Avon ZV5

Love these on my Jaguar 2.2 Diesel Estate. Pirelli P-Zeros before were OK but expensive and no kerb protection. The Avons will keep your wheels safe. Road noise is good though some noise on some odd surfaces. And they have been great in the winter despite appalling conditions. One of my other cars has got Nokian winter tyres on, but the Jag goes almost everywhere they go, except ice.

Changed from Toyo originals to these as they were a 'special deal'. What a massive difference. The steering is so light it feels like they're over inflated by about 15psi.
Avoid them like the plague!

I recently changed to Avon ZV5 from Bridgestone RE50s. The Avon tyre seems very assured at sensible driving speeds and driver feedback is a step up, whilst road noise remains low. All this from a cheaper tyre.

The Avon ZV5 also impressed in the heavy snow this week. It's certainly not a winter tyre but allowed careful confident progress to be made on hilly snowbound country roads. The silica in the rubber compound may have assisted here, allowing the tyre to soften as the temp dropped.

I am a little shocked at how short a time people say these Tyres last. I have had a set on for 3 years and have done 37000 Miles on them. Including a very long and fast trip through Europe. I have always felt confident driving with these Tyres in all conditions, including the hard winter of 2010 and the current conditions now. The tyres are almost at their limits and are due for replacement, with another set of ZV5's I may add, yet the handling is still good, though as I am sensible, I don't drive my Car in wet / cold / snowy conditions the same as I do in dry. If you are looking for a set of Tyres that you can drive "normally" with, then I do recommend these highly.

Car previously ran on Bridgestone RE040 (standard fit on car) but changed to Avon ZV5 6 months ago. Wear ok. Handling in both wet & dry superior to the Bridgestone no doubt down to the softer rubber compound. Ride is still hardish but that has always been a critism of the Jazz. No difference in steering feedback over the standard fitment tyres. Probably won't last as long as RE040's but then again much cheaper tyre.

I've fitted these to my Fiesta TDCi Zetec-S Rims (195/45 R16) for almost 2 years now, replacing the original Contisport which I found terrifying in the wet. I wanted good tyres for the dry, but my main criteria was for driving in the wet.

The ZV5's need replacing more often than standard tyres, but thats what I would expect for softer compound. Good grip in the dry, and very ejoyable to chuck the Fiesta around the odd bend or roundabout, you are given plenty of warning when you're at the limits of your grip. Grip in the wet however is fantastic, no risk of aquaplaining when you hit the odd puddle at the speed limit, and it's noticeable how fast and confidently you can manouver compared to other road users when the roads are wet.

Price wise they are mid range, which I think is good value for the dry grip they offer, but fantastic value for the wet grip they offer. Lastly, they are completely useless in the snow an ice we had last winter, you can't get ANY traction at all, and pretty damn poor when it's cold/damp. I've learnt my lesson, this year I've bought some Pirelli Snowcontrol Series II Winter tyres (not much choice available in winter tyres for my rims), and will see how I get on with them.

Have these on a Passat TDi estate. They have worn well - only an uncorrected tracking problem has put paid to them at 22,000. otherwise, I think they would have done another 5-6,000. I swap the tyres at halfway and I don't drive fast but I find it hard to reconcile my experience of these tyres with the others here complaining of bad wear. The car is used on long cross country drives in Northumberland with roughish roads and lots of bends and frequent rain so they get plenty of stress. On most points I can't fault them and for the money are a very good buy - you can get them for about ?100 fitted.

Bought 4 tyres 2 years ago for my VW Jetta Sport. Mot too hard a driver, but not too gentle either. Good performance, quiet, value-for money. Probably get better tyres, but these branded a tyres are great all-rounders. Definitely buy again, in fact looking now (Sept-2010) at ?80 at Camskill.

Moved to these tyres following a poor performance from the stock Pirelli PZero's fitted. Initially rather cautious given the other ratings on this site and the cost saving (?100 per tyre rather than ?130 for the Pirelli's). However it appears my fears were unfounded; the car handles as well if not better than the Pirelli's, road noise is drastically reduced and the tyres look good too. They've only been on the car for a couple of months/2000 miles so I'm reserving judgement on the wear rates for now, but don't appear to be dwindling too fast. In summary, recommended for my car!

Not a bad tyre when first fitted, I put two on the front of my Bora to replace well worn budgets (previous owners fault).
Tyres have been very mediocre at best and do not inspire confidence, under breaking the car feels nervous and has a tendency to slide (brakes all new and perfect).... not good!!!!
Wear rate is appalling and uneven, at just over 5000 miles they are right down to the blocks, especially considering cheap rears have only lost approx 2mm in the same time period!
Definately will not be buying again as had no real strong points and cost far too much for poor preformance