Tire Comparison

Initial Review, 2,000 Miles on Tires
March 25, 2013

Bought these Sumitomo HTR A/S P01 tires for my wife's 2008 VW Passat Wagon 2.0T to replace the set of Continental tires that had gone 41000. The Sumitomos make the car feel like a whole new vehicle! The car is much more responsive to sterring input and feels glued to the road. I was concerned that MPG would drop because Continentals were LRR tires, but MPG has stayed the same. I am very pleased with these tires and am considering them for my own car. Of course, the entire Tire Rack experience was terrific!

Initial Review, 3,000 Miles on Tires
February 12, 2013

Nice looking tire. Very happy.

Initial Review, 45,000 Miles on Tires
April 24, 2013

I've worn out two or three sets of the predecessor of this tire (Turanza Serenity) and after having gone through numerous other tire brands Michelins, Yokohamas, Goodyears, have to say that this tire is the best of those by a significant margin. These tires offer very good cornering grip... amazing actually. Great wet and dry traction and decent traction in snow and ice. Where they really shine is ride quality, comfort and noise level.

Bear in mind that I rate this tire as what it is... a Grand Touring Tire. It won't compete against special purpose tires but neither will they match this tire for this intended use. Unless you can use the last 10% to 15% of the performance that high performance tires offer you will be FAR, FAR happier with a tire such as this. The difference in comfort and combined performance will serve most drivers better the majority of the time. (As a footnote... I own and drive two Trans Ams, two Corvettes, a Grand Prix GXP, and other assorted cars). I have run high / ultra-high performance tires on those cars and unless I'm pushing the edge of the envelope, these tires perform more than adequately.... and they are FAR more comfortable over potholes, expansion joints and they don't drone you to death with tread noise.

One BIG side benefit not usually thought about is that these tires give me 45K miles +/- of wear and I replace them before they get down to the wear bars. So... while I'm wearing out HP and Ultra-HP tires at 20-25K miles I'm only at the halfway point of having to replace these. So... they save a lot of money up front and again over the far greater lifetime.

I love these tires and will be ordering my next set in the next week.

Good luck in your choices... but if I might make one suggestion it would be this. Look very carefully at what you NEED in a tire for the majority of your driving... and don't overestimate your need for that final 10% of performance. Most people never even get close to using that final 10%.

Initial Review, 1,500 Miles on Tires
April 22, 2013

This tire was really the only Michelin option since the Weatherwise tire is no longer an option. Have observed a decrease of about 5 MPG. I asked the sales rep about other reports of decreased gas mileage and was convened it was a mistake...it was not. We have consistently gotten 28 MPG for the past 250000 miles on our car and we are down to about 23 MPG.

These tires are significantly louder than the Weatherwise tires but that was expected with the stiffer rubber compound used to get 90000.

Wish there was another Michelin option for this tire size.

Initial Review, 10,000 Miles on Tires
April 23, 2013

I replaced the OEM Michelins with these tires after reading the many positive reviews here, and so far the tires have lived up to the praise. Wet, dry, and snow traction is infinitely better than the Michelins making the car handle better than ever. 2 minor complaints would be that I noticed my gas mileage took a hit once these tires were installed, about 2-3 mpg--but I suppose that is to be expected from a tire that has much more grip. The second would be that there seems to be a slight wobble occasionally--but it seems to be just the road imperfections being communicated much more due the type of tires these are. I cannot comment on the treadwear yet, but overall I'm happy with my purchase.

Initial Review, 51,000 Miles on Tires
March 30, 2013

Put these tires on the car at 18,000. Now have over 69k. Handling is amazing - 70mph on 35mph off-ramps. The only non-maintenance repair on my car is a new steering pump. The flat footprint puts almost 1/3 more rubber on the ground through turns. Extremely well built! These tires turned my RSX into a serious canyon carver! Highly recommend!

Initial Review, 20,000 Miles on Tires
March 26, 2013

Based on my driving habits, the treadwear is excellent compaired to previous top end tires I have smoked thru. Great value.

Initial Review, 1,000 Miles on Tires
April 01, 2013

Excellence tires! They are the leader in their segment.

Initial Review, 1,500 Miles on Tires
April 23, 2013

Replaced the OEM runflats with these and am plenty happy. The runflats were stiffer (obviously) but a softer sidewall isn't bad here. Driving in rain or dry yeilds confidence b/c the tires are good about letting you know where the limit is. In this little FWD tire burner, the runflats would struggle in the dry at 4.5k to redline; these will keep gripping to 6k. I will update when I get more miles on these.

Initial Review, 1,000 Miles on Tires
February 08, 2013

Use these tires on our shop plow truck. Truck gets light summer use around town and used to move travel amd boat trailers around the property. These tires have outperformed any tires we have ever used before. Truck is used to plow several properties. One of these has a 800ft 30+deg incline. No spin!!! tread cleans well. Would definitly buy again.

Initial Review, 25,000 Miles on Tires
April 21, 2013

Tires where great at first but after 6,000 or so miles they have gotten so noisy you can hardly stand to be in the car. They have also developed a feel that the belt is separating or something. They grip well and work well in the rain even at high speeds.

Initial Review, 5,000 Miles on Tires
April 22, 2013

Love the tires, Just got them on about a month ago, Used to have Michelin LTX M/S Tires, and these are alot more comfortable as a ride quality. I am very impressed with their responsiveness, and just glides over bumps. Would Definatly buy these tires again!

Initial Review, 2,000 Miles on Tires
April 24, 2013

These tires were on my 2012 Durango when I bought it. Unfortunately, I did not take it out on actual highway speeds when I test drove. When I eventually did make it out on the highway, I noticed a vibration above 55mph. The dealer said that two of the tires had shifted belts, whatever that means. These are the first Continental tires I have ever had on a vehicle in 53 years of driving, and will never, ever get a Continental tire again.

Initial Review, 38,000 Miles on Tires
April 01, 2013

Tires wore unevenly and quickly regardless of air pressure, rotations, balances, and alignment. When visiting a service location recently, customer in front of me in line had the same issues with the same tires on his vehicle at even lower mileage. Tires were significantly worn at just over 30,000 miles; belts separated around 38,000, and required immediate replacement.

Initial Review, 7,000 Miles on Tires
April 27, 2013

Excellent tire, I would highly recommend it for this class of tire. Also has an excellent price.

Initial Review, 3,000 Miles on Tires
April 29, 2013

These tires were installed on a 2008 Honda Civic Sedan. These are by far the quietest tires that have ever been on this vehicle. It feels like a different car! Next time I need tires, I will be looking for these first.

Initial Review, 80,000 Miles on Tires
March 04, 2013

These are OEM. Replaced two at around 60-65K and will probably need to replace the final two original tires around 90K, currently odometer at 80K. Wear bars will likely be showing by then. I don't do track slaloms or try to break loose my tires when starting from red lights. So, for average driving these are fine and I've had no problems with them.

Initial Review, 3,000 Miles on Tires
April 22, 2013

Costco had these tires on sale for a decent price, so I bought them based on this site's reviews. Up here in Manitoba we have snow & ice on the roads 5-6 months of the year & temperatures that can get as low as -40F. I do a lot of highway driving to get to work, but I live in the city. These tires exceeded my expectations for both city & highway driving. No word of a lie, they pretty much handled like an a/s tire in the summer. The only downside was the noise level...when driving on a road with no ice or snow they hummed like a set of mudders on a truck. This is my first set of winter tires, but I was very impressed & will never again sport a/s tires in the winter.

Initial Review, 18,000 Miles on Tires
April 22, 2013

I've had the BF's on my ION Redline for about 5 yeas now. They handle my FWD cars 250hp 240 ft-lb pretty easily. The tires are not dry rotting and have only given up a little bit of dry traction off the line over the years. Just took them Auto crossing last weekend and the tires still have a ton of grip and handle the abuse. Great tire!

Initial Review, 50,000 Miles on Tires
April 24, 2013

Vastly more quiet than original equipment tires (Pirelli?)! Have 50K in the tires and they are worn out: expected to get 80K as warranted.