Side note... The OP post #6 referred to the manager at Discount Tire not Tire Rack.

 

I have S.Drives on my GT30's. No complains here.

Got them from Tire Rack and I would buy from them again.

 

Sounds to me that you'll rock steady with the all-around S-drive.


I have the S-drives.
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My bad in bashing TireRack mgr. But, it makes more sense with Discount Tire because the Discount Tire stores stock s.Drives but not V12s, and only the Discount Tire Direct warehouses stock V12s. If he called a Discount Tire store, the mgr wanted to sell him in stock tires. If the OP wanted to get V12s he would have to order them from Discount Tire Direct and have them shipped to his local Discount Tire for mounting. The store mgr does not get credit for the sale. It's in the mgr's best interest to sell tires he has in stock.

 

ive run toyo t1-r and nitto invo and been happy with both. i plan on going with yoko s.drives for my next set as ive only heard good things.

 

Maybe it's just me but when I got my S. Drives in 20s, they are noticeably more noisier than the stock 19s. I don't know if its because of the lower profile compared to 19s or the colder weather in Seattle but I'm not experiencing the more quietness that everyone is claiming.

 

My Kumho SPT's are amazing. This is the third set of Kumho tires I've had on three different cars and they've been nothing short of stellar. As a bonus, they appear to beat virtually everything else in it's category on the TireRack site.

Great value, great performance.