Well, I'm bumping this because another option has presented itself. I never heard a lot about this tire, but it's cheap and has similar survey results to the Kumho SPT. It's the Dunlop Direzza DZ101 in 225/45/17 for $80 plus shipping. Any thoughts on this compared to the SPT? I'll be getting one of these in the very near future, since winter should be about done by now.