Had these on my BMW e46 318ti staggered fitment. Best tyres I had on that car. Note comments apply to car driven in Australia so no real cold sub-zero weather or snow. I got nearly 40000 km out of them with spirited driving mix of suburban and country. Good feedback and handling car felt really well planted on the road. Fantastic grip in the dry and pretty good in the wet. Road noise was ok nothing to complain about. Wear was ok given I could not rotate the tyres due to staggered fitment. Would have happily bought another set if they were available. The massive side guards really stick out and help protect the rims.

Love these tyres. Have them on the front of a 911 and like everything about them. Quiet, solid side wall, great feel through the steering wheel. Would buy again 100%

These tyre's worked really well on my Golf mk7 GTI in summer weather conditions. I've used both Good Year Efficient Grip and Falken tyres at the front wheels and I felt them a bit less stable at higher speeds and especially very grippy such that when you brake hard the vehicle used to swerve/float at high speeds, this was not experienced with the Sumitomo. Excellent tyre for handling, this is my second pair at the front. The only downfall is that on hard acceleration there is a lot of spinning as compared to the other brands and the tyre's don't last long.

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perfect grip. Very good on wet roads

best tyre I ever bought

Running theses on my 2002 MINI S. These tires are perfect for spirited driving and fantastic in heavy rain. I like them so well I’m on my 8th set on this car! I get about 23-28,000 miles on a set. Ran Pirelli (run flats) Kumho, and Coopers. Sumitomo’s are by far my favorite. BTW....277,000 miles on my MINI

These tyres are good for price

they are what they are, a summer tire maybe one of the best in that matter and on wet surface they work very good but the real problem is their side grip on wet surface , you can brake and be sure that they will stop the car in rain on a straight line but if you are not experienced enough their side skiing can make a disaster, trust me many times i felt their side instability not in corners! No, they dont need corners to ski even the change in asphalt materials can make you lose control, As a mechanical engineer I ONLY recommend them if you live in a dry place.

I bought this 1month ago and for some reason at first i put these in rear of my car (which should be 255.30.19) and amazingly it was the best tire i ve ever had in my rear axel , it was the best grip i v ever had , and then i found the michelin pss and put these in there right place in front axel , and now these are very bad in cornering and braking , use these tires just in rear of your car

I was recommended 245/40/17s by ian diffan and they were incompatible with the traction control as the diameter was incorrect but sumitomo did come to the party and replaced with 245/45/17s that cured the problem but proved not only to be no where near as good for grip or traction as the pirelli's they replaced but look terrible to the point of replacing them within a week to my loss

Excellent dry and wet grip, very predictable tyre. Would certainly buy again.

Reasonable grip in the dry for the price, quite and comfortable. Diabolical in the wet. Traction control cannot keep these things on the road. I'd fit these to an awd or low powered rwd but 350hp+ at the rear is shows these tires limitations very quickly.

These are a solid wet weather tyre with excellent wear properties over standard OEM (Bridgestone Re040) tyres. They are a little skidish during hard cornering on dry services and lack a fair amount of dry grip. I'm a little gun shy after unpredicted drift into a bend. I will opt for a more grippy tyre to enjoy more spirited driving. As a daily drive its a good value tyre though, particularly for your grandmothers car.