Continental  ContiSportContact 3

I replaced the Potenza RE050 RFT's on my 335 with regular ContiSport Contact 3's. The Conti's improved dry and wet performance, ride, handling, road feel, noise, and treadwear tremendously. I put around 8K miles on the tires and they are showing hardly any wear, even at the notorious BMW inside rear. These tires are perfect for the 335's mission. The Potenza RunFlats, on the other hand, flat-out ----.

This tire has great traction above the ContiContactSport(1) version. Steering response is quick and noise and hydroplaning at this early stage is excellent.



However, the main problem is a squirminess/tramming at high speed that makes the car seem unstable and requires constant steering correction. For a high speed tire this is unaceptable. In adddition the wheel squirms and wiggles at low speed on startup it seems the tire may not be round. The steering wheel twitch is giving good feedback, but my be objectionable to many. The same physics in the back of the car, makes for unstable movement at higher speeds.



Yes, the car is aligned perfectly, and the tires are balanced.

The Conti SportContact 3's were OEM-installed with the S-line package (19") from Audi. I was pleased that was the case based on a great deal of positive experiences with the prior SportContact 2. In my opinion, the SportContact series has always been an excellent choice for a high-performance tire for driving enthusiasts on their sports-oriented cars. I have always thought that the Conti's provide a very good overall balance of performance characteristics at an excellent price point. They provide a comfortable, quiet ride when crusing the highway but will stick tenaciously when the road and/or driver wants to get more aggressive. Excellent quick steering response as well as confidence in wet conditions make the SportContact 3 a good choice for any driving enthusiast.

I just replaced Pirelli PZero Nero with the ContiSportContact3. My car is rough on tires, as it has a lowered suspension resulting in negative camber. It also has a performance package translating into 598HP/626TQ. Even new, I can say with confidence the Contis have a much better grip on dry pavement than the Pirellis ever had. With some typical hard AMG driving, there would always be splattered Pirelli rubber all over the sides of the car, despite traction control. At least at this point in time, the Contis are not doing this to any significant degree. Noise and comfort seem fine given the 305/25-20 and 255/30-20 sizes on 20x11 and 20x9 wheels, respectively. Treadwear rating suggests these will last longer than the other few tires available in the 305/25-20 size (Pirelli & Yokohama at Tire Rack). And these are a bit cheaper too. I had these mounted and balanced at my home by AZ Mobile Tire, they seem to have balanced perfectly since there is no vibration at the steering wheel and tracking is stable. Anyway Im impressed and would definitely recommend these! Note: Since I live in the desert I cannot comment on how these perform in wet conditions.

had original equipment conti contact sports for about 30,000 and rears were gone and fronts had about 6,000 left, but because of the hard ride, substantial corner sway, noise, and oiverall average performance i changed front and rear out. couldn't be happier with my decision so far the three's corner beautifully, quiet, very responsive on my BMW, almost as good as the P-Zero's on our Porsche.

had original equipment conti contact sports for about 30,000 and rears were gone and fronts had about 6,000 left, but because of the hard ride, substantial corner sway, noise, and oiverall average performance i changed front and rear out. couldn't be happier with my decision so far the three's corner beautifully, quiet, very responsive on my BMW, almost as good as the P-Zero's on our Porsche.

I replaced the original Conti 2's with the new Conti 3's and was blown away by the improvement. They are every bit as good in the corners, but provide a better ride, and are not as loud.

Continental did a great job on the new ones.

Im very picky. have used all tires you can imagine from dunlop sp sport maxxx(best grip better than sports) but out of all the tires i would say these are the best.i use a separate set for the winter of nokians which the sidewall has blown out 5 times on those. these ride smooth, are very tough, have great wear life, dont cup on a AWD as almost every other time will except micheling pilot sports. use these on a volvo s60R which has over 300hp and i love em. great tire if u want sticky the dunlops are better...u want more millage the michelins are better....u want best price for a very sticky tough tire that wears well than get these......im not saying this and have used michelin mx4s and such as a lot of reviewers i have used tires from almost every manufacturer and i tend to buy the most expensive and i would say these are the best in their bracket, also remember continental makes over 80% of the stability systems and braking systems in the world so they know what they are doing (yes yes brembo makes the most rotors and calipers) but conti designs them and they uses manufacturers parts they design the system and electronics.....hope this was useful......i live in MA and our roads suk and these take the beating from potholes

Average performance for a summer tire. Well-below average noise and wear. Only 8500 miles and will need to be replaced soon. My winter Michelin's are much quieter and perform almost as well, unbelievable! Already cupping and have unusual wear on the outside edges. Don't even bother, almost anything else would be better.

These tires wore out quick. I live in Canada and probably had 18,000km or 11,000 miles and then had to be replaced.Did not last long. The noise level was fine,handling was fine, but wear was not.I will not buy them again

This tire came from the factory on my Mercedes C350 Sport. Not a bad tire, however, the treadwear is poor. For the cost you would expect the tire to last a little longer than it does. I enjoyed riding on the tires but I'm going to have to try something a little more reasonable.