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After much procrastinating, and lots of research, I finally replaced my 11 year old goodyear runflats with 13 thousand miles with the Hankook Ventus v12 evo 2's, I am totally amazed at the difference!!!, quiet, good grip, handles much better than I thot as some have said they were soft in corners. I had no feeling of softness going thru s curves posted at 35 at 75 mph! running along at 80 on interstate, an talking in a quiet conversation,not having to raise voice level over tire noise! total with shipping tire rack was on point with these , 700.60, and I get an 80.00 rebate! oh and I ordered one day and had them the next!!
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After much procrastinating, and lots of research, I finally replaced my 11 year old goodyear runflats with 13 thousand miles with the Hankook Ventus v12 evo 2's, I am totally amazed at the difference!!!, quiet, good grip, handles much better than I thot as some have said they were soft in corners. I had no feeling of softness going thru s curves posted at 35 at 75 mph! running along at 80 on interstate, an talking in a quiet conversation,not having to raise voice level over tire noise! total with shipping tire rack was on point with these , 700.60, and I get an 80.00 rebate! oh and I ordered one day and had them the next!!
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Been running Hankooks on mine for several years. Excellent tire IMO and can be had at a price that is very reasonable.
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After much procrastinating, and lots of research, I finally replaced my 11 year old goodyear runflats with 13 thousand miles with the Hankook Ventus v12 evo 2's, I am totally amazed at the difference!!!, quiet, good grip, handles much better than I thot as some have said they were soft in corners. I had no feeling of softness going thru s curves posted at 35 at 75 mph! running along at 80 on interstate, an talking in a quiet conversation,not having to raise voice level over tire noise! total with shipping tire rack was on point with these , 700.60, and I get an 80.00 rebate! oh and I ordered one day and had them the next!!
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I too Changed my Run Flats to Hankooks Ventus V-12 and the grip is great but they cannot get them to balance worth a crap. I have been 3 separate times to have them balanced with no luck. They are now ordering me a new set of Hankooks just to see if its in the tires. If this doesn't work I'm going back to michelins.
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I've had two sets of Hankooks and one set of Sumitomo tires on my Z. I thought both brands offered nice tires for the money spent.
Glad you got your eleven year old tires replaced. Pretty much anything would have been an upgrade over those as they were dangerous at this point to even drive on the street.
Glad you got your eleven year old tires replaced. Pretty much anything would have been an upgrade over those as they were dangerous at this point to even drive on the street.
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I cannot seem to be able to keep a tire on my car. These work for about maybe 10K, so by the time I start to get happy with having some traction it starts disappearing... Having a 4K stall probably doesn't help. These are an okay tire for the money - It will break them loose at the second to third shift @ 85 mph
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No, not at all. I've never had Michelins on my (stock bottom, low ten second) car but they are on my truck.
I cannot seem to be able to keep a tire on my car. These work for about maybe 10K, so by the time I start to get happy with having some traction it starts disappearing... Having a 4K stall probably doesn't help. These are an okay tire for the money - It will break them loose at the second to third shift @ 85 mph
I cannot seem to be able to keep a tire on my car. These work for about maybe 10K, so by the time I start to get happy with having some traction it starts disappearing... Having a 4K stall probably doesn't help. These are an okay tire for the money - It will break them loose at the second to third shift @ 85 mph
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After much procrastinating, and lots of research, I finally replaced my 11 year old goodyear runflats with 13 thousand miles with the Hankook Ventus v12 evo 2's, I am totally amazed at the difference!!!, quiet, good grip, handles much better than I thot as some have said they were soft in corners. I had no feeling of softness going thru s curves posted at 35 at 75 mph! running along at 80 on interstate, an talking in a quiet conversation,not having to raise voice level over tire noise! total with shipping tire rack was on point with these , 700.60, and I get an 80.00 rebate! oh and I ordered one day and had them the next!!
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I've got them on my C4. They are good for the money sure.
I don't find that they have very good traction tho. Real easy to step back end out. But then again, I had KDW's on before, and they were like glue.
Don't mind the nasty curb rash
I don't find that they have very good traction tho. Real easy to step back end out. But then again, I had KDW's on before, and they were like glue.
Don't mind the nasty curb rash
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I too Changed my Run Flats to Hankooks Ventus V-12 and the grip is great but they cannot get them to balance worth a crap. I have been 3 separate times to have them balanced with no luck. They are now ordering me a new set of Hankooks just to see if its in the tires. If this doesn't work I'm going back to michelins.