Federal SS595 - User reviews

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Andy
2.6
I bought these tyres just because I had to sell my car and I did not wanted to give somebody brand new set of tyres for 3k as a present. Well, it happend that I did not sell my car and I used it foor some time after. My first impression about Federal SS595 was pretty good. Tyres looked quite good and performed nice as well. Especially during driving on dry roads and in not heavy weather conditions. My satisfaction finished with the first stronger rain. When I wanted to turn left my car deicided to go straight. Fortunately it was not in the city and road was empty so nothing really bad happend but after this situation I knew that it is important to drive carefully on them. In simillar time friend of mine purchased different set of Federal tyres. One of them has been damaged badly after few weeks so he bought same one ance again to replace destroyed one. Exactly same story with this new one. In my opinion this tyre model is enough for calm city driving only. Personally I will never again buy budget class tyres.

Additional information

Distance made:more than 15000km
Place of use:usually in the city
Driving style:moderate
Vehicle:VW Tiguan SUV I FL 2.0 I TDI 4motion BlueMotion (130kW)
Will you recommend these tyres to other users?:No

Detailed rating of tyres

Driving qualities
The grip on dry surface3
The grip on wet surface1
Driving comfort
Noise level3
Bump absorption3
Other
Tyre appearance5
Frequent failuresYes
Economy
Economy-
Feathering, durability-
Kuba Kozłowski
2.4
Dry are quite ok but the wet, for example. After the rain is a tragedy. When braking on the approach to a junction turn on ABS. At the exit of turn zrywało grip. For example, on winter tires I do not have this problem. In general, I would recommend something with the example above range. The middle class.

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Additional information

Distance made:10000 - 15000km
Place of use:usually in the city
Driving style:moderate
Vehicle:Audi A4 Avant B6 1.9 TDI Quattro (96kW)
Will you recommend these tyres to other users?:No

Detailed rating of tyres

Driving qualities
The grip on dry surface3
The grip on wet surface1
Driving comfort
Noise level2
Bump absorption2
Other
Tyre appearance3
Frequent failuresYes
Economy
Economy4
Feathering, durability5
Przemek
2.2
With a clear conscience that I can recommend. I 225/40R18 and, besides downloading the rut, I noticed some problems when braking on dry and wet roads. Thank you very rigid sides, tires behave very well in the corners.

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Additional information

Distance made:10000 - 15000km
Place of use:usually outside the city
Driving style:moderate
Vehicle:Honda Accord Coupe
Will you recommend these tyres to other users?:No

Detailed rating of tyres

Driving qualities
The grip on dry surface1
The grip on wet surface1
Driving comfort
Noise level4
Bump absorption5
Other
Tyre appearance5
Frequent failuresNo
Economy
Economy4
Feathering, durability4
Punto
1.9
Miracles do not exsist so when I had to buy new set of tyres I had to choose from budget class only. Federall SS595 was the cheapest model and I needed them only for one season. I was prepared for the worst. I was surprised to be honest. Of course the are far away from premium class models but it was not so bad as I expected. Rolling resistance bit high but not as bad. Dry grip is surprisingly nice but wet grip is completely opposite. Impossible to drive fast on them. Enough for every day city driving and nothing more. I think I was positively surprised only becouse I expeted much worst but in fact Federals are not extremly bad. If I will have to buy low price tyres once again most probably I will go for Federal.

Additional information

Distance made:below 2000km
Place of use:in terrain + in the city
Driving style:fast and aggressive
Vehicle:Fiat Coupe Coupe
Will you recommend these tyres to other users?:No

Detailed rating of tyres

Driving qualities
The grip on dry surface4
The grip on wet surface4
Driving comfort
Noise level3
Bump absorption3
Other
Tyre appearance4
Frequent failuresNo
Economy
Economy3
Feathering, durability3
Total rating of the tyre
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3.9
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