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Review on Dunlop Direzza DZ102 205/45 R17 88W summer by Mateusz Smoliski ᠌

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Reliable purchase, guaranteed to be a good purchase.

For the price of 50k for 4 rinks, it's probably the best option now. Michelin, Continental, etc. will be more expensive. Let's see how long the Danlop will live, Continental, with a fairly moderate ride, lived for 3 seasons, the last 4 season was almost 80-90% worn on slicks. Winter Danlops are somehow not killed by me, they rolled them for three seasons on one car, moved them to another 4 more seasons, the tread was worn out by 20-30%, the spikes were 50-60% in place. But noisy horror, it buzzes as if a Boeing is flying nearby.

Pros
  • Put after Continental, size R18 245/45. Auto sedan. Wheels brought 21 years. The Continental was definitely softer, these spruces were pulled on the disks, the oak sidewall … I think because of this it keeps the turns fiercely, it doesn’t give a damn about lateral loads. The subjective opinion is that it makes a little less noise than the last rubber (I don’t really remember how the Continental was noisy, but I remember that it was noisy) and objectively less than winter tires with spikes (there is heaven and earth here). There is no feeling that the rubber is oak, the car rides softly. It catches a track, but I think it's because of the width, Continental also caught it. In general, while the flight is normal.
Cons
  • I read somewhere that this rubber does not like changing the coating from dry to wet. That is, if you drive on dry asphalt and drive into a puddle, the rubber goes into a stupor for a couple of seconds and forgets what function it should perform . but it doesn’t if it initially started moving on wet. Until I could test it, I went only on dry roads.