I just cant believe some of the reviews on here. Drove 22000 km on these and they are not fully down to the first wear marker, meaning they should last a quite unheard of 60 000km. 2009 DOT tire, bought 2010. Falken has been charged with toying with compounds a lot on a given tire, without notice, and I'm starting to believe it, reading the last dozen reviews here.
Looks like a totally different tire. I do drive very easy.
The good in my experience:
Wear - almost non existent, but I have a short commute putting the tire through a lot of heat up / cool down cycles.
Great in wet, little to no difference in handling and stopping.
The bad:
Weights a full 3kg more per tire in 215/60/16 compared to my Firestone Winterhawks.
Weight is taxing on the ride, acceleration, fuel economy, steering feel and accuracy to name a few.
Literally the car feels a lot heavier and clumsier. Meaning
everything but wear and wet performance is below par in the given size and probably most sizes.
Having said that they are not horrible and the Ze-914 update should be quite good with the weight issue fixed.