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Review on Yokohama BluEarth-A AE-50 215/65 R17 99V summer by Mateusz Sujak ᠌

Revainrating 5 out of 5

The best thing for the money, I'm glad I chose this option.

The BluEarth AE-50 is an excellent summer road tire with excellent performance in all wet conditions over tarmac, at temperatures as low as +5. I hope that it will roll back more than 70 thousand km. like a native Korean Hankook K406, which has not worn out to the limiters and the next official MOT can be passed with an interference fit. It turned out well, during the week to ride on three different tires, in the same puddles and feel the difference. Never mind the design, the AE-50 is a great tire.

Pros
  • Low rolling resistance, the car started to accelerate downhill in neutral, where it dropped off and accelerated more actively at speeds above 90. Excellent road holding at high speed, definitely no worse than the Mishelin Xi 2 winter Velcro. AE-50 tires are very quiet (no whistling, no noise on wet pavement, quite quiet on worn pavement). The track in the asphalt is not felt at all. The pressure is 2.2, as always, and the sunbeds have become somehow softer to move, and the joints on the bridges. I compare with the old Hankook K406 185\65\15. But the steering wheel is spinning a little tighter. For how great the tires hold turns, and even on wet pavement! Aqua gliding was not felt when flying through a puddle in the same way as on the Xi 2. I remember that on the new Hankook, the car drove in such puddles and the steering effort disappeared. Linear, on wet pavement, the car stops very well with the AE-50. With the K406, the ABS would hit the pedal, and the car would rush further (Hankook is not bad when it's above +30 and you can fry eggs on the pavement). As well as with Xi 2, braking on smooth bumps in manually laid asphalt pleases. With the K406, it felt like a washboard, not a drag. :\
Cons
  • You should not meddle in the mud and wet grass on this rubber, it is not for mud. And on asphalt with sand you need to be more careful. The design is not aggressive and looks more like a cool wheel from a truck.