25 Mile UPDATE:
So I drove it for 25 miles and this is my short review of the Sumitomo HTR 200 tyre.
I got to the store (discount tyre center) about 5:20 and by 5:45 i had my four brand spanking new tyres installed. I backed out of the hanger and put it in first gear. Immedately the wheels spun and my first impression was oh no, another tyre that cant handle the first gear torque. However being a new tyre I knew that the tyre oils were probably responsbile for it. I got out of the dealers parking lot and the first thing I noticed that it was very smooth, very much unlike the old tyres. The tyres seem to grip the road very well until high acceleration. I then proceeded down near my college to a street that has lots of wide sweeping curves. I conqured them with no problems. The first thing i noticed at the curves was that it was dead on accurate, no more stepping off the gas just to regain traction. The car held those curves with no problems and was asking for more speed, hadnt i not passed a cop waiting on the side I would have very much done so. Regardless of that lack of high speed testing it did very well for a 45mph curvey road.
After this i took it on the freeway. The tires are much quieter than teh earlier tires, but do have a bit of pronounced road noise. I guess that will disappear once its totally broken in. The tires seem to smoothen out the bumps on the road, though a few larger ones do get through. For all in all I am satistifed with freeway driving. Being a new tyre I couldnt push it too much into a sharp curve but at 55 mph it seemed to hug the curve very well. Grip seems to abundant on this tyre.
Back on city street again I was marvelled at how sharp I could now take a turn without hearing a squeek from teh tires. Something I had got so used to in the past.
Over all i find this tyre a very good deal for $43 a peice + mounting fees. Over all I paid something like 220 for a set of 4.
More reviews as I get more miles into the weekend.
