Volkswagen Passat 1.9 TDI Sport Estate (B5.5) Tyres
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| Continental WinterContact TS830 (23) | 90% | 94% | 89% | 87% | 86% | 90% | 97% | 90% | 612,500 |
| Goodyear UltraGrip 8 (22) | 90% | 92% | 88% | 84% | 93% | 90% | 96% | 90% | 92,000 |
| Uniroyal Rainsport 2 (144) | 86% | 92% | 79% | 79% | 78% | 83% | 87% | 83% | 1,135,072 |
| Bridgestone Turanza ER300 (71) | 84% | 79% | 77% | 66% | 78% | 74% | 71% | 76% | 1,385,541 |
| Falken FK452 (169) | 83% | 74% | 75% | 74% | 70% | 76% | 76% | 75% | 2,287,748 |
| Michelin Primacy HP (95) | 85% | 75% | 75% | 73% | 74% | 76% | 67% | 75% | 2,177,088 |
| Sunew YS618 (23) | 63% | 35% | 51% | 50% | 60% | 53% | 37% | 50% | 85,351 |
Volkswagen Passat 1.9 TDI Sport Estate (B5.5) Tyre Review Highlights
Writing about the Goodyear UltraGrip 8 given 78% (205-55-16-H)
Driving on mostly country roads for 0 average miles
Driving on mostly country roads for 0 average miles
Living in rural north east of Scotland you have to be prepared for anything.
Spent the whole of last winter clearing drive to get car in after work then spent another hour in morning clearing drive to get car out, driving on Continental Sport. Fitted Ultragrip8 and drove 1800 miles dry / wet roads before snow came 04 Dec, really tried to push it since then to see how good they really were - no complaints whatsoever - well maybe one - hating the driver in front who does not have them fitted and can't get going!
Spent the whole of last winter clearing drive to get car in after work then spent another hour in morning clearing drive to get car out, driving on Continental Sport. Fitted Ultragrip8 and drove 1800 miles dry / wet roads before snow came 04 Dec, really tried to push it since then to see how good they really were - no complaints whatsoever - well maybe one - hating the driver in front who does not have them fitted and can't get going!
Writing about the Bridgestone Turanza ER300 given 73% (225-55-16-V)
Driving on mostly motorways for 23000 average miles
Driving on mostly motorways for 23000 average miles
Front pair did 23000 mainly motorway miles in VW Passat TDi Estate. Still got 1-2mm of tread left although changed the pair due to a puncture in one of them. This is comparable or a better wear rate than Michelin's previously used. Have brought again.
Writing about the Michelin Primacy HP given 66% (225-45-17-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 70000 average miles
Driving on a combination of roads for 70000 average miles
Great for summer use, especially on larger vehicles. Quiet and comfortable. However, totally gripless on snow and ice even when new - you are better off walking in severe winter conditions. Have got through a set of fronts about every 17,000 miles and rears perhaps 25,000. I don't drive particularly hard but do have to accelerate confidently to join a main road safely each weekday morning.
Writing about the Uniroyal Rainsport 2 given 64% (235-45-17-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 25000 spirited miles
Driving on a combination of roads for 25000 spirited miles
Good looking tyre that grips very well in both wet and dry. The wear so far has been good as the tyres have been on the front of the car for almost 2 years now and still have plenty of life left in them. They replaced a set of Conti's which lasted less than 12000 miles. However the down side of having tyres that last longer is that they are made with a harder compound which brings with it the increase in noise.
A good tyre, but due to the huge increase in road noise i will not buy another set.
A good tyre, but due to the huge increase in road noise i will not buy another set.
Writing about the Falken FK452 given 44% (225-45-17-)
Driving on mostly motorways for 20000 average miles
Driving on mostly motorways for 20000 average miles
I bought these as a cheap option when upgrading to 18" alloys and really regretted it. Road noise was noticably high but I thought this could be due to the bigger Alloys. The Fronts wore out quite quickly and had to be over inflated to prevent torque steering and wandering on road undulations. When the fronts and rears were swapped over the road noise massively increased and was terrible. I even thought there were bearing problems until I finally replaced them with Continental 3's. These blow the Falken out of the water, so I wound not recommend or buy again.
Writing about the Sunew YS618 given 44% (225-45-17-)
Driving on mostly motorways for 15000 average miles
Driving on mostly motorways for 15000 average miles
DEFINITELY NOT GOOD TYRES AT ALL.VERY BAD ON WET AVERAGE ON DRY.HAD THEM ON MY PASSAT B5FL NOW JUST FITTED FALKEN FK 452 AND THEY ARE SO MUCH BETTER.SO IF YOU CONSIDER BUYING CHEAP TYRES PLS DONT BUY SUNEW!!!!!!!!
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Driving on a combination of roads for 3000 spirited miles
This year I needed a new pair and decided to put a pair of Continental TS830s on the front, due to the good results they were getting in the european winter tyre tests.
They are simply awesome, and jaw-droppingly capable in snow. I'd probably rate them higher than the Wintersport 3Ds.
I can't recommend them enough.
If you've not used winter tyres yet, it's hard to explain how much better they are.
So, I have some in-car footage of them in action on my Passat:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lhf0kq_SUo
(If the link is not published, search youtube for a video entitled "Continental TS830 winter tyres in action"...)