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hello,

i would like to add my input about this tire.  I have nothing but compliments  for this tire.
vehicle: 2002 infiniti g20 base model with leather trim option


Tire size and speed rating
195/60/15  Hspeed rating


i bought a full set of these to replace the tires that were on the car upon purchasing it used in summer of 2019.  because the tires that were on the car, were well past their safe operation window in all conditions.

After getting the tires mounted on my car.
here in  kansas city, missouri, united states  we had a severe bought of rain in the form of what ill say was a deluge,  which doesnt routinely occur,  however we had subststantial pooling yet flowing water on all surface streets and minor occurances on highways,  and so i decided to put this tire to a couple tests,  on public roads, with no other vehicles nearby or within affected distance   for a couple different tests
making a right turn at a green light on to another surface steet  at about 30mph
FLAWLESS performance, like it was on dry pavement,   so i then decided to do a rolling WOT accelleration test (to simulate passsing someone on these same deluge rain conditions.   AGAIN  it was like the pavement was dry and perfect temp.
Braking from city street speed limits 25/35/45 mph   was better than anticipated or near dry pavement, and normal road temps.
this superb grip and handling predictability also extended to highway speed in an differentr instance almost a year later when similar deluge type rain but worse caused flowing pools of water to form on interstate roads. starting off at a cautious speed of miunimum here 40mph   and eventually with confidence gained from realizing the still great traction from these i eventually reached 60mph  Spped limit was 70 which wasnt necessarry as i like to drive within both the vehicles ability abnd mine.
Snow here is avg about 20inch  per sseason  but we also typically get Icy conditions along with the snow and have a humid cold with negative windchills,    i ended up doing more driving than i personally perfer  but the car with these tires again shined through and gave me a very safe feeling and predictable handling
NOW for the big bonus that i didnt expect nor have i until these tires experienced ever having logged 1.5million miles across my years of driving from 1994-to present day which may not be applicable around the globe specifically  but might be relateable to similar road bed types
here we have gravel road beds in some areas,  and my mums house happens to be located in one these rural areas that you travel id say 5-7 miles on very rural grave roads to get there. these roads are also riddled with large and several inch deep pot/chuckholes  that can swallow a tire on a large truck or something like my car,  and are randomly plentiful along the gravel roads on the way to her place..
this tire  proved to have predictable and almost precision handling characteristics on gravel  at speeds of 60-70mph.
its typically known or understood with people that have gravel roads that the general understanding or rule of thumb as guideline
that at 45mph or above any error in driving on gravel  is 99% always unrecoverable and will result in the vehcile becoming out of control and unrecoverable to regain control of the vehicle.
i slowly incresed my overall speed with numerous trips  on these roads and gained confidence through vetted experience  but i have never experiecnced near 100% sure footted pridictable handling and vehicle response from a set of tires on gravel  until these cooper evolution touring tires    and itll be 3 years come this july that ive had them installed  now ive only put 23k on them as i did switch them out upon spring of 2020  for a set of aftermarket wider and bigger rims and tires that came on another car i own that that rims have a universal 4 lug bolt pattern,   so and saved these for winter and fall
and these coopers are while not at the wear indicators on the tires   ive definitely noticed a drop in wet condition take off and stopping grip  driving grip has changed signifigantly ike it has with taking off from a standing start or stopped at a light   and then braking from posted speed likmit to naught.

ill add this.
this is also with out the benefit of braking assist ( i had the current regulator fail in my vehicle allowing a massive surge of electricy  to travele throughout the vehicle blowing one of the 2 main large fuses (80amp)  and then every fuse of every subsystem wired into that 80amp the ABS system being one of them,  which ive not to present day ever fixed the abs ( i have the pump just not had the time to diagnose or fix the system) it also blew the TCM  had to replace that and about 15 other fuses all the engine grounds, etc.

i have installed upgraded front rotors and pads  with HAWK BRAND HPS PADS and HAWK dimpled rotors
then  relpaced the rear brake calipers, pads and rotors with
power stop calipers,  Brembo "blanks" oem rotors and then RAYSBESTOS element 3 pads on
and aside from doing regular maintenance repairs on the front and rear
front rear shocks, tie rods (inner outer) lower and upper control arms, sway bar mounts and endlinks,  rear center link,  with moog premium components.

so other than the brake components and tires the car is just as it would of been from the factory.

and im for the first time looking at rebuying this same tire, as i couldnt be more pleased with it.

sorry for the lenghthy passage