Im using 225/45/17 on my 160hp Jetta 1.4 TSI. As a first time Kumho user, honestly i do not have much confidence. Because of the price, i give a try. I still remember on the first day on those donut, it was a heavy rainny day, the wet grip is totally different with others brand which im willing to give 9 out of 10. Its a really comfort & quite tyre. I've been using the tyre around 5500 miles, no issues on balancing & alignment so far. The only thing need to be improve on this tyre was the road feedback feeling. Others all good above average. Good one from Kumho!

One of the nicest feeling about using this tyre is that it feels light at the steering wheel, it is easy to steer and also when I release the parking brakes even though the surface is just a mild non-level surface, the car and still move with ease and there is not much gas pedal that is needed to be press. The wet grip is superb where you usually feel like the car slightly shift to the left or to the right but with the Kumho Ecsta PS31 it does not feel like that. For the dry grip, because I usually do spirited driving like going through mountain pass and also a weekend track car and use the tyre as a daily drive as well, the dry grip is a good feeling and confidence going through the corner at high speed feels like almost close to the feeling like "on rail". The tyre is quiet where I can't hear any tyre noise and because it is a 50 ratio, the road feedback is nice especially when spirited driving. I recommend this tyre for those you want to go for a UHP tyre but can't afford it, this is the tyre to go when you want a UHP and budget tyre.