Kumho vs. Sumitomos

[Zsolt]

I have no personal experience, but the tire thread comes up often on the
Rennlist as well. Kumho is one of the brands that I see mentioned time
after time. From what I heard the only downside is to Kumho is the
weight. But I don't think it would be an issue for your mom.

Dan Sinclair wrote:

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> I don't have any direct feedback on the Sumitomos for you, but I too have
> run the Kumhos on my Coupe Quattro, and I've been pretty impressed.  Most
> impressive I think for me was the wet handling.  I didn't realize how grippy
> they were on water until this winter when I cut over to Blizzak snow tires -
> supposed to be good tires in wet and snow - and although they're great on
> snow, my Kumho's put them to shame in the wet.  For your mom, I think it
> would be highly unlikely that the Sumitomo's would be substantially better
> in ride quality, and the Kumho's are so reliable in wet and dry, I'd be
> inclined to go with the known quantity myself.  If you were trying to
> maximize dry track performance or somthing, I'd say take a chance on a
> different brand, but otherwise...
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> Just my 2 cents
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> -Dan
> 1990 CQ
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