I appreciate hearing how others analyze the choices and make decisions so will do the same here to put complete this tire saga. All the tires I mentioned on the list I think are strong contenders. At the last hour, I found one more tire - the General Exclaim UHP. It is not the caliber of some of the others like the Bridgestone Potenza, but for my summer only driving and I'm not as performance focused as some others, the General seemed just the right tire for me. It did quite well on the Tire Rack ratings - handling, ride, traction, durability. I also read quite a few reviews on them and they did quite well by most although occasionally a very performance oriented driver panned them. The set cost less than $500 and given they are my first non RFT tires and some questions about camber / alignment, K thought they would be a good place to start before moving up to the higher performance tires.