Avon ZZ3

Normally I use Pirelli P-zero's and then drifted across to Goodyear when my local guy didnt have any. And I was suitablly impressed with The GSD 2 Tyre. Which both performed and looked good. However, I dont rate the current GSD3 Tyre. Hence I thought Id check out some others. The Avon ZZ3 I got at a good price £400 fitted for 4 so thought Id give it a go.

Straigth away the car was much more grippy in the wet and normally you have to wear them in a few hundred miles before they become effective.

They look really good and give great feedback.

For ther price and wet grip I would def take these over the Goodyears. However if you got the ££££ to spare go the Pirelli route.

Cant comment on wear as havent had them long enough.

I've used these tyres on last car (jag) and a previous A4 2.5tdi Quattro. If you want grippy, safe tyres at rock bottom price then I don't think you can beat zz3's. I don't consider the wear to be any greater than many other higher priced tyres, on my quattro they lasted 18000 miles on all four corners. I've now got a BMW335d which currently has really crap budget tyres on it that break away anything over 50mph in the wet, so I'm going to put four ZZ3's on the beemer this week. With 290 bhp and 420 lbs/ft torque that should be a good enough test for the ZZ3's. I'll update the review once they have some miles on them.

Superb tyre for the price. My Ibiza came with Bridgestone Turanza fitted. When it came to replacing them, I wanted something better in wet conditions, as the Turanzas were pretty terrible.
I found the ZZ3s by chance, whilst looking for a good deal online. They are considerably cheaper than Bridgestone (£110-£130 each) at around £80 to £90 each, fitted, and outperform them in all ways except wear.
I've seen a fair few negative reviews of the ZZ3s, and all I can think is the owner either had them inflated to the wrong pressure (overinflation causing poor wet performance I suspect!), or they were expecting the wear to be outstanding. This is a pretty soft tyre, as should be clear from the silica content. This is a tyre for the more enthusiastic driver, and if you spend your whole time on the motorway and want as many miles as possible, then it probably isn't for you.
Personally, I wanted a tyre that was good value, with as high a performance as possible. The ZZ3 achieves this, with superb grip in all weather, low noise, and as a bonus, the tread pattern looks awesome too!

Pro: Quiet, grippy, good value
Con: If you use them as they were intended, they might not last as long as some harder tyres ;-)

I really cannot understand the negative reviews of this tyre! I drive my Alfa like it should be driven and the tyres are excellent. They hold the road in both wet and dry, brakeing well and handles the bends with ease. Wear rate is great, afiter 6000 miles they still have plenty of wear left. To top it all. they look the dogs dangles! recommended this tyre 100%

Avoid these tyres like the plague, or face an expensive trip back to the fitters to get them replaced shortly after you put them on.
Had to get all 4 tyres replaced on my Focus ST170, and stupidly bought Avon ZZ3's. Big mistake that was under 2 years ago and today I had to get the last of the 4 replaced due to its ridiculously short lifespan.
Todays problem would have been a simple repair after hitting a nail if it wasn't for the fact that the tyre had twisted out of shape and was worn along the inside and had to be condemned.
The tyre that went a few weeks ago had blown a hole in the entire sidewall, I honestly beleive the sidewalls are paper thin.
As for the two that were on the driving wheels, they lasted under 6 months before having to be replaced due to cracked sidewalls.

Now this might have been slightly acceptable if they had tremendous gripping qualities, unfortunately not, even though I got them on a warm, dry day it felt like driving on ice compared to the worn bellow limit Continental sport contacts I had before.

in summary;

STAY WELL CLEAR

tyres are ok in the dry but poor in the wet compared with the toyo tr1's. if im pushing the car in the corners i can feel the back starting to step out but the toyos hold well with little understeer. I've only managed 5000 miles on these on the back, where the toyos on the front are barely half worn and the tyres were fitted within a week of each other! very poor wear and not as grippy as the toyo tr1's!

Had these fitted to the front of my Grande Punto Sporting (Diesel) when I bought it, fairly new by the looks of them. Since then had the engine remapped (Rolling Road tested 184bhp, 246lb-ft torque at the wheels).

I can honestly say I've had NO problems with grip or wear in the 5,000 miles I've covered since, even at full acceleration from a standstill (which is quite rapid) the traction control only briefly flickers through first and second - I feel no loss of traction through the steering wheel and there is no tyre squeal in the dry. In the wet I've noticed no problems, I drive fairly quickly when I'm on the twisty stuff and only had one minor scare on a 90 degree turn at about 60mph (was a diversion so I was not used to the road), grip loss was progressive though and the car made it round. Wear is excellent so far.

I'm not sure why so many people have issues with these tyres as I have a smaller tread width than most but not of the "dangerous" moments. I am aware of the diesel lump at the front of the car so rarely chuck it round like a madman but feel that with the torque my car has if traction can be maintained easily then most petrol cars should have no issues. Feel is minimal though that is likely the electric power steering as much as anything.

A not bad tyre, just far too soft. I drove on gravel and the very next day i had a puncture so i took the tire of and there were ripped all over the tred. Not bad for grip and Ian Leworthys dad worked for them for 40 years so they must be amazing! Now have Pirelli Pzero rosso's and they are a better tyre which can be found on this website under super preformance.

I found these tyres to be an excellent all rounder. Very grippy in both wet and dry. The road noise - I found them to be the quietest yet. I get good feedback from the steering. Definately recommend this tyre.