Not a great tyre IMO. It is good value to buy, and has good aquaplaning results, but dry grip and grip on wet surfaces is no better than average.

As a upmarket budget tyre it is ok, but compared to upmarket brands it appears a poor performer. It is also not as good as similar priced Toyo proxes T1R or Falken FK-452. So my summary, ok but you can do better. :-)

Driving a mr2 turbo means the tyre quality needs to be good!! I bought the kumho's after checking out falkens and toyo's. I have been really impressed with the quality and feel the tyres give me they are supurb in the dry and for the money very good in the wet, you know when your on the limit and they will take some punishment.

Running these on the front of an E38 BMW - a big heavy car - I found the dry grip to be excellent - nice bite on turn in and nice progressive feel. Wet grip on damp roads is generally good. However, on VERY wet roads I've had a few scary aquaplaning moments, but this may be the sheer weight of the car pushing the nose on. The big problem I've had with the KU31's is keeping them balanced. They seem to go out of shape when the car is parked up for a couple of days. I've put about 10000 miles on these tyres and hope to get about another 5000 before changing. Overall a decent tyre for relatively little money but I will probably go upmarket for the next set.

I replaced Michelin Pilot Primacy with these, better than 5 year old Michelins for wet and dry grip. Not as good feeling as Michelins on damp surfaces, but truly excellent on storm flooded motorways. I am still experimenting on ideal pressures to optimise feel/comfort, but they do seem to be wearing more evenly than the Michelins with only 2-3psi over handbook to compensate for diesel engine weight.I think they are a good choice for the price, about 50% of Michelin.

In my eyes tyre choice is extremely important as they are the only thing that connects your vehicle to the road so should not be overlooked. I've been running Ecsta KU-31's for about 17,000 miles now and they are reaching the end of their life, so I think its fair to say given a spirited driving style mostly country roads & roundabouts they really are a long lasting tyre. Obviously this will fluctuating depending on the power of the vehicle fitted to.

These tyres operate well in the dry, with very good behaviour feedback in regular conditions inspiring confidence in the driver, however on the extreme limit they can catch you out through oversteer/understeer with little warning, but even still they will not just let go as some other cheaper tyres may. They always feel as if they want to hold on. Which is a reassuring feature.

They have a good level of comfort even though I have been using a low profile of 40. They are noticeably less competent in the wet/damp but not to the point of making the driver uneasy. I have used Eagle F1 gsd 2 & 3's in the past and I would not advise these as a direct comparison in performance as you WILL be dissapointed, but as a budget orientated "alternative" option that can be purchased up to nearly 50% les than some premium brands they are very desirable indeed! For sure they perform above their intended competitors bracket such as Falkens and other mid range tyres. In fact compared to my previous Continental Sport Contact 2's, these are much better in every area.

One small criticism is they have fairly poor wheel protection with regard to kerbing your alloys, but many tyres do not offer this. I would defnitely consider buying these again in the future, but I think I may change back to goodyear for that little extra performance even though a large price increase.

Overall Very good Performance vs Value tyre.