Given
81%
while driving a
Toyota Prius
(215/45 R17 W) on
a combination of roads
for 3,000
average miles
In the end, I decided to go with Kumho's, because the dealer said these tires are really good, even though they are much cheaper then the rest of the tires (got them 70€/tire). At first, I must admit, I was a bit concerned. The grip was ... strange ... especially on wet roads. They were good on dry road, but in the wet, especially on the highway, I had no feeling, what is going on, it was almost like I was floating but there was no aquaplaning since the car was not sliding or losing grip. Really hard to explain. Then I checked different pressure values and found out that when inflated on 2.6 or higher, the tire becomes completely different. And the feel on the steering wheel, even on Prius, which has a very numb steering wheel feeling, became something completely different. Maybe tires needed more time to "run-in" than usual, but now, after cca. 3000 km on them, I am really satisfied.
I just returned from a trip to Tuscany, after some 1500 km on the typical windy roads, there was no problem. Even with some spirited driving, grip was great, feel was great. Yes, Prius really is not a car that "likes" windy country roads, it is great in city, great on highways, well with these tires, it does not oversteer so much any more and it is fun to drive also on country roads.
A part of the return trip from Tuscany also included driving on really wet roads and the feeling was there, no aquaplaning even on harder breaking. I guess these tires just need a bit more time to run in and a bit higher inflation pressure.