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I have Dunlop RT 245/40R18 on a Camry (2.4 litre). These RTs are made in Germany. After warming up 20 + km averaging 100 km/hr, the RTs feels great - in both wet and dry roads.
In tropical Malaysia, roads can be baking hot one minute & in the next minute, tropical monsoons can drench roads with 40 cm of surface water - enough to cause all manner aqua-planning problems.
In pouring rain, I drove at 160 km/hr. The RTs were tenacious, biting tarmac regardless of speed thrown at it. I could brake hard, even from 160 km/hr. I took sweeping bends at 140 km/hr with no worries about loss of grip.
The suspension components are all new, swing arms, wheel bearings, ball joints, tie rods. The front camber is negative 5 degrees & negative 3 degrees rear - with zero toe.
On dry stretches of road, the RTs were amazing at 220 km/hr. The only factors preventing 240 km/hr were; traffic & the hot humid air, not the RTs.
Please don't attempt this speed with a standard factory Camry.
Note : the Camry has a very well set-up & tuned engine, a very, very cold air-intake plumbing / filter box and assisted by other proprietary improvements. The ride is absolutely silent & serene up to 140 km/hr. & from there on; will out-accelerate BMW 730 to 240 km/hr. Have done it, many times, unless all those 730s were in poor state of tune.
The Dunlop RTs made all that performance possible - to be experienced safely.
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thank you for tire informations. my best tire dunlop sp sport 9000 http://www.lastikal.com.tr
What a misleading review, I've just purchased the Sport Maxx RT because of this review you published and I feel robbed, they are a rubbish tyre, the turn in is SLOW and the grip is average..you should be ashamed
Hi,
Interesting comments! What size, what vehicle and what are you comparing it to?
We tested the tyre in a relatively controlled environment, and while we mentioned the slow turn in above, the grip once turning is excellent. Don't just take our word for it though, it's beaten a number of big tyres in this test too with the comments "top dry handling":
http://www.tyrereviews.co.u...
Perhaps the tyre needs to bed in a little...
Hmmm, having just driven an omega on sc5 with the owner complaining, and i fully agree, of poor straight line stability, lack of grip, under steer and squidgy ride compared to his much prefered sportmaxx tt, it would appear the rt is a step back for Dunlop, if this comparison is that close.
The TT are worn out, but offer better performance than his new sc5. He's not happy at all with sc5, so far.
His and mine are Vauxhall omega 3.2 elite, with Irmscher factory fit 18" 8j rims, his in 235 40 18 95y extra load sc5. And mine with 235 40 18 a01 sc3 extra load chosen for a not more mileage over the TT. I prefer the older sc3 to the sc5 as well.
We where both quite happy with our TT and sc3, but both have been discontinued for these offerings on test.
Why oh why?
Hello I have been driven with dunlop sp sport maxx rt more than 5000 miles on my mercedes clk RWD and I must really say ,,the best tyres I ever had,, Dry and wet handling is amazing, perfect, safe and quite tyre, I really cant understand why they are so bad with your car but I am going buy them again for sure...
Notimpressed cnange the car :)