Kumho Ecsta Supra 712 Passenger/Performance Tire

Pros: Price, performance and tire wear (for Z-rated tires)
Cons: None really

Ok, if you’ve read my reviews before you know that I tend to be quite quirky. What do you expect? I’m an Electrical Engineer…

Seriously, this will be my first quasi-serious review on Epinions because, to me, tire talk is serious...

Pros: Performance tire traction and handling in wet and dry. Great price
Cons: They are LOUD. CANNOT be driven in the slightest dusting of snow

Yes, for those of us who want high performance traction on our daily drivers, the Kumho 712 deserves some consideration. I commute 120 miles a day so I feel I'm qualified to comment based on number of concentrated miles on these tires (30K in one year!) ...

Pros: Great Traction, Great Handling, Great Treadwear, Affordable Sports Tire
Cons: None At All!

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Well let me start off by saying thank you for reading my review and taking the time to rate it. Next I would like to say to...

Pros: Low cost and high performance. Good bang for the buck.
Cons: Tread wear not as good as expected. Traction degrades as the tires wear.

I have a 2000 M-Roadster and have been driving on these tires for 10k miles now. Previously, I had the stock Dunlop 8080s. I drive pretty hard, I am often full throttle and do cloverleaves at 80. However, no track use. The durability has been pretty ...

Pros: Good performance, can't beat the price.
Cons: Lower treadwear than tires with lower performance, but comp. to peers.

I have had my Kumho 712s for about 18 months now, and have been pleased with my purchase. They replace the original Pilot XGT V4s that came with my Volvo S70 T5, and have been in all respects an improvement. When I purchased them I immediately noticed ...

Pros: Wet and dry TRACTION, price
Cons: Snow "traction", noise

We've got Kumho Ecsta Supra 712's installed on two very different vehicles, a 1994 Camaro Z28 and a 1997 Mercedes-Benz E320. The Z28 will get another set of these as they're great on it; but the E320 will get something else next time around.

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Pros: * Wet handling is great * Dry handling is good * Tires look great
Cons: * Dry traction from a stop could be better

I've been running a set of 225/45R17 Kumho Ecsta Supras on my car almost since I bought it. For reference I am driving a 2002 BMW 325i w/ Sport Suspension package and aftermarket SSR GT2 light-weight aluminum rims (16 lbs each). The tires that came on ...

Pros: price, general performance, looks, did i mention price?
Cons: wet performance

First let me just tell you what size tires I'm running. I'm running 245x40x18 and 275x35x18.

I paid roughly 550$ for all 4 tires with install. Just to compare, Nitto 555s were going to cost 800+ (tread pattern is similar). These tires have...

Pros: Great price, looks good, wet handling
Cons: Consistent Quality seems to be an issue.

I recently blew a rear tire on my BMW 325i and decided to replace both rear tires as it was... about time. The manufacturer's specs called for 225 45 17, and I started some in depth research on the internet (try tirerack.com for great technical info). ...

Pros: good price, good looks, good handeling
Cons: no road hazzard on performance tires

On halloween night of 2001 I had my tire punctured by some punks, and to my dissapointment the dealer and the manufacture will not warrenty hi-performance tirs. I phoned some other manufactures and the told me the same, so you may want to reconsider the...

Pros: Cheap, they look good, probably fine for light touring.
Cons: Poor grip, sidewalls started cracking well before tread was gone, out of balance.

These came on the '99 Camaro SS I bought this fall -- in that car's stock 275/40ZR17 size. Previous owner took great care of this 1-owner, 75k mile car but cheaped out when it came time to buy the donuts. Don't know how many miles were on them but they ...

Pros: cheap...
Cons: VERY DANGEROUS

I recently purchased a set of these tires for my BMW Z3. I was running 16" on Michelin Pilot HX, and upgraded to 17" rims so I needed some new tires. After reading the review posted already I thought these seemed to be a great deal seeing as they are...

Pros: These tires are great! Better than other tires used on my Porsche 928 S4.
Cons: Compared to other tires "None".

These tires are great! They performed better than the Dunlop's or the Pirelli's that I had used on my Porsche 928 S4. They are quiet and grip like super glue. I was running the P-Zero's (unidirectional) and they were noisy but had good dry and wet grip...

Pros: inexpensive, quiet, great handling
Cons: no warranty

I love these tires so far. For the price point, I don't think they can be beat. Due to an unfortunate encounter with a curb that blew up two of my old Michelin XGT V4 tires, I wound up searching for new tires for my Civic. I wanted something that...

Pros: Inexpensive.
Cons: No performance

I switched to the kumho supra's, about 4 months ago. Before them i had Bridgestone potenza RE730's which i was in love with. I decided to switch because i just wanted to try something different, and the kumho's were incredibly cheap, compared to other...