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Dunlop SP Sport 01 reviews

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User Submitted Ratings:

Dry Grip
68%
Wet Grip
60%
Road Feedback
57%
Progressiveness
50%
Wear
48%
Comfort
60%
Buy again
33%

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User Reviews:

Given 48% (breakdown) while driving a Renault Cilo 1.2 Extreme (185-60-15-H)
Driving on mostly town for 18,000 average miles
At less than 18k miles the front tyres are in need of replacement and the rears won't we far behind. A good tyre but I would not buy again as they don't wear well.
(LINK) Posted at 2008-05-27 14:31:23 | Was this review helpful? Please login to vote
Given 69% (breakdown) while driving a Honda Civic Coupe 1.6i SR VTEC (185-60-14-H)
Driving on a combination of roads for 8,000 spirited miles
Interesting tyres. Cheap to buy but the wear rate is pretty poor (judging by my first 8000 miles with them), so middle in the value stakes. Then to tyre performance.... on the face of it, these are nothing special. Dry grip is good, wet grip is not bad but nothing to write home about. However, where these tyres are special is the level of predictability you get with them and their responsiveness. Very progressive loss of grip, excellent cornering stability means finding the right line is a doddle, good steering response: basically, you can happily push these to the limit and know exactly what's going on. A drivers tyre, not up there with the best in absolute performance, but I've been very happy with them and the price is good (not allowing for wear!).
(LINK) Posted at 2008-01-20 20:05:56 | Was this review helpful? Please login to vote
Given 50% (breakdown) while driving a Skoda Octavia (225-45-17-W)
Driving on a combination of roads for 15,000 spirited miles
Car came with them all round as stock. Replaced the fronts almost right away as grip/traction felt poor and had cracks along the grooves when I got the car with 9k miles on it.

Replaced with Potenza S-03s which were much better.. I was starting to forget how much better until I recently rotated the tyres putting the orginal rear dunlops back on front. WoW, I really appreciate just how good the S-03s are now.

Although I've already ordered some Falken FK452s to try on the front.

Dunlops to be avoided imho.
(LINK) Posted at 2007-12-17 22:20:34 | Was this review helpful? Please login to vote
Given 54% (breakdown) while driving a Citroën C4 (205-55-16-V)
Driving on mostly motorways for 22,000 spirited miles
Replaced my fronts with these, they were reasonable but haven't lasted as long as I expected. Grip is good in both wet & dry, but they were difficult to balance so got a lot of vibration & noise from them. For a cheaper tyre they're OK, but I'll pay more for the replacements & get something better that will last a bit longer.
(LINK) Posted at 2007-12-16 23:09:25 | Was this review helpful? Please login to vote
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