The ridiculous name aside, has anyone put these on their 8 (or other car) yet?

C&D gave it the #2 spot in a recent summer tire comparo test and TireRack.com is carrying them now for $130 a tire with a $50 rebate on 4. At $130, the Hankook is inhabiting the lower end pricing for tires for the 8.

Also a well-respected German auto publication gave these Hankooks high marks in a comparison test.

Not to say that low end = bad. The Kumho Ecsta SPT and General Exclaim UHP are all below $130 and are excellent tires, esp. for value.

Also - just saw TireRack redid their Website - kudos to them for making it easier to narrow down tires after initial results.

not bad at all, i would get them

Too bad I didn't have an extra $500 bucks lying around - I'd give them a go as well.

I bought a set of these about 2 months ago just after the C&D article appeared. I got them from Tire Rack with a set of OZ wheels that were on sale at the time. So far, I have probably about 1200 miles on them. If you're looking at these for daily use, I have found them to be extremely quiet, and the grip seems to be good as well. I can't report on rain performance as I seem to have avoided all the major storms while driving with these so far. Very comfortable ride. Much softer feel than the original the OEM tires, and softer than the all-season GY Eagle F1's that I took off. My mileage has improved noticeably but that could be due to a recent reflash and new plugs at the

Just yesterday I spent the day at a solo driving instructional course with them and my sense was that they were more than grippy enough, but not as communicative as they could be. Their braking performance is fabulous, which is what I've found on the road as well. They break away very smoothly. The tires seem to have stood up well to all the runs we made and my highly novice driving technique.

I would definitely recommend them. I feel that they were a great value for the price.

^ Thanks for the detailed report.

Anyone else with opinions? For my next set, I'm leaning toward these or possibly Bridgestone RE760s.

Thought I'd kick this one back up.

Had them for 6k miles so far. Wearing moderately well, handle wonderfully. They grip well, are quiet, and very predictable. The corners don't feel soft at all, the response time is VERY good, and I think I'll stick with them for my next set again! I had compared them to the 760's too, and am glad I went with the VENTUS... if anything they're lighter than the 760's, and less expensive.

They're definitely a great tire so far.

I may go with these for my next so also. Finally dropping the stock tires :)

I may go with these for my next so also. Finally dropping the stock tires :)
Well if you got the Bridgestone stock tires, all the more reason to get rid of them.

Thanks for the updates.

Just bought these tires. Should have them installed by Thursday before I head out of town with them. I purchased them at discount tire and saved $42 with a tire rack price match and Hankook has a $50 mail in rebate. The $92 saving will pay for a few tanks of gas on my road trip :)There is some really nice twisty mountain roads on my trip so I should be able to provide a decent review.

Sweet pdxhak thanks for bringing this thread up. I actually purchased these tires last month and had them put on. I completely forgot about this thread haha.


My opinion on the tire.

Their pretty good, much different than the re040s. I havent had a chance to do much twisty roads but I did a little only around 65-70 F. I need it a little hotter to really tell.

But here are my points of these tires.

- Soft sidewalls
- predicatable sliding, but very noticeable at 35psi
(I recommend going to at least 38psi the handleing greatly increases)
- comfortable highway and public road driving
- Pretty good wet traction
- Probably can only last 2 track days.

I currently have KDW2s which are good in the dry and wet and have soft sidewalls. But they are loud as hell. I dropped down a size so I'm hoping that helps with sidewall flex. And they are quiet :)

Yes the hankooks are very quiet, I love it.

I went with 245/40/18

What did you order?

245/35/19. I currently have 255/35/19.

My road trip is 1800 miles round trip so they will get plenty of use the first week :D:

nice, I'm doing cross country road trip in sept for sevenstock. LOL :naughty: