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.
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.
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.
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.
I got my first kumho after having goodyear euro t/a's (which bl*w) OMG was I impressed with Kumhos
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.
I have 17" Kuhmo 712's and they are freakin awesome....
The Kuhmos are quiter and grip better than the Toyo Proxes.
It's been raining non stop since yesterday and here are my first impression on the Kuhmos: * They are very quiet on wet roads and expressways. * Off the line are way grippier than the Proxes. Under hard take offs in wet roads the Proxes spun a lot more than these Kuhmos. * The Kuhmos grip better on wet curves, tracking is excellent.
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