Bridgestone Potenza RE050

After 10 thousand miles the Bridgestone Potenza RE050A became inestable and need to be replaced by Good Year tyres.

These tyres were fitted on my Mondeo 2.0 titanium estate by the manufacturer.
I have had the fronts replaced as down to 2.0mm.I have just completed 12000 miles of very mixed driving and don't consider this to be good value at all. This time I have had Goodyear F1 asymmetric 2 fitted. I will monitor closely and make an informed decision when some miles have been added

Great all around tyre.Top dry grip

Very good tyre,nice feeling..

Nice tire,very good dry grip,cornering is much better now.Not very comfortable because of the stiff sidewalls.

Great tyre, lasted 30K!!
15K on a Vectra CDTi
15K on Volvo S60

great tyre sticks like glue excellent grip, but soooo noisy

Disappointed how quickly needed replacing. After a few thousand miles I got the feel that steering needs constent correcting even on straight road. Other than that average.

Probably one of the best tyres I have ever used. I have them as 215/45/17 on a 1998 Nissan Primera using stock suspension. After using different makes, for all round driving and hard driving it has to be these. My thoughts:

Dry: Excellent take off grip, and exceptional dry handling, never had the car become nearvous on any of the corners at high speed. Using the low profile they generally shake off pot holes and bumps and are a quiet driving tyre.

Wet: Probably the best tyre i have ever used. Normal driving you can drive like it was a dry day and even grips extremly well. I feel you get minimal aqua planing with these also however they do cause a spray and can sometimes go over your own windscreen as it disperses the few litres of water on the road. Nothing a window wiper doesn't sort. least you have full control over the car. I hit a huge puddle at 60MPH and never pulled me at all..but like i said sprayed the water else where.

Winter: Not good for a winter tyre. It struggled on the ice and snow, but there again these are designed for summer.

Wear: People has mixed reviews on this but personal experiance on the Primera, i find the wear acceptable. I managed to get around 15k miles of combined easy and hard driving on them. Make sure you have your tracking done on your car however when these are fitted new...although this should be done on any tyre replacement.

Overall....I would not go past these tyres. I would be happy to spend the price to purchase these again due to good grip, fun driving, occasiona drag driving, and the most important..safety. These tyres will get you out of trouble more than the budgets!!