I have them on both my wife's Corolla and now my Impreza. I had a set of these mounted two months ago when I couldn't stand the droning road nose from my well-worn and out of balance ContiExtremeContacts anymore. It was a choice between these and the superior (and expensive) Bridgestone Potenza RE-960AS, but for the price difference I took a chance and got the Falkens and kept my expectations low.
Well, I have to say that these things are a highly decent tire so far! They are nice and quiet, stiffer than I thought they would be (at least on my car in a 205/55), and wet weather performance has been impressive. The rubber compound sticks to dry and wet roads really well with no noticable tire squirm or other bad manners. The only unknown right now is below-freezing temperatures with sleet/slush/light snow, and from what I've read, I'm sure they will not be nearly as good as my ExtremeContacts were, but few tires are.
The only other thing that concerns me is that they seem to be a quick-wearing tire regardless of what the wear rating is. I have a friend at work who went through a pair of them on the back of her Acura. They were toast after only a little more than two years of normal driving (according to her, whatever that may mean). Build date on the tires was something like 5/08 and she had them replaced in 10/10 because they were worn so badly (yet evenly). The set on my wife's car have been on for less than a year and the fronts seem to be rounding off noticably, so I guess we'll see.
Anyway, my two cents if it helps anyone else's tire buying decision.
Well, I have to say that these things are a highly decent tire so far! They are nice and quiet, stiffer than I thought they would be (at least on my car in a 205/55), and wet weather performance has been impressive. The rubber compound sticks to dry and wet roads really well with no noticable tire squirm or other bad manners. The only unknown right now is below-freezing temperatures with sleet/slush/light snow, and from what I've read, I'm sure they will not be nearly as good as my ExtremeContacts were, but few tires are.
The only other thing that concerns me is that they seem to be a quick-wearing tire regardless of what the wear rating is. I have a friend at work who went through a pair of them on the back of her Acura. They were toast after only a little more than two years of normal driving (according to her, whatever that may mean). Build date on the tires was something like 5/08 and she had them replaced in 10/10 because they were worn so badly (yet evenly). The set on my wife's car have been on for less than a year and the fronts seem to be rounding off noticably, so I guess we'll see.
Anyway, my two cents if it helps anyone else's tire buying decision.
