new installer. Most of these guys charge way too much for mounting/balancing, IMHO. But the Kumho Ecsta 4x.....buy it.

Initial Review, 1,000 Miles on Tires
July 20, 2012

These are the best tires I've ever purchased. Various past tires that I've purchased for a 2001 Maxima SE and a Thunderbird Super Coupe have included Goodyear tires (RS-A, GT+4, GTII and Eagle Aquatred) and Bridgestone tires (Turanza LS-V, Turanza Serenity, and Potenza GO19). I put these Bridgestone RE970 Pole Position tires on my wife's 2006 Acura TL, and I could not be more impressed. The car corners better and has incredible dry and wet traction. Driving fairly aggressively, I've yet to hear even the slightest squeal from them. Even in the rain, I can accelerate hard and the tires never slip. Not only do they have superior performance to the original equipment tires (Bridgestone Turanza EL42), they also have a smoother and quieter ride. I'm not easily impressed, and I truly can't get over how pleased I am with these tires. I give them my highest recommendation.

Initial Review, 20,000 Miles on Tires
July 19, 2012

I bought these tires 2 years ago when I lived in Nevada. A few months after buying them I moved to Anchorage, AK. After driving with them for 2 years in Alaska weather I highly recommend them. In the summers the tires stick to the pavement like glue, including in the rain. In the winter the tires are great. I will occasionally get wheel spin starting at a dead stop but the roads are ice up here for 5-6 months of the year. Also I am impressed with how little tire wear there has been.

Overall a fantastic tire! Will buy another set if these ever wear out..

Initial Review, 300 Miles on Tires
July 30, 2012

Best Tires I have ever driven on. I have used Michelin Primacy MXV4 and Michelin Primacy MXM4 on other cars and I feel that these tires are definitely better. They have really good treadlife warranty (75k miles.) I replaced my Goodyear Eagle GT's at around 3-4/32" with these and I am very pleased with the performance upgrade. The tire noise is significantly less, and I feel safer on the road when it is raining and slick.

The first day I got my tires, it was starting to rain very hard and I was able to feel extremely safe on the roads while I watched other cars hydroplane and get into accidents. With my old tires, I could feel them hydroplaning at times and it would keep me nervous.

Initial Review, 10,000 Miles on Tires
August 23, 2012

This tire improved my dry traction so well I cracked my windshield from body flex. My dry corning speed shot up almost 30 mph and wet went up 20 mph. The car used to spin the tires on water snow and ice at highway speed if on the bottom of boost on a slight slope. No wheel spin now at all. Even my 1st to 2nd shift no longer spins so the car pulls straighter. I use 60 series not 65s like I selected.

Initial Review, 20,000 Miles on Tires
August 05, 2012

Have had the tires for just over 2 years now. Have been pretty happy but now having issues. Treadwear is uneven and now bulging/separation of side wall...will need to have them replaced.

Initial Review, 250 Miles on Tires
June 10, 2012

Replaced the stock Goodyear Eagle F1 Supercar with these... The F1 is a very good tire, these are excellent tires... significantly better than the F1... better grip/handling, quieter, launch is superb, better in the rain, not sure about cold yet... if you buy these you will not be disappointed, I don't have many miles yet, but I am in luv!