Goodride Snowmaster SW608 review
The Goodride is the cheapest we tested, but you get what you pay for
At around half the price of the most expensive tyres here, the Goodride looks like a bargain. Yet while it is dramatically more effective in snow than a standard or summer tyre, which many of us in the UK choose to tackle winter with, it’s not a great cold-weather choice. More significantly, it performed poorly in the wet, particularly in the braking test.
On the snow, the Goodride was sixth in both the braking and acceleration tests, and was slowest around the handling course; its pace limited by weak turn-in and grip, and glassy, numb steering. In all of the wet and dry tests, it was at the bottom of the table, by a long way in some instances. In wet braking, it took almost three metres longer to stop than the sixth-placed tyre. It was some way off the pace on the wet handling circuit too.
At more than two seconds slower than the sixth-placed tyre, it struggled for traction and lacked grip. It was also last in both of the aquaplaning tests. In dry braking it took almost 4m longer to stop than the best. Its best results were in cabin noise, which was good, and fuel economy, which was fair to poor. The inclusion of the Goodride in our tests proves that, to a large degree, you generally get what you pay for.
We say…
“Better than a summer tyre in snow but otherwise a poor performer, especially in the vital wet braking test.”
Blackcircles.com says…
“We are unable to provide any insight into the tyre’s performance or popularity with our customers.”
| Goodride Snowmaster SW608 | ||
| Overall | 95% | |
| Price | £76 | |
| Snow braking | 92.4% | 6th |
| Snow traction | 94.4% | 6th |
| Snow handling | 96.2% | 7th |
| Straight aquaplaning | 82.8% | 7th |
| Curved aquaplaning | 96.2% | 7th |
| Wet braking | 88.6% | 7th |
| Wet handling | 95.8% | 7th |
| Wet circle | 94.7% | 7th |
| Dry braking | 93.7% | 7th |
| Dry handling | 95.2% | >6th |
| Cabin noise | 99.0% | >4th |
| Rolling resistance | 93.9% | 5th |
