A good all round tyre but dissapointed with the dry grip. Although its pretty good it quickly finds the limit and squirms about so not ideal. Not suitable for cars running more than 280bhp in my opinion, or if you like traffic light grand prixs.

Wet grip is pretty good however.

Unfortunately 60% isn't good enough for me (despite cost) so I won't be buying them again.

I was very unipressed with this tyre. It grips very well in the dry, but in the wet I only found the grip to be average. It also does not like stsnding water, with straight line aquaplaning felt on the motorway at 70mph even when new. Turn in is quite imprecise and it wears quite fast.
Tyre is fair value but there are better tyres around for similar money.

I found these produce a good level of dry grip and give confidence inspiring feel. But I also found the break away at the grip limit to be quite abrupt, more so in the wet.

compared to the Bridgstone Potenza's, the Toyo's were as good if not better for lot's less!

Driving a fwd 182 i am just about to replace these tyres after about 10000 miles - they are fine down the centre but totally bald from outer edges to about 2.5 inches in. I've had a few wheelspin moments when pulling away in 1st in the dry but generally they have given me confidence in all weathers to go tearing round the corners. Overall id say good if your happy to replace every year / 8000 miles.

If only i had read these reviews before buying these tyres i would not have bought them. I definitely won't be buying them again!!!
Driving a Golf 5 gti on south african roads on the motorway and town I find these tyres very very very dissapointing especially after reading the reviews on the Toyo website and hearing from people using these with the same car. It may be fine for the average vehicle at normal driving at the speed limits but definitely not for the spirited driver. The response on dry is merely ok and wet conditions leaves you feeling very dissapointed. Although cheaper than bridgestone and Goodyear this is definitley not the cheapest tyre. I think if you want to enjoy your car rather spend the extra penny and buy the best. It appears from the reviews on this website that Goodyear F1 asymmetrical would be the better choice of tyre for high performance driving. I'm looking forward to wearing the Toyos out and using a real tyre. If i had the money now i would replace these immediately.

Very soft with very high wear rates. Good traction in wet with effective water disposal through grooves even when worn. Quite a bouncy feel similar to some yokohama tires.

These tyres are just OK, nothing more. Mine must have been stored in a wrong position or something because they VIBRATE at speeds above 60mph what makes them useless. I had Dunlop SP9000 before and they were better.

A good value for money tyre.

I bought a pair last year to get me through the MoT on the advice of other MGF drivers, as the F can be very fussy about tyres. Fit the wrong ones and you are spinning into a hedge.

These tyres suit my car and my driving. The wet and dry grip is good (on a par with the GSD2s I have on the front)the feedback is excellent, they are very progressive. My only complaint is the wear rate, but then again these are a very soft tyre.

Well recommended.

Was expecting better from the Toyo T1Rs to be honest, having replaced a pair of Avon ZZ3s. Actually, they seemed very similar to the Avons. They're OK, don't get me wrong, but just not as grippy as I'd hoped. Lasted OK, about 10k miles.

Purchased a CTR sep 2004 brand new.OE B'stones 040 were very good in warm dry conditions.Medium compound and stiff sidewalls gave the car a very nice go-karty feel in its performance.Downside was excessive understeer in damp/wet conditions which was one reason i switched to the Toyo T1-R which is far better in wet conditions but not as good in dry.As a new tyre i immediately noticed the cars dry grip reduced but as i read in another review that they vastly improved with mileage was true and am now more confident with them in all conditions.

After my Michelin Sports wore out on the rear, I decided to try the Toyos because of the price & good reviews. When I first drove the car from the tire shop the back end was so squirly and soft I thought they forgot to put air in! Checked the pressures and they were correct so I drove to my favorite local twisty road and my M3 felt like a Buick! Very soft sidewalls compared to the Michelins...which I am putting back on tomorrow.

Very happy with these, a big improvement on the Goodyear SO3s I had before. Grip in the dry is excellent and I feel more confident getting the power down coming out of bends e.g. off a roundabout. Wet grip seems perfectly adequate, not really pushed it for obvious reasons. The biggest difference I noticed is that the softer sidewall seems more appropriate for the low weight of the Griff and the uprated springs I have. The ride is much less harsh which as well as being more comfortable also improved the handling and allowed me to reduce the damping quite considerably. The SO3s just seemed to introduce some horrible resonances unless I had the damping right up and then it felt like a track car on the road.
I can't comment on wear rate yet but unless it turns out to be terrible I will probably consider them again.

Greats tyres. Just fitted them to my WRX. The only comparable tyre i have driven on would be yoko's. The toyo TR-1 gives a lot more confidence in the cars handling. Where some tyres sweak on bends, the TR1's make a really cool scrooossh noise (like darh vader breahing lol).. you can literally hear it gripping the road. very impressive. Great in wet too.

Don't feel these are as good as the T1-S which they don't seem to make anymore but still a good tyre. Not as good as the Bridgestone S-03's the car came with but also a lot cheaper. Don't feel they make that much difference on the front so have stuck with Nasty Nangkangs which last ages. Seem a waste of money at front as don't last that long and don't make that much difference. on the rear however wouldn't try another tyre unless Bridgestone decided to make the s03 potenza again!!!!!!!!

A soft tyre, a very progressive tyre, not especially grippy but good for the money and a nice safe tyre for fast road work. Sidewalls seem to give up the ghost early on on track and roll off the rim severely, wear on track is high too, not the best track tyre for more experienced users but the progressive nature makes them good for less experienced track gods.

Quite astonishing! I was wary of buying this tyre, but the price was good and the reviews were also good, so I took a gamble. I was so impressed that I immediately took the Goodyear Eagle F1 GSD3s off the M5 and fitted these. The levels of both wet and dry grip are excellent, the progressiveness when breaking loose is excellent and the road feel is excellent.

I cannot recommend these tyres highly enough.

Currently only on the rear wheels, so some of the above points are guesstimates based on how the back end feels (with a front wheel drive car).
Compared to the well worn out Michelins that were on it when I picked it up, the back feels more connected and will probably rotate these to the front when I change them for Falken FK-452s.
That way I'll be able to report on the similarity/difference with the Falkens on the rear, and how the Toyo T1-Rs are at the driving end.
Some cite the soft sidewall (relatively speaking) as a detractor for the T1-Rs - I guess we'll see if that's true or not once they go on the front.

I highly recommend them, and if it weren't for the FK-452s, I'd simply have stuck a set of T1-Rs on the front and been done with it - but it's worth experiencing and experimenting to help myself and others sort the wheat from the chaff.

(comparison is with yoko ao22s).
The toyos provide a MUCH quieter and more comfortable ride at the expense of a little feedback through the wheel. The soft tyre walls can be compensated for with adjustment to pressures... I've gone for the max pressure minus 10% approach on the rear so 40 psi and 35 for fronts. This gets rid of the 'squidginess' and leaves them communicating grip levels pretty well. Now just very progressive on the limit. Adjusting pressures VERY important with these tyres. Dont know yet how this will effect wear.

Compared to the ditch-finders currently fitted to the front of the car, the T1Rs perform very well on normal UK roads. When the tyres were in their prime, I was unable to get them to step out of line (in the dry) however hard I tried. My only warning factor with these tyres is that they wear very quickly (I've managed less than 8k miles on this pair) and although the car is RWD, I would've expect a little bit more life out of them.

Adequate, but not great tyres. Very soft sidewalls mean a comfortable ride, but you can feel the back of the car squidging around which isn't particularly confidence inspiring. Although they made do on the MR2, I would only use them again if I couldn't get anything better. Rears lasted about 9k miles on a mix of driving.

Easy to break grip on purpose, snap back not predicable....