Continental EcoContact 6 Reifen im Test

Reifengröße und Fahrzeug
195 / 65 15 H
VOLKSWAGEN Golf IV 1.9 TDI
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205 / 55 16 V
KIA ceed 1.4 CVVT
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205 / 55 16 V
SKODA Octavia Combi 2.0 TDI
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Reifengröße und Fahrzeug
205 / 55 16 V
VOLVO V50 1.6 D
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Reifengröße und Fahrzeug
185 / 65 R15 H
FIAT Panda 4X4 0.9 8V TwinAir Turbo
Urteil: Würde der Tester den Reifen wieder kaufen? auf keinen Fall
Bemerkungen:
Am avut 6 pane in 4 luni, dintre care 2 au fost suoper dure incat a trebuit sa cumpar anvelope noi. Peretele lateral este ultra-subtire, fapt nementionat in blabla-ul de marketing de pe site-ul lor. A nu se parasi asfaltul cu cauciucurile EcoContact 6! Vazi mai jos recentzia mea in engelza.
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Continental doesn't even have a complaint section on their site only a Technical Questions section, so no room for complaints.

Living in a mountaineous area with 11 kms of gravel road to pass and usually snow in the winter, I chose a Fiat Panda 4x4 as second car. It came factory-equipped with Continental WinterContact and happily spent the winter and most of the spring with them.

Summer came so I bought a set of 4 EcoContact 6 tires and the nightmare started.

Today I had my sixth puncture in less than 4 months, below 7.000 kms. Two times tires evenn needed to be replaced as the side wall got a 4-5 cms long cut. I am completey pissed off now!

Paid alltogether for 6 rather expensive EcoContact tires that proved to be completely useless – whereas the marketing bla-bla on their website never mentions thin side walls or that these tires would be suitable only for the smoothest asphalt.

Many years and kilometers spent on the same route with different tires and/or cars without any issues. Other tire set on the same car: Continental ContiCrossContact Winter; on other cars: a 30 years old Fiat Panda 4x4 on Vredestein Quatrac AllSeason; Dacia Logan on some cheap tires; Land River Defender on BFG AllTerrain KO1, Michelin Latitude.