BF Goodrich Comp T/A VR4

Price Paid:  $22980.00 from Augusta, Maine

Year / Model Reviewed:
2004 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP Comp G

Summary:
I love them.... they came with the car which has about 10000 miles on them now. good handling in snow, rain, and ice. rarely hydroplane.

Strengths:
handling in all conditions.... even above 135 mph

Weaknesses:
none

Similar Products Used:
none

Price Paid:  $0.00 from Stock on Cougar

Year / Model Reviewed:
 2000 Cougar

Summary:
Do not use these tires!!! I ditched my car hydroplaning on these crap tires at 90km/hr. Time to burn theses suckers off and get some good wet traction tires.

Strengths:
Good dry traction.

Weaknesses:
Horrible, horrible, horrible in the wet. Bad tire wear.

Similar Products Used:
None

Price Paid:  $109.00 from Costco Discount Stor

Year / Model Reviewed:
 87-911-Targa

Summary:
225 50VR 16,have been on the rear of our Porsche for five (5) years. They have just worn out at over a 100,000 miles. Not bad tires. Most of the miles are around town and long distances up to two hundred miles on daily trips.

Strengths:
Good in the wet, dry and snow. When the East Coast was blanketed in four (4'')foot of snow the car was driven home from NYC, without having to stop from lose of control. Except for one Trooper who asked where I thought I was going. I told him, HOME...........

Weaknesses:
They didn''t last long enough. I was looking for 125,000 miles or more. OH, Well!!!!!!!!!!

Similar Products Used:
Good Year Eagles, trash, in the wet or dry they were always losing control.

Price Paid:  $55.00 from tirerack

Year / Model Reviewed:
 Acura Legend

Summary:
I had heard some good things about this tire, but have been quite disappointed overall.

Strengths:
The price on this size 215-50-16 was a steal though (maybe now I know why). Decently quiet and appear to be long lasting. But that is almost too bad, I can''t wait to replace them with something else. Resistance to hydroplaning is not bad.

Weaknesses:
They definately are less grippy in the dry than the previous Dunlop D-60A2s that I had, and are not confidence-inspiring in wet either. Braking and acceleration grip are in my opinion terrible.

Similar Products Used:
Dunlop D60A2 (good for price); Michelin MXV4 (unrecommended)

Price Paid:  $71.00

Year / Model Reviewed:
 2001 Nissan Sentra SE

Summary:
I wont buy the Comp VR-4 tires again. I was wishing for a true performance tire that has all season capabilities. This tire may have all season capabilities but it is not a high performance dry road tire like I was lead to believe. Though world's better than the stock tires it replaced, I believe most tires would be better than Firehawks. So the price I paid was good, I could have bought a sportier tire for $ 10.00 more per tire at PEP BOYS.

Strengths:
Good on freeway when its raining, good looking side profile, decent price for a brand name tire in a 215-50-16 size

Weaknesses:
i'm not at all impressed with wet cornering or dry road performance when the tires are pushed beyond normal conditions or speed limits. The tire has a rather narrow tread width for a 215-50-16. In the size I ordered, the tread design looks alot diferent than the one you see pictured. I was told after I recieved the tires that you need to buy the 235-50-16 or larger to get the tread patern pictured

Similar Products Used:
My car came stock with Firestone firehawk GTA's, a terrible tire. The BFG's are twice the tire.