bhamg

Always interesting, I like their tests.

Testing was conducted on a mk7 Golf GTI (217bhp, 258lb ft).

Size: 225/47 R17

OVERALL RESULTS

10th Place
Bridgestone Potenza S001

9th Place
Dunlop Sport Maxx RT

8th Place
Hankook Ventus S1 evo2

7th Place
Toyo Proxes T1 Sport

6th Place
Vredestein Ultrac Vorti

5th Place
Michelin Pilot Sport 3

4th Place
Yokohama Advan Neova AD08

3rd Place
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2

2nd Place
Pirelli P Zero

1st Place
Continental ContiSportContact 5

WET HANDLING (times) 10th-1st

10 Yokohama
9 Hankook
8 Dunlop
7 Bridgestone
6 Toyo
5 Vredestein
4 Michelin
3 Goodyear
2 Pirelli
1 Continental

DRY HANDLING (times) 10th-1st

10 Dunlop
9 Toyo
8 Bridgestone
7 Michelin
6 Vredestein
5 Hankook
4 Goodyear
3 Continental
2 Pirelli
1 Yokohama

Miscellaneous notes: The big winner in both Straight and Curved Aquaplaning tests was the Michelin. The Continental placed 1st in both Dry and Wet Braking.

Ingenieur

I like Conti's but they seem to get a bad rap from a lot of people
Where did the Conti's place in the hydroplaning?

I am Jeff

The biggest issue my friends and I have with Continentals are their super soft sidewalls. They are really prone to sidewall bubbles. Other than that, I actually like how they perform.

chrisridebike8

I dont feel like the 5Ps give me as much feedback as my Bridgestone SO4s. Feel is very important in a car of this type IMO. I couldnt feel as much on track and that reduced my confidence during cornering. Was I faster or slower? I dont know. But it was less enjoyable for me. Regardless, my next set will be PSS. And I do NOT regret having 1.5 (1 front set, 2 rear sets) of SO4s. Great bargain

bhamg

3rd in Straight Aquaplaning, 5th in Curved Aquaplaning. Here's a interesting factoid - the Hankook finished 2nd in both aquaplaning tests but 9th in Wet handling (times) and 10th in Wet Handling (subjective).

coladin

the 5Ps were very good but wore quickly, I much prefer my Michelins PSS .

Roswell

Too bad the Michelin PSS was not in the test... Loving my set over stock Contis or previous set of Hankook V12 I had.

Ingenieur

Thanks

zibby43

The Continental ExtremeContact DW tires I'm running now are the best summer tires I've ever used on the C63 (I've also used the ContiSportContact 5Ps and Michelin PSS).

Dry grip is good, wet grip is great, and the ride is smooth and quiet.

Ingenieur

I have been running Conti DWS's from late Nov to late March
On both the AMG and prior RS4
I have 0 complaints

alexmtl

Thx for sharing! Too bad the PSS were not in this test

ToXicXxX

No Nitto Invo's? I loooove mine! Only tire I would use other then them is PS Cup's.

rentzington

All of these have got to be better than these pos nexen the dealer put on mine, I'm either upgrading wheels to get new tires or going to just burn these out fast.

I was set on pss but based on pride and the testing I may go conti

Ingenieur

A MB dealer put a non-oem tire on your car?
What size and load rating?

rentzington

No I bought it used at a non mb dealer same specs as stock it's just a cheap brand, a Korean company

Kriston

I am quite pleased with my Advan sports.

The tires are extremely sticky, Wet conditions is another story. However for a summer performance tire I couldn't ask for more. Hook up was great, of course my only gripe is that they are done in just about 11,000 KM. Time to replace the rears, I may just have to Try out the AD08's.

Thanks for the post OP.

zcct04

rentzington - Note that the EVO Mag testing above was on a Michelin Pilot Sport, not a Pilot SUPER Sport.

I don't know how much of the difference was due to the tire design and how much was due to just replacing old tires with new ones, but I felt a night and day difference when I replaced my old OEM Conti's with MPSS. The TC light almost never comes on now and that PITA throttle cut-back when sensing even a tiny bit of tire slip almost never happens any more. I was resigned to having to put in a limited slip, but don't really feel the need to any more.

bhamg

Summation of the Advan's performance:

"It was brave of Yokohama to put this forward for the test and the gamble paid off. We knew it wouldn't perform brilliantly in the wet, but in the dry the Yokohama was sensational around the track and it performed well on the road too. as a trackday tyre that you could drive every day, it was impressive."

bhamg

The PSS is not to be confused with the PS3. Michelin made it clear when they introduced the PSS that it was a significant improvement in all respects over the preceding generation.

bhamg

Summation of the Conti's performance:

"There can be absolutely no doubt about our victor this year. With four wins and only twice dropping out of the top three it was a simply brilliant performance across the board (or proving ground). Whenever I got in the car with the Contis on, it proved a joy to drive, combining feedback with fantastic grip to give supreme confidence. It's a worthy winner."

Ingenieur

I have PSS on my AMG 245/265, although when replaced will go 235/265
I had Conti sc5 on my RS4
Honestly both great tires
The pss a bit better in the dry, the conti better in the wet
But in reality equal, niether could be used anywhere near their limit on public roads
Guess my butt isn't calibrated enough lol

I bet although the tires are ranked the results are very close
Bhamg can you post the numbers for wet braking? Or anything actually
Thanks

LakeShow23

I'm pretty content with the stock 5Ps on my 507. Very confident in the rain.

bhamg

The wet braking test was from 80kph down to 20kph. The Conti posted a best distance of 25.06m, the last place tire was a little over 4m behind.

WET BRAKING (as % performance of winner)) 10th-1st

10 Yokohama 85.5
9 Toyo 86.9
8 Bridgestone 87.4
7 Dunlop 89.2
6 Vredestein 90.9
5 Hankook 91.9
4 Michelin 95.0
3 Pirelli 96.8
2 Goodyear 98.8
1 Continental 100

Ingenieur

Thanks
So 4th place is 1.25 m or 4' longer
Really not much when reaction time is factored in
Big drop to 5th though

If not too sick of typing how about the dry?

zibby43

Very nice. I have heard/read excellent things about the DWS tires as well.