Given
10%
while driving a
Alfa Romeo 147
(205/55 R16 V) on
mostly country roads
for 1,000
spirited miles
Scarily bad tyres. They offer less grip than the bald Pirellis they replaced. I have had this car for seven years in which time it has gone through Continental Premium, Conti Sport Contact, Dunlop Fast Response, Toyo T1R and latterly Pirelli P7. All of these tyres would rank 6 or above in all categories, these Hankooks score 1 across the board: chronic push in the dry in my FWD Alfa 147, which becomes ludicrous in the wet; they span up on the way off the forecourt at the fitting place which should have been a sign (remember I have owned this car for seven years and have kind of got the biting point down by now); you cannot deviate from any line: a manoeuvre that might result in slight squeal from a normal tyre will just result in a silent and terrifying slide on these (the electronic stability control has never kicked in so much as it now does); you get no warning that they're letting go, they just go; they are insanely noisy; they only seem to come to the car at ludicrous speed in a motorway environment, but waay in excess of the UK limit. They were cheap but NOT worth it. Have only done a thousand miles on them so can't comment on wear: I will replace them long before they are due though. It is not an overstatement to say that they scare me, and I am a reasonably experienced race driver. Buy them at your peril!