Well, we had a nice day here yesterday and my patience got the better of me. I chucked on the new wheels and tyres and boy what a difference.
The tyres I had on before were Potenza S03's. I've had them since I bought the car (not the same ones), so I haven't got a lot to compare with, however the Yoko's are in a different league. Turn-in bite is exceptional, almost scary, and the tyres seem to hold a lot more speed through the corners. Where the S03's would be giving way to understeer and scruffing off speed through the corner, the Paradas just dig in an maintain a more constant velocity.
We had a load of rain here last night too (probably because I washed the car yesterday) so I did a little wet weather test too. The Parada's grip in the wet is really good. Considering the tread pattern, I wasn't expecting that much, but throwing it into a few round-abouts, I have to say that the grip is better than the S03's in all conditions so far. Just need a little snow to complete the testing...
Keep your Toyo's on the rear and get the Yoko's up front Rich! You might even be able to use first gear again /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif