Kuhmo impressions (long)

["Chadwick, John/COR/INV" <jchadwic@ch2m.com>]

This is a long post, so if you don't want to know about the tires, delete it
now.

Some of you wanted to know my impressions of the Kuhmo Ecstas. So far I
really like them. It's been raining yesterday and today and they handle
great in the wet weather. I got a little open road this morning on the way
to work so I thought I'd take the speed up a notch. I cut around a 323i (at
a safe distance) to get in an open lane and take off. Smooth as silk. I went
through a deep puddle yesterday and no hydroplaning what so ever. 

My wife and I went for a drive on Sunday afternoon and they were great in
the corners. I didn't drive quite as hard as the last drive with the
Colorado listers, but I know they would have kept up. 

I took off hard a couple of times (ok a lot!) and there was hardly any
slippage. I power shifted into 2nd and I got a little bark out of her. I was
racing a Firebird Formula V8 down C-470 and we hit about 120 mph (speedo
still not working) and it was a smooth ride.

If you are looking for a tire that doesn't cost too much I would recommend
them. I got them for $59/ tire at Discount Tire in the stock size of
205/50/15 and they are Z-rated. I don't have any other tire to compare them
with besides the Dunlop GT Qualifiers so obviously they would kick ass in my
opinion.

John Chadwick
CH2MHILL
Engineering Design
Communications Group
Denver, CO
Tel: 303-874-3031
Fax: 303-790-9182
jchadwic@ch2m.com