Goodyear Eagle NCT5

Bought the car 2nd hand with 20k on the clock and it already had Goodyear NCT5's fitted. Front tyres needed replacing immediately so I replaced them like for like, but the rears had plenty left. Over the past 2 years I have done 25000 on them and all four still have roughly 3 - 4mm left, so can't complain about wear! Very happy with grip in both wet and dry, but not a huge amount of feedback from the road unless you hit a bump - comfort levels aren't great. Overall, a good all round tyre, but a may consider something else simply for the comfort levels.

This set was the original one mounted by BMW. Definetly not the set I was dreaming of. They were ROF kind of tyres. In general I did not dislike them but on a quite sporty and "amusing" car like the 123d they were not suiting right! The back become very "light" on wet conditions and force you to reduce the speed. I would say good tyres but wrong for this type of car. Pity that BMW was not aware of it.

These were the third front/second rear set of tyres on one of our two Fiat Stilo 1.6 MultiWagons, fitted at 62K miles, fronts now being replaced at 103K, rears probably have another 10K in them.
Good points: Good all-round performers on a mixture of 2/3rd motorway and 1/3rd local country road driving. Grip well in dry and wet. Tyre wear has been minimal. Corner well on country roads.
Bad points: Road noise is evident at even modest speeds.
Streets ahead of the wandering and quickly wearing Avon ZV3's fitted as a replacement on our other Stilo.

had these tyres on my car allround, and the rears are just coming upto their legal limit and thee were on the car when i bought it, were not brand new then either and ive done 42,000 miles on them.
as for in the wt ive never slid, but do wheelspin a bit if pulling off at lights etc.
as for roadnoise never really noticed, there quiet, compared to some pirelli 6000 tyres ive had that were noisy.
would buy again, although believe they have been replaced with the excellence tyre, and now production is overseas are they the same standard. i dont know?

I bought the NCT 5's on recommendation from a local garage and I haven't been disaapointed. I don't do much long distance travlling but these tyres appears to be good all rounders (even in the recent heavy snow we have had).

I will definately buy again but looking for winters tyres at the minute.

Would recommend.

Rear tyres lasted 42,000 before replacement and I wish i hadn't listened to the person who persuaded me that Bridgestone were much quieter & better grip ...didn't make a blind bit of difference, except that the Bridgestones wore out inside 30,000.
Front tyres have just passed 80,000 miles and 4mm of tread left, but I do 70% of miles straight line at motorway limits.
Incidentally, I have had punctures (and repairs) on both of the front run-flats and they are perfectly fine ...Hi Q is the place to go.

No feedback from steering, will wheelspin to easily in wet.Would not buy again.

Although I've only had the NCT5s on for a month, they are A LOT better than the awful Dunlop Sp6060 (an indigenous Dunlop made in South Africa)

The NCT5s are noticeably quieter on the freeways and B roads i travel. They are less twitchy and actually have more grip than the Dunlops. My Audi has the 310NM engine, and almost every time i pulled away the ASC light would wink at me with the slippery dunlops. But the Eagles grip better. They are not a performance tyre, and the sidewall is realtively soft in comparrison to Conti Sport Contacts i had on a BMW E46. But they are more comfortable. They show no tramlining, offer predictable turn in, and I have only made then squel (momentarily) off the line before the ASC intervened.

But I'm interested in good mielage, comfort, quietness and safe predictable handling. The NCT5 is an old, but proven design. Yes, there are better tyres out there, but the NCT5 is a trusted design. Goodyear has apparently stopped making them, in favour of the more technologically advanced Efficient Grip, but they are still available, and I only paid about 65 Pounds (R730) for each. And they 2010 manufactured according to the DOT age.

I could've gone for a harder, noisier more sporty tyre, but my Audi is not a sports car. It is my daily commute, where safety, comfort and easy of drive take precidence. That's why i traded the 31b Beemer in for the A4.

Don't buy the Eagle NCT5 if you're an aggressive, 'Hamilton' wannabee. They are for Joe average. Good balance of features, and I've noticed a slight drop in fuel consuption over the Dunlops i had on before. Also more comfortable, and the harsh, often jarring road irregularities, are more absorbent with the NCT5s (I pump the front to 2.5Bar, the rear to 2.4Bar)

One other thing, the NCT5 seems quite good in the Wet, not brilliant, but safe, I went through about 20mm of standing water today at about 100kph, and the car tracked true, with only a little wiggle, and no drama, i noramlly don't blast through standing water, but i couldn't judge how much of there was. Okay,. the tyres are only 1000km old, and the tread is still 8mm deep, but they felt composed, and progressive, and never leerly in the wet today.
Quite satisfied, and my Dad, who was a passenger recently, said they felt smoother and more absorbent thanthe GY Excellence he has on an E39 BMW 528. I'll let him drive my Audi Diesel when he remembers to use the clutch to change gears (he drives only AUTOS LOL!)

overall fine dry grip and good wet grip
lasted a good 65000km before had to replace them!

For a BMW 5 Series Tourer manufacture warranty tyre, l am very disappointed in its wear performance. The tread gauge limit indicator is approx 2.8-3.0mm and before l have got to this, probably around the 3.3mm mark l have had 3 tyres now in a row tear along the inside wall where it meets the road tread. Steel belt holds out for about 7 miles and then it tears all the way around. From external examination and experience with this tyre although it was the 3rd l still could not see warning signs before it tore. On the up, as a run flat l have done 90MPH on a full flat with no loss of grip / security. I will be moving over to Yokahama or Michillen in future.