Volvo V70 2.4T Tyres

Absolutely magic tyres!!

I drive a Volvo V70 2.4T 200bhp very hard and have previously had a set of Goodyear F1's then Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta's on the car. It's a big but powerful estate and demands a lot from the tyres.

The Goodyears were good but wore out very quickly (10k on the fronts) and became very noisy. Then came the Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta's and WOW what a difference. Grip was fantastic in wet and dry but again wore out very quickly (8k on the fronts)and became very noisy.

So time to replace them and I wanted a change in tread pattern from the wave patterns to a nice standard 5 cirecumfrential block tyre. Then.......I chose Kumho Ecsta Le Sport KU39 tyres extra loan and all I can say is WOW, WOW, WOW!

Absolutelt class. They are quiet, comfortable, responsive and grip it fantastic in wet and dry. I also pull a caravan that is 1200kg and have just encountered a 1 in 4 hill start in the rain with the caravan on, so total laden weight of car & caravan was in excess of 3 tonnes and it pulled away fine and traction control didn't even kick in as they was so much grip.

Basically, you can see that I know my tyres having done the Goodyears then Vredesteins and what a difference the Kumho's make. It's like a different car!

Wear seems ok but only done 1200 miles so far, so will keep you posted and a £100 fitted per corner on 235/40/18 extra load on a Y rating, then you can't grumble at that.

I would give 100% all round but can't comment on the brealaway point of the tyre yet as I haven't pushed them but don''t think there will be much point as the grip is too good.

Go on...treat yourself and buy a set!!!!

Just relpaced all four tyres, replacing Pirelli P6000's(which were poor). Very impressed with the Rainsport 2. Good feedback with low rolling noise. Having read some reviews I was concerned about the flexibility of the tyre walls; however under acceleration and cornering forces the tyres perform well, giving good feedback in both dry and wet cnditions. Cannot comment on the wear yet, although if similar to previous Uniroyals, they should be good. A very good tyre, that looks good too and would recommend.

A big car for the family, and i drive long distance for work, but when i get the chance spend the day playing! and although not really the car for hard bends. i used to spend alot on rubber thinking that at least on the motorway i'm saving my penny's. my friend and i (same car)have been through a few (tz200,mich sport,sportrac3, and the fantastic Eagle F1 GSD3)you can only compare the fk452's to the eagle f1's and for the price they win big time.it will be a hard job to take these away from me although i might try uniroyal rainsport 2's next, for a simular price. FK's have great grip, wearing well and more importantly for me day to day great wet grip(though just short of the mich sport's)i would recommend these to anyone in fact my mate now has them on his audi V6. althogh the F1's give better feedback and on the limit info(just), the falkens overall just take it. the only issue i had was for the first 300 or so mile's they really need bedding in as what ever's coating them wear's off.finally these are the best so far for keeping a fairly powerfull,heavy,rear wheel drive car straight,off the line.still makes me smile when the teenage boy racer is in the rear view!!

I have probably done about 4k with these tyres now. I like them a lot, they perform amazingly on damp roads.

The side walls are soft and so if you want a more solid/sporty 'pointy' feel then you may feel let down.

Overall, I don't think I have ever had a better 'all purpose' tyre, I've generally gone for more sporty tyres in the past, GSD3, T1R, etc, and I think I prefer the rainsports.
They don't have as much 'all out' dry grip as some sporty style tyres, or feel very sporty but they offer the best overall performance I've ever seen.