Questions for a Tire Engineer: Throughout my career as a tire engineer, I have been asked a lot of questions and here are some of the interesting highlights that I would like to share. 1. Is 3-5 years old unused tires kept in warehouses away from sunlight still safe to use on the road? –>In …
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Continental ExtremeContact DWS 06 Plus vs Goodyear Eagle Exhilarate: After covering 2 of the best ultra high performance tires Continental ExtremeContact DWS 06 Plus vs Michelin Pilot Sport All Season 4, we would like to continue the trend by introducing another premium competitor in the form of Goodyear Eagle Exhilarate. Similar to its Michelin counterpart, …
Goodyear Eagle F1 SuperSport R vs Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 Connect: When you think of a top max performance tire you might recall the Michelin’s Pilot Sport 4S and also Continental’s newly launched ExtremeContact Sport. These are indeed household names which have been dominating the max performance summer segments. What if you would like something more? …
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6 vs Bridgestone Turanza T005: We saw previously how well the latest Michelin Pilot Sport 5 performed against Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6 in our previous head to head coverage. This time around we would like to pair Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6 with an old guard in the form of Bridgestone’s Turanza …
Hankook Ventus S1 evo 3 vs Michelin Pilot Sport 5: We saw previously how well the latest Michelin Pilot Sport 5 performed against Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6 in our previous head to head coverage. This time around we would like to pair the Pilot Sport 5 with another rising star which is Hankook’s Ventus S1 …
Bridgestone DriveGuard Plus vs Goodyear Assurance ComfortDrive: Run-flat tires have been in the market since 1980’s with the legendary Porsche 959 supercar having fitted the first OE run-flat tires. Ever since then, the run-flat segment has been growing especially from the OE side. It is quite clear why the premium OE manufacturers want to utilize …
General AltiMAX 365 AW vs Firestone WeatherGrip: All season tires have always been the go to tires for the American market and this segment has been well established across the years. With many competitors yearning to become the best all season tire, General Tires recently announced their latest touring all season tireline called AltiMAX 365 …
Continental TerrainContact A/T vs Cooper Discoverer AT3 4S: The last time we looked into the all terrain segment, we show how Goodyear’s Wrangler AT Adventure showed clear competency in off-road & dry performances over the highly popular BFGoodrich All-Terrain T/A KO. As these 2 products are more focused on off road properties, we would like …
Michelin CrossClimate 2 vs Goodyear Assurance ComfortDrive: All season tires have always been the go to tires for the American market and this segment has been well established across the years. We have written quite extensively about Michelin’s Cross Climate 2 as the gold standard for all season tires with an incredible all round balance …
BFGoodrich Trail-Terrain T/A vs Falken WildPeak A/T Trail: The last time we looked into the all terrain segment, we show how Goodyear’s Wrangler AT Adventure showed clear competency in off-road & dry performances over the highly popular BFGoodrich All-Terrain T/A KO. As these 2 products are more focused on off road properties, we would like …