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Bridgestone Potenza RE040 reviews

User Submitted Ratings:

Dry Grip
75%
Wet Grip
50%
Road Feedback
81%
Progressiveness
71%
Wear
65%
Comfort
57%
Buy again
60%

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User Reviews:

Given 74% (breakdown) while driving a Nissan 350z (245-45-18-W)
Driving on a combination of roads for 15,000 average miles
i find the 040s to last fairly well ( 9k rears ), very noisey, a tad slippery in the wet and cold, but!
i find i can drive very quickly in the dry with great feedback, positive response and directness, very progressive grip to slide with no surprises, stiff sidewall gives a harsh sporty ride
when it rains or is cold i drive slower or leave tc on and have no shocks or a*** clenching moments.
i know more wet grip can be achieved from other tyres but all of them have softer sidewalls and hence less positive steering and more lateral movement.
(LINK) Posted at 2007-07-27 00:01:58 | Was this review helpful? Please login to vote
Given 77% (breakdown) while driving a Nissan 350z (245-45-18-W)
Driving on mostly country roads for 10,000 spirited miles
These things last for ages. They are a hard compound tyre ideally suited to warm dry conditions. They are excellent on track when they've warmed up.

Bit scary in the winter/below 10 deg. C and in the wet.

Quite noisey compared to other tyres.
(LINK) Posted at 2007-05-21 23:32:56 | Was this review helpful? Please login to vote
Given 53% (breakdown) while driving a Honda Civic Type R (205-45-17-W)
Driving on mostly country roads for 6,500 spirited miles
I'd not buy these again. They lasted all of about 6500miles on the front, though the CTR does like to eat it's tyres.

Appalling in the wet, just understeered.

The only plus from this tyre is the fantastic feedback due to the stiff sidewalls, makes the car very pointy which is nice.
(LINK) Posted at 2007-05-10 22:45:18 | Was this review helpful? Please login to vote
Given 79% (breakdown) while driving a Audi A3 (205-55-16-V)
Driving on a combination of roads for 40,000 average miles
My tyres were still road legal at 40,000 miles. This is when the car was serviced and the dealer measured the tread depth.
(LINK) Posted at 2008-07-09 11:33:08 | Was this review helpful? Please login to vote
Given 47% (breakdown) while driving a Skoda Octavia (225-45-17-W)
Driving on a combination of roads for 20,000 average miles
General driving style, Grip OK, feel a bit vague near the linit, front tyres destroyed after 19,000 due to tracking out by 0.5mm. Rears after 3 years old (4.5mm)failed MOT due to mis-shape (both). Replaced with goodyears would not buy these Bridgestones again ever!
(LINK) Posted at 2008-07-08 10:27:23 | Was this review helpful? Please login to vote
Given 60% (breakdown) while driving a Fiat Grande Punto T-Jet (205-45-17-V)
Driving on mostly country roads for 7,000 spirited miles
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(LINK) Posted at 2008-06-26 08:19:55 | Was this review helpful? Please login to vote
Given 64% (breakdown) while driving a Honda Civic Type R (205-45-17-W)
Driving on a combination of roads for 10,000 spirited miles
I bought my 04 plate Honda Civic type R about 7 months ago and it came with Bridgestone Potenza RE040

I was initially happy with the tyres. the weather was good everyday when i bought my car and these tyres definately perform well in the dry, they are not quick to warm up as i would say they are a medium to slightly hard compound of rubber. but generally in the dry you get lots of feedback through the steering wheel this is due to the hard walls on the tyre however having hard side walls does impact the comfort a little. When you are going round a corner a little faster than you should it does let you know that it is going to run out of grip slowly rather than just letting go of the road. It all unfortunately falls apart in the wet, I would describe these tyres as summer tyres really as in the wet an cold they dont perform. when ever i applied a lot of power in gears 1 an 2 i just got a large amount of wheel spin an didnt make too much progress. These tyres did put up with quite a bit of abuse and I do think they wear quite well so they are good for economy. Following a little research I have since put Bridgestone Potenza RE050A on my car which are a softer compund of rubber so I will expect them to wear a little quicker, as I was told by Event tyre's an although it is a little early to tell i would say they are an improvement gripwise. Event tyres were the company i choose to fit my tyres, the guy came to my house with all the kit in his van, he was very friendly and very good at what he does, I would recommend them.
(LINK) Posted at 2008-01-14 17:15:59 | Was this review helpful? Please login to vote
Given 79% (breakdown) while driving a Honda Civic Type R (205-45-17-W)
Driving on a combination of roads for 18,000 spirited miles
Second type R bought ten tyres so far, set of 4 £365 fitted. Excellent grip dry & good wet, get about 8000m fronts 18000m rears could be better. For price/grip would recommend.
(LINK) Posted at 2007-11-13 15:20:46 | Was this review helpful? Please login to vote
Given 59% (breakdown) while driving a Audi TT (225-45-17-W)
Driving on mostly country roads for 15,000 spirited miles
I got my TT with bridgestone re040s all round. Can't say I've been overly impressed with the re040, the eagle f1's I replaced them with are grippier in the dry and FAR better in the wet.

Good level of steering feel through these tires though, probably why they're quite noisy!!
(LINK) Posted at 2007-06-13 23:10:50 | Was this review helpful? Please login to vote
Given 81% (breakdown) while driving a Nissan 350z (225-45-18-W)
Driving on mostly country roads for 1,500 average miles
These are the OEM tyres on the 350z and overall aren't that bad. They've lasted ages, slide beautifully and gracefully and give you loads of feedback.

Wet weather performance leaves a lot to be desired but they're still very progressive
(LINK) Posted at 2007-05-15 21:29:01 | Was this review helpful? Please login to vote
Given 59% (breakdown) while driving a Toyota MK2 MR2 NA (225-45-15-W)
Driving on mostly country roads for 10,000 spirited miles
These tyres came with my MR2 when I bought it. Were ok in the dry, pretty slippy in the wet.

Didn't care slide the car on them but that was probably the cars fault
(LINK) Posted at 2007-05-15 21:28:58 | Was this review helpful? Please login to vote
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