Fiat Grande Punto TJet Tyres

Had these tyres on the front of my car for six months now and have driven them in all conditions bar snow ! They are a proper road tyre exellent in wet or dry , hot or cold !Lot of grip ! Not one of those sports tyres that needs heating up to give maximum performance ! Have seen no signs of ware yet too unlike my previous Bridgestone's which wore on the edges ! Brought these for a bargain price of £53.00 each too !

compared to the Bridgstone Potenza's, the Toyo's were as good if not better for lot's less!

One of the best tires and the most completed Overall! Unbelievable handling on Wet, one of the best on dry. Tested both on track and roads.

Unbelievable grip on wet, very good grip on the dry, very progressive and great braking. In the other hand Wear very fast and must be improved on aquaplaning.

Tested on both track and public roads and both wet and dry on track, in 2 cars with stock suspensions:

For 10.000km on Fiat Grande Punto 16v Starjet 95hp
For 20.000km on Fiat Grande Punto T-Jet 200hp

Had these fitted to the front of my Grande Punto Sporting (Diesel) when I bought it, fairly new by the looks of them. Since then had the engine remapped (Rolling Road tested 184bhp, 246lb-ft torque at the wheels).

I can honestly say I've had NO problems with grip or wear in the 5,000 miles I've covered since, even at full acceleration from a standstill (which is quite rapid) the traction control only briefly flickers through first and second - I feel no loss of traction through the steering wheel and there is no tyre squeal in the dry. In the wet I've noticed no problems, I drive fairly quickly when I'm on the twisty stuff and only had one minor scare on a 90 degree turn at about 60mph (was a diversion so I was not used to the road), grip loss was progressive though and the car made it round. Wear is excellent so far.

I'm not sure why so many people have issues with these tyres as I have a smaller tread width than most but not of the "dangerous" moments. I am aware of the diesel lump at the front of the car so rarely chuck it round like a madman but feel that with the torque my car has if traction can be maintained easily then most petrol cars should have no issues. Feel is minimal though that is likely the electric power steering as much as anything.

Had them since i bought the car from new. Handling is good on dry in general and since most of the miles are average, they could last quite long.

They are good on wet surfaces too with nice progressiveness, but they need time to reach their operating temperature at least at my car.

Generally, i would go for them again but i beleve they are too expensive for what they offer and cheaper tyres could do the job similarly.

Those were the original tyres on the stock car since the day one so after 20k miles I feel like they are not supposed to be even called sport since they are no good for cars over 100 bhp.So I dont recommend these dunlops at all.