spa-zz

What did the Car and Driver test say about the MX again? I can't recall.

Jim@tirerack

I don't have the Car and Driver spread but Euro Tuner rated them number one on the dry skid pad.

Porsche951

They came in dead last in a 9 tire comparison. But I question some of the criteria.

tenchi950

I had Kumho MXs on a different car. Awesome tires for the price.

spa-zz

How is it that everyone likes them but car and driver said they suck?

What car did they test them on? Do they not work well on camber-challenged cars?

falcorider

The car was a BMW 325i with P225/45R17 all around. When the article came out, I wanted to do a little more investigation into the ranking in each performance category. Using the data that C&D supplied, I looked at dry and wet performance (skidpad, braking, and autocross) and overall performance with price factored in (I was not interested in treadwear). I weighted the dry performance twice as important as the wet and price. Here's the finish order from first to last:

Dry: Yoko, BFG, MI, Good, Bridge, Hank, Pir, Kum, Dun, Cont, Toy.

Wet: Good, Cont, Bridge, MI, Yoko, Dun, Pir, Toy, Hank, BFG, Kum.

Overall: Good, Yoko, Hank, Cont, MI, Bridge, Pir, Dun, BFG, Kum, Toy.

I don't remember exactly what C&D said about the Kumhos, but I'm pretty sure they got lambasted for their wet performance.

gomarlins3

Since I don't drive in the rain, I am not concerned about the wet performance.

arrrmand

had em on my prelude and will probably get them again when the time comes for the S. for the price, i don't think you can get better performance. the only gripe i had about it compared to my old yokohamas is that the yokos would whine once i started to reach the limit, while the mx's were absolutely quiet.

spa-zz

They didn't do well in the dry comparison either, if I'm not mistaken.

jal3lee

Jim,
I have my02, to go with the Kumho MX, I would have to go with 245/45/16 (as opposed to the oem 225/50/16), correct? What alternate size would you recommend since they don't come in this size?
For everyone, how would these compare to the oem s-02? Also, is it a problem to have different tires rear to front. My front s-02 are still good and only need to change the rears. Will it be a problem at all?

thanks all.