Goodyear Eagle F1 GSD3

Great tyres for high speed motorway and twisty alpine autostrada and for exuberant use on country roads, in both dry and wet. These were original fitment on a VW Tiguan Sport and have taken us long distances at excessive speed. Their only failing is abysmal grip in slush and snow, which is to be expected from their diagonal no-sipe tread pattern. They are good value for money considering their high levels of grip and, taking into account the hard use to which they were put, we were very satisfaied with their life of c38k miles (down to 2mm). In order not to be confined to the inner lanes in slush and snow we will be replacing them with the more expensive Conti Cross Contact UHPs.

I've mainly used these since swapping out the original fit eight years ago. I've never failed to be impressed by dry/wet grip, but it deteriorates significantly as wear increases. Wet-weather pull-away is superb, no hydroplaning at high speed in extreme conditions, and superb grip and stability under heavy braking in all conditions. High-speed fast directional change can feel sloppy at times.
These V-groove directional tyres seem to work well on this car, better than original fit Continentals and one set of Goodyear Eagle Excellence (didn't suit my driving style, or the car). Had to swap the rears out for Goodyear F1 Asymmetrical, after sidewall damage, and they span far more on pull-away in the wet, and wore quicker.
Naturally, the downside is high wear rates, more noise, and don't even think about taking a heavy, automatic, RWD car out on these in snow or ice! Get some cheap second-hand wheels and fit with winter tyres instead.
Overall, there’re fantastic performance tyres. I'd definitely use these again, but the size range has become very, very limited and they are no longer available in this size. As I didn't like the newer F1 Asymmetrical, Goodyear has lost me as a customer after nine years of loyalty.

I think production of this size has ceased, pity, have to find alternative.
Very hard to get performance tyres in this size now.

Exceptional dry weather grip on windy country roads. Good wet grip as far as I was prepared to push it. Cool tread pattern. But they have become very noisy the more they wear. At 15 to 25 mph around town its unpleasant. Passengers think its worn wheel bearings.
Have had two punctures and ended up shredding side wall both times. Now need to replace worn rear tires and am at a loss to what to replace with. Apart from Conti ExtremeContact DWS (which is expensive here in NZ) reviews seem to rate all performance tyres with similar noise.

great tyre for the money , good grip in all situations

Put these on all four wheels of Lexus GS450h. The grip is brilliant wet or dry. They inspire confidence.

Now for the down sides. The fronts have lasted 14k miles though I suspect I may have got another couple out of them but I got a cut in the side wall so had to change them. Also, the steering seems prone to "tramlining". Not sure if it's the tyres but almost sure it wasn't as bad on the previous tyres.

I've replaced them with Goodyear F1 Asymmetrics - they get better reviews all round so we'll see how they go.

Changed all 4 tyres to Eagle F1 approximately 10 months ago, the rear tyres are now down the wear limit markers after approximately 15000 miles of mostly motorway commuting. Excellent grip in both wet and dry but wear rate feels very poor to me compared to the previous set of Avons which gave me about 30000 miles. Going to be fair and say that the harsh winter perhaps took its toll on the tyres - the joys of rear wheel drive...

Super!

Very good tyres!

i had these on a slightly wide rim (7.5j). Dry grip was good, but they screamed quite easily, the wet grip was not bad either. i can't say much about these tyres, only, they wear fast, but are DEFINATELY better than the predecessors (gs-d2) wich were rubbish!