Goodyear EAGLE HP

Price Paid:  $20000.00 from Whittier, CA.

Year / Model Reviewed:
1987 Shelby Lancer Turbo Sport Sedan #606

Summary:
The best street tire I have ever used. Price, performance and agility of the product is bar none. Extremely responsive with terrific traction control at any level. I was hesitant on this purchase but gave it a shot. Needless to say... it was the best buy of any other.

Strengths:
Predictable, sticky, retains heat well, quiet.

Similar Products Used:
Eagle GTII's, NITTO 555 & 450's, Gatorbacks, Dunlops, Michelin's.........

Price Paid:  $0.00 from Columbia, South Caro

Year / Model Reviewed:
2001 Honda Accord 4 CYL EX

Summary:
These new Eagle HPs have been on my car less than 24 hours and I am miserable. I have never experienced such a hard drive in my life. Very noisy and bumpy ride. Almost feels like I am driving on cobble stones. NOT a smoothe ride in any way. I just replaced Michelins which are the original tires. The loud, bumpy ride is so extreme from what I had with the Michelins. I don't have any particular brand loyatly and had no reason to switch from Michelin. Just shopped around and found best price with tire I was told would be comparible to what I had. I will be at the dealer first thing Monday morning, but not sure what options I have other than to face the fact I have made a horrible decision. Curious to hear if others have experienced similar problems. I sincerely hope this is an isolated case. Thanks.

Strengths:
Look good. Very sporty looking.

Weaknesses:
Extremely loud, noisy, bumpy. Takes to unsmoothroads very hard. Doesn't handle bumps, cracks in road well at all (not that any car would) but this is RIDICULOUS.

Similar Products Used:
Michelin (original tires from when purchased cars new.)

Price Paid:  $0.00 from Tire Rack

Year / Model Reviewed:
1997 Buick/Regal GS

Summary:
I replaced the original Goodyear Eagle LS tires with the Goodyear Eagle HP and got much more mileage from the HPs. I just replaced them after 55,000 miles and they were still above the treadwear lines. The cornering was a little mushier than with the LS tires; a worthwhile sacrific considering the longevity of the HPs.

Strengths:
Tire longevity. Good traction in weat climate when the tires were not too worn.

Weaknesses:
Slightly mushy in hard cornering, but acceptable.

Similar Products Used:
Goodyear Eagle LS.

Price Paid:  $0.00

Year / Model Reviewed:
 2000 VW Passat 1.8t

Summary:
I got these tires free of charge because they were on my father's car when he bought it and he wanted Michelins. I thought they would be a half decent winter tire and I would buy a great set of summer tires. My first time driving in snow with them came about a week after having them mounted. About 6 inches of snow came down while I was at work. I could not get up the hill that I live on, I had to go around the long way which is less steep. I could not believe how bad they were in the snow, I was doing better with the old tires that were almost bald. This was only a week ago and I am buying some Arctic Alpins today and rims to put them on. These Goodyears will be for summer only and I'll be driving hard to kill them as fast as I can.

Strengths:
A good replacement for when you out grow your toboggan (that's a sleigh for you southern folks)

Weaknesses:
Absolutely no good when snow is laying on wet pavement.

Similar Products Used:
Michelin X-one: also not the greatest snow tire, but awsome in the rain. Michelin Arctic Alpin: Great in the snow, had them for winter tires on an Integra and it felt like a bulldozer in the snow.

Price Paid:  $0.00 from on car

Year / Model Reviewed:
 ''94 Eclipse GS

Summary:
These tires are OK on dry pavement, and cornering is acceptable. They hold the road on smooth, dry surfaces. Skittish in rain storms. Terrible in the snow. Not a good Wisconsin tire, might be OK down South. I bought this car a year and about 15,000 miles ago. The tires were near new at that time. I never rotated them like I should have. Now the fronts need replacing. I drive like a grandma. The front tires should not have worn down this fast. I am replacing them with BFGoodrich KDWS G-forces as they were highly recommended by a friend. The EAGLE HP''s are mediocre tires, at best, and suck in the snow. Put these on a light car like my Eclipse and you will be all over the road in a snow storm. My advice is to shell out just a few more bucks for some real tires.

Strengths:
Roadholding and cornering when dry; cheap; look decent

Weaknesses:
Bad wet and ice traction; terrible tread life; don''t corner as well as most performance tires

Similar Products Used:
Pirelli PZeros - best I''ve ever owned Brigestone Turanza''s