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Yeah I have them and whilst they are reasonably long lasting with decent dry grip for a street tyre, they do have some road noise and suck in the wet if you don't baby it. Access were the cheapest at the time of my purchase. Gonna try Kumhos next time...

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Yeah I have them and whilst they are reasonably long lasting with decent dry grip for a street tyre, they do have some road noise and suck in the wet if you don't baby it. Access were the cheapest at the time of my purchase. Gonna try Kumhos next time...

i know ku36s aint great either then again, rwd + turbo. what ya expect.

anyone tried the federal evos? willing to spend that bit extra for half decent wet weather tyres.

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Go and see Trackside tyres, Kilsyth, he has the latest Federal Semi out at the moment Z XXXX (XX= something something) :P

They ain't even listed on their website yet :(

Saw them there today and nearly became a guinea pig :D

option1 have been selling them for a while. so a few of the guys up there are running them. or is

there a newer version of these? they do a soft, medium, hard compound I think.

http://www.federaltire.com/en/html/pdetail...ine=5&ID=44

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i know ku36s aint great either then again, rwd + turbo. what ya expect.

anyone tried the federal evos? willing to spend that bit extra for half decent wet weather tyres.

Why the need for wet weather grip?

Realistically, you spend maybe a dozen days a year driving in the wet. The other 300 days it's dry. So long as you are careful, a "good" wet tyre vs a "bad" wet tyre isn't going to matter a pinch of shizen. It's not likely that the "good" tyre will ever save you from a sticky situation, so why aim for that? You're more likely to stack when having a fang in the dry.

Get a tyre which best suits the 99% of driving you actually do.

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Why the need for wet weather grip?

Realistically, you spend maybe a dozen days a year driving in the wet. The other 300 days it's dry. So long as you are careful, a "good" wet tyre vs a "bad" wet tyre isn't going to matter a pinch of shizen. It's not likely that the "good" tyre will ever save you from a sticky situation, so why aim for that? You're more likely to stack when having a fang in the dry.

Get a tyre which best suits the 99% of driving you actually do.

Whilst I agree with your perspective it depends on the how often you drive the car and how bad the wet weather performance is.

For my daily driver I chose tyres which offered exceptional all round performance, drive brilliantly and cost a fortune (Michelins). I don't use these tyres on my weekend car which I tend to drive the car roughly 1-2 times per month were I use KU36's.

Whilst the KU36's are ok and they are exactly what I expected (great dry grip, slightly stiffer side walls with a little higher NVH) in every way except wet performance. There wet performance is below what I would have expected with little to no feedback and being highly unpredictable.

For someone who drives there car daily I would suggest not using KU36's.

Here is a review which I agree with, particularly in terms of the vauge feedback and how the car suddenly and unexpectedly looses traction.

http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/compar...omparison_tests

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Whilst I agree with your perspective it depends on the how often you drive the car and how bad the wet weather performance is.

For my daily driver I chose tyres which offered exceptional all round performance, drive brilliantly and cost a fortune (Michelins). I don't use these tyres on my weekend car which I tend to drive the car roughly 1-2 times per month were I use KU36's.

Whilst the KU36's are ok and they are exactly what I expected (great dry grip, slightly stiffer side walls with a little higher NVH) in every way except wet performance. There wet performance is below what I would have expected with little to no feedback and being highly unpredictable.

For someone who drives there car daily I would suggest not using KU36's.

Here is a review which I agree with, particularly in terms of the vauge feedback and how the car suddenly and unexpectedly looses traction.

http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/compar...omparison_tests

But as Peter said, wet + turbo can make any tyre look crap. Wet weather performance is 99% how you drive rather than they tyre holding your rims off the ground.

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But as Peter said, wet + turbo can make any tyre look crap. Wet weather performance is 99% how you drive rather than they tyre holding your rims off the ground.

Not true at all. Whilst driver skill always has an effect the difference between good tyres and bad tyres and how well the tyre provides feedback to the driver is paramount to car control.

Tyres are the point of contact between the car and the ground they are the most important factor in car handling, grip and performance for both wet and dry conditions not just holding your rims off the ground or how much throttle you can use on boost whilst going through a puddel.

Tyres are often understated and in particular the value of what a great set of tyres are worth well after the purchase price is forgotten.

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