Where the hell did that come from? Just about everybody on this board agrees that Kumhos are a great value and a decent performance tire. Have you read the thread? The only complaints are that they wear out too fast when your ride has horrible camber (duh), and they suck in the snow (duh, its a summer tire).

Like CivicSIRacer, I've spent some time autocrossing on my kumhos, and they're good enough to keep up with any tire (short of the BFG KD) in street tire classes.

Now I understand that there are definitely better tires out there, and the Kumho 712 isn't perfect, but for 2/5 the cost of some of its competition, its a f-ing great deal.