Yokohama ADVAN Sport 

I have the full JCW suspention and with the factory run flats the ride was very choppy especially in the city. I wanted a tire that could match the suspension but give an acceptable ride for daily commuting, with the ocassional track day thown in. The Advan Sport fits this criteria and the nimble feeling of the MINI has been retained. Dry traction on these tires are excellent. In wet conditions they instill confidence. Cornering is very stable with lots of feedback. Turn in could be a little more responsive, but that is the trade off for the outstanding ride comfort. These tires excell at highway speeds. They do not tramline and are quiet for a performance tire, even on rain grooved surfaces. I am hoping to get a least 17-18k miles out of a set of four. I drive about that many miles per year and a new set of tires and an alignment once a year is totally acceptable for the way drive. I will be taking the car to the track in October and will try to give an update on how the tires do there. So far, I am very pleased. Thanks to the Tire Rack associate who recommended these and with the $40 rebate, these tires should not be passed up by anyone with a MINI Cooper S or JCW.

Using these on a 350Z for track days, excellent tires on both dry and rainy days. These are a great step on the path to real racing compounds. I've had much better high temp performance on track with these than w/others like Pilot Sports. The Pilots overheated and started deforming the tread blocks, under same conditions the next day these held up perfectly, never overheated. For their price they are a great tire to use while building skills.

I've used many performance tires and i have to say that as far as PERFORMANCE this is one of the best tires i have used. they're very responsive in both wet/dry conditions. i drive my vehicle very aggressively and the tires never seem to give out even while on the track (autocross). there wear is okay but then again it's a performance tire so it's no surprise and it was somewhat expected. As far as the ride quality goes forget it, if you want comfort these are not the tires for you. road noise? unbelievable they're extremely loud at any speed weather it's 5mph or 65mph LOUD. would i buy this tire again ? probably do i regret buying this tire ? no. I'm the type that likes to sacrifice comfort and noise over performance. and this tire performs very very very well.

These are on my 650 hp toy with breaks and suspension. The dry traction and handling is indescribably good ! I've had these up to 165mph or about 265kph and felt smooth and confident. I've had it in the rain a few times and for what it is it's a good tire. I don't care what tire I put on there it will be useless in the rain. I won't have it in the snow so... Tread-wear is crazy, I mean 60000k and I've had some parking lot fun and dump the clutch stuff and looks like 3/4 tread still left, amazingly! This tire won't burnout like a lesser tire. It snaps your neck and hooks hard. In a corner, the passenger is against the door. Laff. With the 6 piston breaks the breaking wants to pop your eyes out. 295's in front 315's in back. 30/18 inch.

In the last 10 years these are easily the best summer tires I've had for the car. They are quiet, even when pushed. Sidewalls are stiff to go with the solid predictable grip. I'm bad at rotating on time, but treadwear has been great for a summer tire - especially with this much performance at this price. Even a recent wet lapping day didn't phase them.

I have this tires on my civic si and is one of the best tires i had ever had. The Riding comfort is excellent in dry and wet excellent tire. And the ride comfort very nice. Noise is awesome i 100% recommend this tires for a spirited driver..

Bought these tires to replace the Continental ContiSport 3 which were OEM on my car, which had only 15,000 km in them.

Immediately I felt the difference with the new Advan S . Feel and comfort improved, probably more filtered than the ContiSport but driving pleasure now suits me better, and by the way these Advan S are not N rated (Porsche recommends only N rated tires) and so far they deliver.

Will post more after the first 1000 km.

This is quite possibly the best tire I have every driven. I ditched the Contis after only 10k miles and replaced with the ADVAN Sports and the car handles like a dream. This is a daily driver and I also take the car to the track for DE and this tire has handled everything I can throw at it. It took a little testing to find the right tire pressure but after I added 3 lbs to the rear and 2 to the front the tire transformed into near R compound like performance. I had three track days and daily comuting and the tire wear has been excellent. I have about 4/32 of remaining tread after 25k miles and should be able to squeeze another track day and a few thousand more miles. I will be replacing with the same tires. I can only compare this tire to CSC2 and Bridgestone RE050 Pole Position and the ADVAN is a much smoother quieter ride that gives much more confidence when pushed to its limits. As long as Yokohama keeps making this tire I will keep buying it.

Wore out the stock Good Years tires that came on my Vet and wanted to try a tire that would hopefully provide better cornering traction and overall handling. The Advan Sport reduced my times at Spring Mountain Road Course in Nevada by over 3 second a lap. Very predictable when pushed hard and tire wear is less than the Good Year tires even though the Advan Sport is rated at 180 as to wear. Have over 440 mile hard track miles on the tires and the wear pattern are fairly even across the tire even though the car has not had any special alignment done for track use. I would say this is a rather amazing tire for a summer performance tire.