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Firestone Tires

Running them on my MINI Cooper S and they did fantastic on the Dragon! So far, VERY happy with these - especially for the price.

Pros: fantastic, very happy
Vehicle: MINI
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Firestone Tires
Louminati
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Rating 5.0

Yup! I run these as part of my summer-only wheel and tire package on my Sportwagen here in CO. My car is just a daily driver that I don't push particularly hard and these tires exceed my expectations. Not noisy and plenty of grip. Fine in wet too though we don't get a whole lot of rain and standing water around here. I've only run them one season so far but if they keep performing like they have, I'll continue to buy them.

Pros: not noisy, plenty grip
Vehicle: Volkswagen
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Firestone Tires
vwisthebest
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Rating 4.5

Running them on my quattro Audi. Love them! Best value tire for a daily driver... Once my OEM tires went at around 21k miles (goodyear eagle F1 summers), I went to a set of summer michelin PSS and those were extremely sticky and insanely responsive but also very noisy and became very unsafe under about 40°F (plus they're a bit expensive). Those only lasted me 15k miles so i was disappointed in the longevity, then I heard firestone came out with this tire right when I needed new ones so i ordered a set (I was the first in my entire area to have them) and they've been pretty good to me so far. They're not as good as the michelins at the very edge of handling but they are much quieter, less harsh on the ride, and work in a much wider range of temperatures (I've had them down to under 20°F). For the price and the fact that they're almost as good as the michelins and certainly better than the goodyears I would definitely recommend them.

Pros: best value tire, quieter
Cons: not as good handling
Vehicle: Audi
Mileage: 33796 km
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Firestone Tires

Firehawk Indy's 500's superb summer tires! Hello, I had them running first on my 06' GLI then when I sold that I put them on my 08' Audi A3. Love the tires!

Pros: superb summer tires
Cons: sliding around going down hill
Vehicle: Volkswagen
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Firestone Tires
BIGDOC
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Rating 4.5

indy 500s I'm running them on my wifes Jetta and I just got my set on my Mazda 3. I love the grip, it's quiet and pretty good in the rain. I had the BFG COMP A/S but these seem better.

Pros: good grip, quiet
Cons: pretty good in rain
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Firestone Tires
Influxvisions
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Rating 5.0

Awesome tires, I got 255/35/18 and they grab really good. Low noise, no vibrations, and they look slick.

Pros: grab really good, low noise
Cons: no vibrations
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Firestone Tires
odj
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Rating 4.0

I run them on the street in the summer on my 135. Cheap as chips, and they handle pretty well. Want a cheap summer tire that's fairly comfortable and handles well? This is your frickin' huckleberry.

Pros: cheap, handles well
Vehicle: BMW
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Firestone Tires
RynoL_11
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Rating 5.0

After my stock rubber wore down I decided to look into other (cheaper) options for this summer. I landed on getting a set of Firestone Firehawk Indy 500 205/40/17 tires and have been on them for about a week now in both rain and dry. The TLDR of this would be buy these tires!

The longer version of it is that these tires to me at least feel much more comfortable than the stock tires both in terms of ride comfort and road noise. On top of that the grip in the wet is impressive to say the least! I got a lot of rain here in Oregon so wet performance was really important to me. On the stock tires I always left my TC on and was careful going around turns especially as the tires wore down further and further. These Indy 500 just keep on gripping in the wet and I haven't had any problems at all. The first day I had them out in the dry I would have sworn my car was actually faster accelerating! Probably because there was less wheel hopping or it simply just grabbed the road better. I haven't tried a launch on them yet but hope to do some auto-crossing and such in the Spring.

Pros: comfortable, impressive wet grip
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Falken Tires

On my Stormchasing truck, which ran into rain now and then, we used Falken Rocky Mountain ATS tires, which were the Discounttire exclusive name, now they are sold as the Wildpeak AT. I loved them on washed out ranch roads in Texas and mud/dirt roads in Colorado and when we were bombing down the highway they were pretty quiet, much quieter than the Duratracs I had on my old Liberty.

Pros: pretty quiet, decent
Vehicle: Ford
Mileage: 52000 km
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Falken Tires

Car was on all seasons that were almost new(falken 912's). Going down the highway at 35 in 4th gear, I was running about 1k rpm and any touch of the gas would spin the tires. Starting on a hill was impossible.

Cons: spin tires, impossible start
Vehicle: Volkswagen
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