my car came with kum hos on it. while i was shopping i test drove an identical car with pilot sports. world of difference.

 

hmm I've had cheap tires at the track and expensive ones. The kumhos estca were just as good as expensive pirellis.
I am not sure what you do doing a test drive, but I would never let u test drive my car.
btw pilot sports are the best period, they also are better then the other expensive tires.

 

It depends what you use...Some factors such as noise don't bother people but still bother others...

A great dry tire that cheap is the Kumho MX. Overall it's not near a PS2 but it's all about money

 

wise choice. the porsche salesman had a death grip on the door handle.

 

My Kumho SPT's are fine... who can complain when they are 50% cheaper and last longer than PS2's?

 

I've typically always noticed (and have learned my lesson), when I had gone-ahead and switched away from the Michelins, I immediately would notice the difference in steering response. Not so much meaning the road-grip due to tire compound, but the sidewalls impact.

 

i always hear vibration, traction, heat rentention issues with off brand tires. i don't put cheap gas or engine oil in my porsche and i sure wont use cheap tires. ur 911 brakes and traction easily exceed tires' capabilities so unless you use your 911 for commuting, don't skimp.

 

Kumhos performance wise arent bad. It's the tread life and tire noise that they do not perform well.

 

Vick, for a couple ger, change the tires man.. Don't like what you have now, make the switch and be happy..

 

yeah, i was just whining. i stretched the budget to step up to the C4S. i'll have to wait a few months until i get my bonus before i can get michellins.

 

I went from Pilot Sports to much less expensive Toyo's, and like them.

 

Cheap is not defined by price tag. Better value can be found with many tires that perform as well or better than the more expensive Michelin's.

 

+1

I've gone thru a bunch of tire brands on the porsche. Mosly pirelli's but I've tried hankook ventus (crap compared to the P's)..Kumho's (good for street, not as good on track) and Fuzion ZRi's (close to the performance of the high-end tires but at a much lesser price. It is basically a rebranded bridgestone S02 with a cool label for the import market).

 

i had very good experience with bridgestone re050a pole positions. very comparable to michelins.

 

I'm just gonna back up what many people are saying.....

Sumitomo HRTZ III rated BETTER in dry test results compared to the RE050A by Tirerack,same couldn't be said in the rain though.

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/...e1=yes&place=0