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Hi,
This is one of those questions where you're bound to get as many opinions as there are respondents.
There is good reason for this, because several of the qualities of a Tire are subjective. Noise is a matter of personal sensitivity. Wear is largely a matter of driving and maintenence habits - some people will use a tire up in 10k mi., while others can push the same Tire past 20k mi. One will say they wear poorly while the other will be mostly satisfied. Unless you have your own all-weather Skidpad and an accelerometer, even Grip is mainly subjective and anecdotal.
All performance Tires are a series of compromises and priorities. Want great grip? There's goes the wear. Want long wear? Grip will be sacrificed. Want Dry performance, Wet performance is sure to be less impressive. Want the Tire quiet? There'll be trade-offs there as well. Even aesthetics are paramount to some, who will forego all sorts of advantages in one Tire simply because they like the look of the treadblock pattern in another. There is no Perfect Tire.
You need to evaluate how you drive and what you expect of a Tire and then pick the one you think will best suit you. Hope this helps...
Happy Motoring!... Jim'99
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