i love my pirelli p6000 sport veloce... 185/60/r14.... they were less than $50 apiece on http://www.tirerack.com back this summer when i bought them
Pros: inexpensive
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I'd recommed the Dunlop A2/60's in a 185/60R14 (obviously).. they handle well, last a long time (if you rotate them every 5000 miles or so), and they don't cost an arm and a leg..
Pros: handle well, last long
Cons: rotate every 5000 miles
Mileage: 8000 km
I got a set of Sumitomo HTZII's and those are the shizzit, very responsive, good traction, and best of all super quiet.
Pros: super quiet, good traction
Kumhos are awesome! I had them on my civic and Ive hit at least 160 in that car! They are very comfortable and they handle very well.
Pros: very comfortable, handle well
Cons: treadwear was sooo bad
Vehicle:
Honda Civic
Love the 730's. Excellent wear so far. Grip hard in dry, good sense of road, good directional stability, very responsive, very good in wet. I have yet to find them hydroplaning
Pros: excellent wear, grip hard
Cons: noise generated
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
I have ridden on Bridgestone 730's for the past 35,000 miles, and the tires still have decent tread left on them. They still handle surprisingly well for a tire with such mileage on them.
Pros: decent tread left, handles well
Cons: make some noise
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Mileage: 56327 km
The Bridgestones, on the other hand, handle as well if not better than many tires costing nearly $100 more per tire, and they have excellent tread life. Bridgestone Potenza RE730 In the dry, these tires afforded so much grip it was spooky, even during the break-in period. It was very difficult to get the car to slide, and when it did slide, breakaway was always slow and predictable. The sidewalls are extremely stiff, and do not roll perceptibly. In most cases, my cornering speed was determined more by my own fear-factor than the true performance limits of the tire. The tires are very confidence inspiring, and grip well enough to discipline the rather nose-heavy understeer characteristics of the Mk IV GTI. In the wet, even on recently damp surfaces the tire grips very well. It does hydroplane a bit in very heavy rain, especially when 3/4 through the tread depth. However, until that point, there is quite a lot of usable grip. I have never driven a match for these tires in the wet. They will communicate with a bit of scrubbing noise prior to breaking away, so as long as you listen, you can stay out of trouble.
Pros: excellent tread life, confidence inspiring
Cons: hydroplane in heavy rain
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
New tires (Sumitomo HTR-4, 195/50/15) All parts replaced have been done in the last 10 miles.
Pros: all parts replaced
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Scirocco
Mileage: 10 km
Over the last few days have had to panic stop twice, and I have to say that I'm very un-impressed by the dry stopping ability of these tires; I expected much better. Have been seeing a bunch more ABS use since these tires too .. for the money, they're not bad, but my money is going to Dunlop next time around ..
Pros: not bad for the money
Cons: unimpressed by dry stopping, more ABS use
Those tires suck a$$. Years back I bought a Supra Turbo with them as OEM tires. It wasn't hard to break the tires loose with some hard acceleration in the dry, in the wet I'd make a quick shift to 2nd and then 3rd to keep the car from squirming all over the road under moderate throttle. Of course it didn't take long to wear them out.
Cons: easy to break loose, wore out quickly
Vehicle:
Toyota Supra
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