Kumho Ecsta PS31 Reviews - Page 5

At first when my friends at the workshop recommended this tyre. Being only RM400/piece I have my doubts initially plus I'm not familiar with the brand but I still make my choices to take up the PS31. The doubts immediately cleared off when took the car out for a convoy. The entire journey is about 650km with mix of average and spirited drive and I'm surprised how a RM400/piece tyre perform on the road. Dry grip is good and the wet grip is fantastic. On dry road the car feels steady at high speed and surprisingly low noise and during low speed/normal driving speed, the tyre is a little soft due to softer tyre wall but resulted in comfort drive. But when you hit wet road, this is where the tyre shines as it has even more awesome grip on dry. Normally you'll feel the car shifts to the left and right when driving on wet road but with this tyre, you barely feel the tyre skid and feel more in control. As for wear it's still unknown but after driving it for about 10,000km with mixture of driving (been for spirited drive for 4-5 times since I got the tyre), I have to say the wear is impressive. Will I buy again? Hell yeah but I'll want to try the PS91 next but no doubt for those who wants to enjoy spirited driving but have tight budget, this is the tyre to go for.

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.