Futura Super Sport GLS

Price Paid:  $85.00 from pep boys

Year / Model Reviewed:
1992 chevy s10

Summary:
i bought a truck with one brand new tire on it. it was a futura super sport, so i replaced the other three.

Strengths:
awesome handling in the rain, i have never experienced any loss of control.

Weaknesses:
they have to be purchased at pep boys

Price Paid:  $7500.00 from pep boys west palm b

Year / Model Reviewed:
2005 futura gls super sport

Summary:
my tires 4 I bought originally have less than 10,000 milesI replaced one that bumped up last month and this week another bumped up , i check my pressure each week i dont understand this Ibought another the same style and type last month is this one gonna go bad also

Strengths:
they look good

Weaknesses:
tires are bumping up not even 10,000 miles on them

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Value Rating
 4 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Price Paid:  $310.00 from Pep Boys

Year / Model Reviewed:
1985 Toyota Supra

Summary:
I am on my second set of these tires. Really good grip when under 30k miles. In winter of 2003 I was able to drive to work on ICE. I was able to get about 50K miles on a set with spirited driving

Strengths:
Price point looks handling, treadwear

Weaknesses:
Not much grip after 30K miles, especially in rain

Similar Products Used:
BF Goodrich TA radials

Price Paid:  $240.00 from pep boys

Year / Model Reviewed:
1993 chevy 1500 silverado

Summary:
I bought these tires because of the price. On dry pavement the were great. Wet or snow, they sucked ...but I got 70000 miles out of them, and probably could've gotten 20000 more. I never once had to put air in them. We would joke about them being solid rubber throughout. Good tire for the money.

Strengths:
Extremely long tread life.
Zero maintenance for me.
Decent looks.

Weaknesses:
Wet weather traction.

Similar Products Used:
BFG Comp T/A (fast wearing tires)
BFG Excentia GT (better in wet weather)

Price Paid:  $0.00 from Bought used tires in

Year / Model Reviewed:
1998 Volkswagen GTI VR6

Summary:
I have these tires on the back of my GTI. The car has a limited slip (posi-trac, torsen, whatever you want to call it) differential, H&R cup kit, and Bilstein sport shocks installed. The car handles ridiculously amazing and these tires have held up to exit speeds out of corners over 70mph without losing grip.

I am able to get the car to oversteer with them if i go into a turn at a certain angle, but its easy to avoid and easy to compensate for. I believe they do grip very well for what they are and im supprised by the preformance of the so called "crap tires". Im sure they aren't a match for the potenza's on the front, but i have kept them on the back. Im might put them up front just to experiment. Final verdict, these are decent tires, good grip at (at least for not the drive wheels), and good value overall.

Strengths:
-Grip pretty decent
-Come in hard to get sizes (195/45/r15)
-Cheap price

Weaknesses:
-Slide when pushed really hard
-Tread pattern looks cheap

Similar Products Used:
Worse than the Futuras:

Goodyear Eagle GT (Garbage! Not recomended!)
Goodyear Eagle LSA (Even worse than the GT's!)

Better than the Futuras:

Bridgestone Potenza RE910 (One of the best tires i've ever driven on)
BF Goodrich T/A Traction (Also an amazing tire, comparable to Potenza's)
Toyo Proxxes 4 (Very very good tires, especially for the money!)