Review on Bridgestone Potenza S001 225/40 R19 89Y summer by Wiktor Michalski (Li ᠌

Departure for 5 seasons, almost to the slicks, Subaru Legacy IV (atmo), the suspension is a little stiffer than the standard one (yellow civilian shifters, standard springs, reinforced rear stub), it steers perfectly on this rubber. The hold in corners is excellent, it is not easy to break into a skid, but if it starts, it is very predictable, there is no sharp transition between the hold and drift. (There are winter tires from another manufacturer in the same size but with a soft sidewall, handling on winter tires is much worse, just earth and sky.) The sidewall is indestructible. Twice I seriously flew into the pits: 1st - cut asphalt in 7-10 cm, it hit so hard that I thought the suspension was over, everything turned out to be OK . 2nd - on a broken-down concrete road, overtaking with all 4 wheels at the same time, it flew into 2 pits between concrete slabs . (I didn’t get it with my belly, but flew up over the road when leaving the pits pretty much). As a result, only black prints from the flanging of the rubber on the disks. The tires themselves are perfect. As it turned out later, all 4 cast disks were slightly bent by 2-3 mm on the inside, but they did not beat. On a good road, the tires are perfect, On a bad road for long distances, it is probably better to ride on softer tires. In the rain, the grip of course becomes worse than in the dry, and it is just as predictable in a skid. I killed one rear wheel at the end of the 5th season, before that there was a puncture with fittings, I drove for a whole year pumping up every day, it was not treated with a flagellum. I drove for 200 km, at the end of the road I smelled burnt rubber at a traffic light, stopped, checked, the wheel was blown off, I could no longer pump it up, the sidewall was rubbed with a disk from active driving on a deflated, but at speed (active overtaking and rebuilding), oddly enough, didn't even really feel it. At temperatures below +5, the rubber becomes plastic, relatively easily breaks into a skid. Above + 5 everything is fine! Do not be late with the change of tires, and take your time in the spring . I'm already looking for a new one.