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Hi Everyone had new tyres fitted via Blackcircles on Wednesday, what a difference, fitted Goodyear Efficency Performance, "A" rating for wet grip, "B" rated for dry grip and "69dbs" for sound, the norm appeared to be about 72dbs. The handling, comfort and noise levels are dramatically improved from my half worn budget tyres, that I inherited with the car. Drove in the wet yesterday, felt assured, but I was only predominately on main roads which were straight, the real tester will be cross country roads in the wet! But so far so good. Blackcircles were very good for advice, price, delivery and the local agent who fitted them was excellent, highly recommend Blackcircles. will report again, once I have tested in real wet conditions on country roads with lots of bends!

Hi Kevin The logical difference being that your R33 was either front wheel drive or four wheel drive, having said that, I have never heard so much chritisism of a quality rear wheel drive car before! Danny

I spoke with blackcircles who were most helpful and agreed with my choice of selected Goodyears, they often recommend them for good wet weather grip, comfortable ride and being quiet, as mentioned previously, will post my assessment once I have used them, I also drive quite regular across country and going round a bend at under 30mph and the rear end lets go, was very concerning, be glad to get rid of the budget tyres current on the car. sadly if the quality tyres dont resolve the issue, my ownership of the iS220D will be short lived. I have an affinity to Lexus, for many years I was running a Lexus franchise in London and loved the product range, this was pre iS launch.

Hi Kevin I have ordered Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance tyres and will be fitted Wednesday morning, will report back on how they feel, especially in wet conditions! Regards Danny

Hi Lance Many thanks for your informative comments, after driving FWD cars for so many years, RWD is most certainly a different technique, I will be changing the current budget tyres for quality brand to overcome the wet weather lack of grip, but your comments make sense which I will put into practise. In the same area of steering control, I am learning to adjust to the completely different feel due to the electric power steering, my first reaction being that it doesnt have such progressive feel compared to hydraulic power steering, on rough roads it can make the steering feel twitchy? Once again, thank you for your response. Kind regards Danny

Will be nice to get some quality driving in before the snow arrives!

Many thanks for your comments in respect of driving style going through bends, appreciate your help. Kind regards

Hi, yes this is the first time I have bought a rear wheel drive car since front wheel drive cars came about It seems with tyres that so much comes down to personal choice, my priority is to have tyres that give the best possible grip in the wet, then followed by a comfortable ride and not too noisy!

Hi Everyone Just bought a 2006 iS220D which I really like, that is until today when I drove in extreme wet weather conditions over my normal commuting route to a friends house, but when it came to cornering round two fairly easy bends, both at approx 30mph, the rear end starting sliding, thankfully the Traction Control kicked in and bleeped, after the second bend I slowed to a crawl going round bends! My first reaction being logically it is a tyre problem, treads were good on all 4 tyres, but they are budget tyres, Googled the problem and lots of advice to buy good quality tyres to overcome this wet weather slipping issue. Having read dozens of tyre reviews, I am more confused than ever, can anybody share their experience, my faith in the car was shaken today, but I am prepared to buy good quality tyres in the hope it will resolve this worrying safety issue. Many thanks in advance of your response