Goodyear EAGLE GS-C

Price Paid:  $0.00

Year / Model Reviewed:
 2000 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 Convertible

Summary:
These are the tires that came with the car. At first they had good traction on dry roads and in the rain. But then they started wearing very quickly. After about a year they weren't any good. After that experience, I'LL NEVER BUY OR LOOK AT ANOTHER GOODYEAR TIRE AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!

Strengths:
THESE TIRES ARE ONLY GOOD WHEN NEW.

Weaknesses:
Your weaknesses are in buying these tires. THEY AIN'T WORTH S@#%.

Similar Products Used:
I replaced those tires with BF Goodrich G-Force KDW. Thank God for BF Goodrich. WHAT A DIFFERENCE.

Year / Model Reviewed:
 1998 Camaro

Summary:
Overall quite impressed. Very good predictable handling in the dry, and the tire will take a lot of abuse. My car can't get much negative camber but the outside edges aren't worn out too bad after 31k miles. Relatively quiet at the limit, predictable. Wet performance was excellent when new, is poor now that the tires are worn. Rotating every 5k miles helps keep wear even and greatly improves life. I find that the fronts require around 40 PSI in my car (32 rear) to get good crisp turn in and instantaneous handling. Most people who have poor experiences just haven't played with pressures enough.

Strengths:
Predictable, good wet handling when full tread. Take offs can be found for Camaros for $100 each new.

Weaknesses:
Wet handling when worn, need calibration of tire pressures to achieve maximum performance (40F, 32R on my Camaro). Kind of expensive new ($150 apiece)

Similar Products Used:
Much less grip than my Kumho V700s, but those are road race tires...

Year / Model Reviewed:
 Mustang Cobra

Summary:
Not that great of a tire for the money. The other guy with the Corvette who posted that he loves these tires must have never experienced a high quality tire. I agree with the guy with the Stealth that these tires suck in the rain. If they suck for an AWD sports car, you can imagine how much worse it is for me with a RWD sports car! They wear out quickly and don't give the car the crisp feel that you expect from a performance tire. These tires are totally overpriced and I will never purchase a Good Year product ever again. I now got me a set of Kumho's and let me tell you, they are a much better tire and so much cheaper. They have a compound specially designed for the rain and in the dry they are sweet! And they can really take some abuse, unlike the Goodyears that bruised from I don't know what, which is why I had to get rid of them. Wake up Good Year and stop building crappy tires and charging big $$$ for them!

Strengths:
Good in the dry, but thats all. Good looking tire.

Weaknesses:
Weak construction and poor tread wear and poor wet traction.

Similar Products Used:
Kumho's, much better product! much much better!

Year / Model Reviewed:
 96 Dodge Stealth Turbo

Summary:
I sometimes wonder why a company will charge so much money for a tire that is unable to deliver the performance it was intended for. GoodYear is a big company with a big budget for R & D and yet they are unable to build a high quality tire. I have seen the over all ratings for all Good Year tires on this site and they are all poor! What is wrong with this company that they are unable to build a ultra high quality tire? I think Good Year is so arrogant that they feel that being famous is enough to get people to buy their tires. There are so many other tires out there that are cheaper and deliver greater performance and last longer. I now have a set of BF Goodrich KDW and what a difference! I honestly wonder if Good Year goes to these product review sites and reads reports on their own products. If they don't then that is clearly a sign of disrespect to their customers. They need to know how disapointed their customers are so that they can build better quality tires. I wonder why Good Years come standard on so many new cars. I guess the automakers have some good deal set up with Good Year. I am willing to spend the big bucks on a tire, but that tire better deliver what I paid for otherwise I will be one very unhappy customer.

Strengths:
Good Looks,allright grip for acceleration

Weaknesses:
Terrible in rain, handling not responsive enough, wears out rather quickly.

Similar Products Used:
BFG KDW, a much better tire, you get more than what you paid for and such a joy to drive in the rain.

Price Paid:  $1000.00

Year / Model Reviewed:
 1984 C-4 Corvette Z-51

Summary:
Excellent, am on my second pair and looking for a third pair as back ups.
(Besides, they were designed for Corvettes like mine!)
Autocrossers might want to try shaved Competition GSCs.

Goodyear should continue this line indefinitely with A and a B compounds, but alas all good things come to an end.

Strengths:
I have been driving for 30 years, and spent 17 of them driving for a living professionally. Over the years I have owned over a dozen vehicles and tried many tires.

GSC's are the BEST. The limits of adhesion come on gradually. Good at speeds over 100 mph. Very stable and predictable, excellent in wet. Actually get better the more they are used. Unlike old Gatorbacks which were good in dry but a horror in wet, these are derived from Formula One wets and handle well in truly torrential downpours as I found out on a one thousand mile trip last year...

These tires are able to handle a hi torque extremely stiffly sprung combination. They also hook up.

Weaknesses:
None. There are really no bad qualities, but these are HIGH PERFORMANCE tires. Not for the immature. You pay to play. Drive like a professional adult, (clean, fast and responsibly) Treat them well, without abuse, avoiding potholes, etc. and they will save your butt when you screw-up and serve you well when you are spot on.

Incredible that Goodyear is stopping production.

Similar Products Used:
Better than some un-named Euro and Asian brands, and GSCs last under REAL everyday, crappy US road conditions as well as REALLY hard and FAST runnin'.
They don't CHUNK at speed and if GOD FORBID, there is a CATASTROPHIC FAILURE, they are a solvent US based corporation and you will be able to sue if neccessary. (Ever try to sue a semi-bankrupt French, Italian, German, British, Chinese, Japanese or Korean Corporation? Try the UN first.

HA! HA!