Tyres were absolutely flawless in the beginning, very low road noise, the grip in the wet was incredible, felt very safe with these tyres all round. I put the tyres on the limit on many occasions and they just bite down on the road!! For such a good tyre they are very reasonable price too!! Only downside is I have a slightly heavy right foot and have worn the tyres down fairly quickly (my fault I know!). Once the tyres have lower tread, the road noise increased and the grip is quite poor now. Having said that, you can take that as a sign to replace the tyres way before they are beyond the legal limit.
All in all, if you are an aggressive driver, these are probably not for you, in Barum's defence, they were never advertised as performance tyres.
I would definatly recommend these tyres to 95% of people on the road!! they are great tyres!!