ContiSport 3 tyres?

[MR_ZEE]

Anyone have any experience of Continental Sport Contact 3 tyres?

Seem to be similar price to Goodyear Eagle F1 Assymetric, but have better reviews:

http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/Continental/Sport-Contact-3.htm

Need to get rid of my RFTs soon

 

[Wondermike]

Yes I had them on my SLK they are great tyres. Now superseded by Conti Sport Contact 5 but if you can get them at the right price I would do so.

 

[chris]

I love the contact 2 but the M3 versions, absolutely fantastic tyre. And the 3's are supposed to be better

 

[peddy]

So why on earth is the 5's the cheaper than the 2's? I never got that? :?

http://camskill.co.uk/products.php?plid=m61b0s134p0

EDIT Oh and the 5P's are even better. but remeber The A1's are better in the wet.

 

[Physio]

I was also thinking about conties! I know the falkens are cheaper but I would have thought the eagle f1 or the conties would be a better complete package! In terms of grip noise and wear. Has anyone on here compared the falkens to either the eagle f1 or conties?

 

[chris]

I've had Falkens on loads of cars, and for now a mid range tyre, they are still very very good. Conti's are better IMO, but I would certainly run Falkens again. On the limit contis are more progressive, where as Falkens give up more IMO ;.)

 

[dfor68]

Conti's are turning up with quite a few manufacturing faults according to my local fitter.

 

[The Moo]

My experience of Continentals is that they wear shockingly fast. They were standard fit on our Mondeo V6 Auto. We were changing all four approx every 9 months. (Annual mileage less than 15K) Last year we changed to Toyo Proxes which were half the cost. The fronts lasted 12 months and were replaced last month with Falken 452s even cheaper. The rears should be good until early new year.

Continentals may have been a little quieter, but no discernable difference to handling that we can feel.

I had a similar experience years back when I had a MK1 MR2.

Our tyre supplier suggested that short lifespan of Continetals is well known in the trade.

 

[iwatchlive]

My experience of Continentals is that they wear shockingly fast.

Our tyre supplier suggested that short lifespan of Continetals is well known in the trade.

+1

Agree with that; Got an XC90 and this came with conti's, lasted 6 to 8 months on 15K mileage p/annum , tried them once more and got the same so went for Michelin, NEVER looked back since

always recommend Michelin as a good option, get what you pay for with these

Here you can see a test run between;
Bridgestone Potenza RE pole position
Goodyear Eagle F1 all season
Michelin Pilot Sport AS plus
Pirelli P ZeroNero M+S

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sO2nRmJzsq0

informative video