For dry and wet tractions with reasonable cornering speed. Anyone with experience with both of them? (No search archives sucks!)

 

I've had both and I personally think the Kuhmos are total crap. They were loud and wore much too quickly even for such a soft compund. One of them blew a sidewall after 1 auto-x. Needless to say, I will never purchase them again. The Dunlop's have been great and I have had no problem to date w/ them in the rain. Spend a little more, as you get what you pay for.

 

i don't think the 712 is an all-season tire, that means snow too....not sure about SP5K

 

I've had Kumho 712's for past 10 months with absolutely no problems. They are best bang-for-the-buck. After ~ 15,000 miles, there are still more than 60% thread left. Excellent wet weather tires.

I don't have any experience with SP5000.

For daily driving, don't spend tons of money on tires... have another set with dry weather tires. Best of both worlds.

 

I will be buying the SP5000 for this winter. I don't think we get enough snow in the city to warrant a dedicated snow tire. I had the SP5000 on my '96 Teg LS and loved them.

I just bought a set of Falken's for the summer/track days.

No more 712's for me. Decent grip, great rain grip, just hate the noise. I run them at high pressures and previously no noise, but for some reason they are squealing like a pig again.

 

same here my 712s are good.. been through 20,000 miles so far with 4 autox's and 1 2-day track event.. and they are still good.. not bad for a 62 dollar tire huh?.. been through rain at the autox too and were pretty good IMO. Hope this helps...

tj