Aiyo.. I jst bought. but have not installed. still sitting in my living room. That bad huh ? I got VP4 - 205/50/16. Replacing 215/45/16. Whats the average do you drive that made u feel that the tires were not up to your requirements? Im jst daily to and fro from office. Dont really go past 100.

Should I sell them off?

1, haha maybe your car too much torque? mine slow so should be ok
2, this one hmmm i usually hover around 70-80, currently on 7 year old tires still quite confident, but bunga wearing thin with this new work location im at. more travelling. can be a concern.
3 my phobia la, first accident due to aquaplaning.
4 so which have you swapped to ?

Im still on my ContiPremiumContact 2. haha tats how stingy I am on tires.

Thats why I see mixed reviews everywhere. review sites seems to say its decent enough, bt many user experience also quiet mixed. I went for this cos saw a few recommended in my car whatsapp group.



probably give it a go, if not up to expectations then sell to my friend

bro, why you need yearly change tires? can claim from company ka ? hahaha

wah hahaha then you must write yearly tire reviews lah.. i jst about to swap my 1st set OE from car purchase.. after 80k km.. 7 years. But i slowpoke driver.

aduh....

unfortunately last nite I had a tire puncture, so this morning pasang the VP4 already. going from 45 to 50, cornering feels a bit spongy, esp if do sudden movements. Not liking that. But can adjust driving style, so far no rain yet. Definitely cant spirited drive like before, need to dial down slightly.

road noise, feels like not much improvement over my 7 year old rubbers.

But new rubbers sure absorb road pimples better.

This post has been edited by gerald7: Jul 11 2024, 03:41 PM

So after a few days of driving with some wet stints, its obvious going down from 215/45 to 205/50 has a big impact on the limits of cornering and aggressiveness of switching directions. Needed some time to re-wire my brain to the new tires. Slow~ slow~ granted I'm not a performance type or driver, just used to the earlier profile for 7 years so its engrained into the butt dyno. Grip is good enough for my car. Didn't expect much more.

And the noise seem to have gotten less than earlier. As expected, 50's absorbs the road surfaces better. So, so far everything seems to be within expectations.

Hopefully can last at least for the next 5 years.

yea, body roll quiet obvious, suddenly more. so. yeah. slow, slower~

hahaha lighter foot bro, slow~ slower

wanna rant abit.. cos i saw tire thread.. last year bought 4x hankook vertus prime 4. grip comfort sound all ok for me. week after install rear left tire got punctured.. and many more.



last week early morning while heading to work I saw that tire abit flat, so I decided to drop by a petrol station while otw to work. by the time reach the petrol station it was fully flat. I shocked, I immediately pump to full, since the shop was less than 5 mins i away i just drove there. by the time i reach tire shop it was fully deflated again. So i knew it was bad. then we pull out 1.5" screw and it was located close to the side wall.


patched up the hole and saw the sidewall near the puncture a bit bulging. die...


drove to work. finish work, aduh, flat again. had to change to spare tire.

next morning headed to workshop took out that tire, counted 4 patched (inc latest) holes since I bought the tires. and found 1 extra hole not yet patched. so that particular tire had total of five punctures!!!!


Anyways if got see puncture, terus swap spare, dont risk driving further! lesson learnt.

This post has been edited by gerald7: Nov 4 2025, 08:36 AM