When Michelin e.Primacy first came out, there were a lot of hype surrounding the sustainability and eco friendly nature of this product. With its attractive label class of “A” in rolling resistance and also “B” in wet braking, plus the addition of eco-responsibility, consumer are getting great value. However let’s take a deeper look into …
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Bridgestone Ecopia HL001 vs Michelin Primacy SUV: Recently Bridgestone has launch a new SUV focus product in Malaysia called Ecopia HL 001. This product was previously launch in Australia & Korea in 2019. So this is not a totally new tire. Ecopia is Bridgestone’s fuel efficient tire line, naturally the product was assumed to have …
Continental Max Contact 6 vs Bridgestone Potenza Adrenalin RE004: One of the latest tire in the touring segment is the Bridgestone RE004 which was launch in May 2020. We know from its predecessor RE003, it excels clearly in dry handling performances. From the marketing material, the RE004 is also focus heavily on “providing excellent handling …
Continental UC6 vs MC6: Continental’s max contact 6 is a well known product which serves the touring segment with tire sizes predominantly from 17″-19″ inch. While the ultra contact 6 serves also the 16″-20″ inch market. Hence it is unavoidable that there will some overlap sizes. From our pricing table, we found out there is …
Continental CC6 vs UC6: When you are looking over what tire products Continental has for its Asia market you will notice something peculiar. Based on our tire price table , we found out the CC6 and UC6 actually cross paths for 5 sizes. ( 185/55R16, 185/60R15, 195/55R15, 205/55R16, 215/60R16) This begs the question, what are …
Pirelli Cinturato P1 review: Pirelli being the next biggest premium brand outside the top 4 tire manufacture list, we thought that we have a look at its comfort segment tire “Pirelli Cinturato P1” and see how well it performs in a magazine test. As all formula one enthusiast knows that Pirelli currently sponsors the formula …
Due to the strong marketing push from Continental, CC6 has developed a clear reputation in the market as the best noise & comfort tire. Question: Is it really so? If it is true, how about is other performances ? Luckily for us, CC6 was chosen as one of the tires tested in the Autohome China …
How to increase your tire life: Tires are quite an expensive investment especially you need 4 of them for your vehicle. Knowing how to utilize them over its life span would definitely help you save a few extra bucks along the way. Instead of tackling the problem head on, we will invert the question and …
OE tire inflation pressure: As mentioned in the previous post, it is vital to maintain the right inflation pressure for your vehicle. The outright best practice would be to stick with the your car manufacturer’s recommendation which can be usually found in your door panel. This make me wonder… What are really the exact tire …
If you ask this question to every car owner, I am pretty sure they will give you big range of answers. So let’s find out what inflation pressure you should actually set for your vehicle. Vehicle settings So the easiest way is to follow the recommended inflation pressure given by your automotive manufacturer. This could …