Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 12:56 am
I have run the Kumho 712's, the Sumitomo HTR something or others, Toyo Proxies (FZ4 IIRC) and Yokohama AVS ES100; all on the focus and in the 205/45/16 size. All of them wore about the same, Toyo's wore the best. My opinion was that the Yoko's where the best overall. They grip like you would not believe and slide/skip was more predictable than anything else. With the Sumio's once you start going sideways your done. The Kumho's where pretty good but didn't seem to have the cornering ability/stability that the Yoko's did. I honestly will not buy any low cost performance tire but Yokohama's. Once you run them they resele themselves.
John
John