[rippergeo]

The Michelins are expensive and the neovas even more. In addition, the Neovas make you much slower in a straight line and last 1/3rd as long as the S drives.
The S Drives seem to be the most practical option right now for the enthusiast on a budget.
Cornerning, braking, traction and wet weather grip are all far far better than the spindly potenzas that I used to think were the best VFM/performance combo.
I still feel that feedback was better on the potenzas, or maybe, after running 30k on them, I'm so used to them that I feel the feedback is better.
On corners, I do push pretty hard, and the S drives hold very well, its me that loses my nerve, not the tyre.

I do have doubts about prolonged high speed runs on S Drives though(120kmph and above for 10 minutes or more) I had one experience where i was doing a constant 140-160 through sweeping bends and long straights keeping up with another mad bhpian in an LPG swift. Towards the end of that section, the car was very skittish, and i had to back off for a few minutes. Forgot all about it and speeded up back to 160 again on the same drive and everything was fine.

The wierd bit is, i took the car to 170 for a few seconds the day before that and it was rock solid. it seems to be the prolonged high speeds that the tyres dont like. short bursts are handled very well.