Wow! Thanks alot for the feedback. It's great to hear about it first hand from people who are using it.
I am more concern about the noise. So far from my experience, I find both Goodyear F1 GS-D3 and Yokohama AVS ES100 as pretty silent tyres. B4 that, I used Pirelli P7000 and the noise was driving me nuts. It sounded like there was a military truck following u behind all the time. After 1 month, I had enuff.. traded-in for the Yokohamas.
But Yokohamas didn't last... lasted only 9 months for me.
So far my Goodyeard F1 GS-D3 (the Germany version ) lasted me for more than 1.5 years. But since then, the price has gone sky high, I am looking into other options.
I heard Hankook has permission or paid license to Michelin to copy their designs.
Anyway, I am pretty interested in the Hankook Ventus R-S2 Z212 because it looks like Yokohama Neova AD07 ( the chewing gum tyre ). If the compound is the same as AD07, damn!! We have a value for money tyre here.
But I want to know from existing AD07 owners.. does the tyres last? I mean.. on average how long can it last?