As for the Kuhmo 712 it is a great, cheap tire for dry and rain conditions but in the bigger sizes that I have experience with (i.e. 225/45ZR17) they stunk in the snow.
Pros: great tire, cheap
Cons: stunk in the snow
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I've always run my car with 195/60-14's. I use BFGoodrich Comp T/A HR4-2's and live in MI and it goes through snow really well.
Pros: goes through snow well
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
I just purchased a set of Yokohama AVSdb tires for a 99 Jetta GLS and they are awesome! Nice handling, great in the rain, and not expensive.
Pros: nice handling, great in rain
Cons: not expensive
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Jetta
I had / have AVID H4's on my Golf and think they are a really good tire. MUCH better than the stock Eagle GA's (but then what isn't). Good dry and wet traction, not bad in moderate snow but you really need to get real snows if you get more than a few inches of accumulation or slushy / ice conditions. Wear was quite good for an H rated tire, I managed about 65,000 kms or approx. 40k miles, not too shabby. I would say get them. Good entry level performance tire. Not hard core, but really good nonetheless.
Pros: good dry and wet traction, good wear
Cons: not for heavy snow
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
Mileage: 65000 km
I got my first kumho after having goodyear euro t/a's (which bl*w) OMG was I impressed with Kumhos
Pros: very impressed
I just put the tires on my Rabbit about 3000 miles ago. I would have to say they are the best tires I have ever had on a VW. They are also pretty good for wet traction.
Pros: best tires, good traction
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
I have 17" Kuhmo 712's and they are freakin awesome....
Pros: freakin awesome
The Kuhmos are quiter and grip better than the Toyo Proxes.
Pros: quieter, better grip
I've got the Ecsta Supra 712's (15") and they seem OK. Maybe because I don't have much experience with different types of tires, but they seem to slide a bit on hard turns. They also wear fairly quick.
Pros: seem OK
Cons: slide on hard turns, wear quick
Have you ever driven a car with Yokohama A032R tires? They're extremely noisy (like an old Toyota 4x4 with big off-road tires) The only thing they're good for is roadracing in the rain, not much else. I've driven a few cars on em and i could actually feel the tread vibration in the body of the car on top of the loud roaring road noise.
Pros: good for roadracing in rain
Cons: extremely noisy, tread vibration
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