well, i guess sense i work in an autocenter and deal with tires all day long, my opinion means nothing it sounds like the thread starter is pretty new to the performance tire game.

for what little it matters, nittos are crap, and the same goes for most kumhos

and as for the thread starter i recommend you spend a little money, upgrade to some light 15" wheels and go with a 195/55R15 or 205/50R15 tire size

my highest recommendations are for the yokohama azenis (low price) and sumitomo HTR zII or HTR z+ (low price also) or (if you can afford them) the michelin pilot series or BFG KDWS

but of course, these are performance tires, most of which do NOT carry any kind of milage warranty, so in other words if you get better than 10k out of them, you are doing good