Dave A
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Our local tyre place keeps trying to sell us Kumho tyres at stupidly cheap prices, keeps raving about how good they are etc... I spoke to one of our motorsport customers today about a car we are working on for him and he commented on the fact he gets his tyres from the same place as I do, he has been buying Khumo for the last year and rates them as a great tyre 
Personally I always thought of them as being a cheapo ditchfinder like nankgant etc...
peoples experiences?
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Fonz
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doesnt help but i have never heard of them.....
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Rob E
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Registered: 1st Jan 06
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Ive always thought of them as cheapos too. My ex had a set on her car and they were terrible. Which model they trying to sell you?
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Dan Lewis
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I have Khumo Ecsta things, they last and are great for grip, i rate them so so much better than the toyo TR1's i had before them
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Dan Lewis
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Registered: 31st Jan 05
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Kumho Ecsta Sport KU 31
thats the ones i use
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mwg
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Registered: 19th Feb 04
Location: South Lakes
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I had Khumo Ecsta's about 3 years ago when I had a Corsa.
Lethal. Never skimped on tyres after that
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antoni
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cumwhore ditchfinders ...
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N90ATH
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Location: Boreham, Essex
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soe of there tyres are ditchfinders but i have found that there v70a road legal slick aint too bad and there slicks are used in alot of motorsport
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Dan Lewis
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they are used alot in uk rally teams too.
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Ellis
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quote:
Originally posted by Matty G
I had Khumo Ecsta's about 3 years ago when I had a Corsa.
Lethal. Never skimped on tyres after that
Agreed, dangerous bastards of things...
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Ste L
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Registered: 3rd Jul 06
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i had khumo ecsta sport's on my old valver - seam good tyres for the money, very grippy in the dry, ok in the wet
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Dave A
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After speaking to the wholesaler they are telling me that kumho have come on a long way in the last 18 months, and also confirmed they are used a huge amount in motorsport.
it seems the KU31 pattern is the best, everywhere I ask including other garages we deal with seem to rate them.
I may have to try a set.....
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mwg
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Registered: 19th Feb 04
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It was the performance in the wet that worried me. They just went totally off! Not good considering how much rain we get.
Will be interested to see if they have improved at all
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mattk
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Registered: 27th Feb 06
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I had them on the front of mine when I bought it, they wernt good they wernt bad, I put Bridgestone Potenzas on after them and I cant really tell a difference between Khumo and Bridgestone
I looked at Khumos when I got the bridgestones thoguh and for 205/45/17 they were £60 a corner
My OCD got the better though and I got the Potenzas cause they are Fiat OE
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Gareth F
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Ive used them alot and quite like them, no good if you hack into roundabouts with standard suspension as they wear quickly on the edge. Good grip tho. Just bought myself a pair of the new proxies which came today so looking forward to trying them when my tracking is sorted!
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mattk
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Lmao Mine wore on the edges too despuite me having the tracking checked by 2 different places
and when I say wore I mean the middle and outside edge has about 2mm left and the insides were through to the canvass
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Barbosa
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I had Khumos in my old GSi... 195/50/15
I know they arent the same bay on english. 'cause i bought them here... anyway... was a good tyres imo..
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barneykarl
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Registered: 29th Jul 06
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I still have kumho on the rear ecsta kh11 they last very well but not very grippy a hard compound , fitted pirelli,s on the front for better grip.
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ShEp
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I work in the tyre trade
Khumo's are a great tyre
and I think you'll find they have given your local tyre place an incentive dave 
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corsa_nation
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I've had a set of kumhos before... they were ok. I have hankook ventus at the moment and they're pretty decent to be fair
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Gareth F
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As above ive tried Hankook's and found them to be similar to kuhmo quality.
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Rob_Lee
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Superb tyres.
I have Ku31's on the astra.
Far better than the pirellis
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sigibbons
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Another vote for the KU31's here, had them on a bmw and they were great for the money.
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Jambo
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never used them, but the attributes Matt describes where the same for the falken 451s i had on my corsa, absoloutely lethal. I was shocked to find people fitting these tyres to bmw z3 Ms with 320bhp RWD and o traction control
they couldnt handle my 90bhp corsa sport
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Adam-D
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they seem to be a decent price the kw17?? i dunno, but i need 235/45/r17 for my audi, we shall see when i have the money to buy a pair, the more good stories i hear i may get a pair
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