Originally Posted by Stu @ M Developments
Tried literally 100s of different tyres over the years on both my own and customers cars, and after Bridgestone SO2's which you can no longer buy anyway, the F1s are pretty hard to beat, great in the wet & more than adequate in the dry.
The S-02s were a brilliant all-round tyre. I've given up trying to find any more although you can still find some of the larger sizes occasionally but not in 205/50ZR15. Honda were using them on the S2K until fairly recently and Alfa Romeo used them on some of their cars as well. The S-03s were much poorer when they came out but they have improved them since then - still not as good as the old S-02s according to my friend who gets them cheap for his 944.
What's the current word on the T1-Rs - was there a dodgy batch or did Toyo never admit anything might be wrong with any of those returned?