I wore out two sets of these tires, one Italian, the second 2022, did not notice a noticeable difference. Good balance. They walk 65-70 thousand km. Even on the "bald" tires there is not even a hint of a hernia, although I do not drive on the autobahns, there were breakdowns in the pits to the disk. Several times I “caught” self-tapping screws, so after the black ones I didn’t even need a tourniquet, I just unscrewed it and drove on. Now I bought a new set, again 2022, I'll see if the quality has changed.