Westlake SA07 Sport Radial Tire - 245/45R18 96Y

Arrived on time. I am having them installed today on my 2009 pontiac g8. my tire size is 245 45 18. I am headed out of town this weekend to Salt Lake City (5 hour highway drive with decent banks, bumps and different surfaces to ride on. I will report back with overall feedback.OK so after a trip which had a total of 850 miles of all kinds of terrain including gravel, dirt, snow, chip seal, black top cement, and an unfortunate pot hole incident (I swear I did not aim for it, why the hell would anyone do that? But my foul experience your gain!) these tires are well worth it.To start: scale of 1-5 5 being great 1 being poorRoad noise- minimal and the car isn't extremely insulated like a german car (heavily insulated for noise suppressing) You have to remember my Pontiac G8 rides on low profile tires so the two combined I will give a 4 for noise.Ride comfort- we were coming from nearly shot tires to new so riding on bricks would have been better...The tires are comfortable and handle well. I will say the handled surprisingly well in the snow. Due to the low profile I really thought I would have to back off the acceleration in the turns but I always felt confident going in and out and probably went a little faster than I should. So 5 for comfort.Pot Holes/Durability- Driving along and we see a spot for dinner we would like to go. It was getting late and was almost dark. Out of no where a pot hole jumped in front of us and my passenger right took a HUGE it. So bad it made me get out of the car to look immediately after happening. It was so bad for my body because we ended up bottoming out on the body. Pleased and bummed to report the tire was perfectly fine. Now, not just a pothole defines durabilty. We also went off road for some fishing and leading us there was a dirt/gravel road. This dirt road had sharp rocks EVERYWHERE poking out of the ground to a point that avoiding them was nearly impossible. Still no problems So a 5 for Durability.Air fluctuation- We went from hot temps to cold in the blink of an hour (blink of an hour???) The pressure stayed very consistent within 2 PSI of original inflation (thanks to Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems TPMS) so 5 for that.Cornering on pavement- Although there is a break in for most tires of about 250 to 500 miles the tires felt more griping on the way back. Even during break in the tires felt smooth and handled well in the turns. Like in the snow I felt confident. However, these are also not sport tires to I can not say that my car felt like it was on rails. So I felt a 4 is deserved.Braking- Braking felt strong, solid, and quick. Similar to break in for the turns the car felt much better on the way back. Again, these are not exactly sport tires so I will have to give a 4Price- REALLY?? with a price paid for tires, balance and mount it is a no brainier. to buy low profile tires around any shop in my area was a minimum of 600 installed and that was for basic meat! Installed and including tire price I paid just shy of $400. I dare someone to try and find this quality of a tire for the same price at a local shop. I state this because it was a friend who told me he couldn't touch the deal I got. So 5 for price.Overall- I have to say I am very pleased with the short amount of time that I have driven on the tires. I really did not see an increase in MPG but everything else listed above I am please to report and state that I made a good purchase. Buying tires can be expensive but this route, I didn't feel robbed and got exactly, maybe a little more than I paid for. Most of my points were probably based on price paid for the tire but can you blame me? Again to touch base on price I got out the door for less than $400 for low profile what feels like good quality tires. I would definitely recommend these tires. I will try and report back more after driving on them for a few thousand miles. CHEERS

Installed on my wife's BMW 535i and she would drive an average of 50 mi a day during the week for work. In mostly bumper to bumper traffic to and from work. I found thee tires wore out very quickly compared to the other 2 sets of Westlake tires we used on other vehicles. This model tire and exact size is what went on her car and all we got out of them was one year. Under the driving conditions thee tires should have lasted much longer. We got about 13,000 mi out of them and for her BMW our next set will be another brand of low cost tires either the Forcum Hexa-R or the Fullway HP-108 will be tried. When I experience the results of those I will post a review on them. It just seems the SA07 tire did not live up to its specs for mileage but did deliver a quiet ride and good traction characteristics both wet and dry. But the treadwear Rating of 460AA is not to be believed as they wore out like a 280 treadwear rated tire! So buyers beware of this rating as it doesn't reflect real world usage!

I bought these in 2018. One pair lasted 2 1/2 years or about 15k mi. R other lasted about 3 3/4 yr and got about 25k miles.The price was low ($68), but because I didn't expect them to go so soon, I was probably driving on worn tires.

I needed tires on 3 of my 5 vehicles at the same time. My 2010 Maxima isn't my daily driver so I decided to try a set of cheaper tires based on the reviews, in order to save money. I have to say that you can't really tell the difference in ride quality or quietness between these tires and the more expensive Firestone Fire Hawk's I previously had on the Maxima. My last set of tires lasted me about 40 months and 37k miles. I can't believe that a set of tires that were $530 dollars cheaper would be just as good. I'm sold and will definitely buy these again when I need new tires in the future.

When I realize Amazon sold tires + prime shipping, I thought game changer; Similar to sometimes lower prices compared to tire R*CK.I decided to go to cheap base on plentiful reviews on the Westlake brand. I do understand cheap tires may not last as long and possibly have lower performance standards compared to name brand tires; however, what I experience was a wake-up call.Purchased these Westlake tires from amazon and had C05TC0 handle install on Friday night. On the second day after install, I decided to have an alignment first thing Saturday morning. Most good alignment shops are closed on the weekends so I had to venture a little further out for a quality alignment shop. It previously rained in SoCal the night before and continued raining the morning of my tire blowout. While driving on the freeway, the passenger rear tire wall torn apart from the rest of the tire. Luckily, I wasn’t blasting music or focused on a good audio book that I was more attuned to the road and vehicle. If not, I would have totally lost control (I have a rear wheel drive car) while transitioning on a two lane interchange between two freeways. I was able to take preventive measures (e.g. foot of gas and counter steer) to be able to stay under control and safely pull off to the shoulder of the interchange.What happen to the tire, may be an anomaly, but I wanted to share my experience for consumers on the fence between saving a couple bucks or having a piece of mind when it comes to purchasing new tires. I then called amazon customer service for my return options and hopefully not have to return tires in order not to pay someone to dismount tires from wheel. Unfortunately, I have to return 3 of 4 tires and pay for someone to remove them before purchasing another set online. Lesson Learned!