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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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?

 

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.

 

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

 

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.

 

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

 

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.