Hankook Ventus Prime 3 K125 Reviews - Page 4

I heard those were good tires, but I didn't expect to get so much. Excellent dry lateral grip and great feedback while staying comfortable. Perfect steering response on uneven pavement. I'm impressed by the fact that the unimportant things (gravel, potholes) are well filtered, but the feedback stays excellent and let you feel the sidewall slowly flexing with tons of safety margin. Not used under extreme rain so far, but it did well and felt safe in light rain. I only got two fitted at the front and kept Goodyear Vector gen3 at the back. It seems to be a good balance on a light car. No oversteer unless you really want it. Good fuel economy, quiet at highway speeds. Good value for the money and available in many sizes. I have heard the performance degrades after a few years, we'll see. I was hesitating with the Falken ZE310 that have similar test results and reviews, I just got the ones that were in stock.

Bought this to replace turanza er33 that came stock with yaris. I'm always willing to try new tyres and this is my first hankook. Positive: Excellent on dry. The grip is just excellent. No problem pushing the corner at excessive speeds. Very comfortable tyres. Softer sidewall. It turns my car ride quality. Cheap. One of the cheapest premium tyres on the market. Stability is just amazing for highway. Negative: Wet grip and braking is actually very good. But it just float over the water puddle. Very dangerous for me. This is the main reason I'll skip this tyre for the future. If you're looking for stiffer sidewall then never consider this tyre. Its soft and the feedback is just very dull. Conclusion: If you're looking for a cheap tyres with superb dry grip. This is just the beat choice. As long you didn't need to drive a lot through water puddle. Definitely get a good impression about hankook. Except the scary aquaplanning part

The Hankook K125 tyres replaced a set of Bridgestone RE003s. Initial impressions - really quite compared to the Bridgestone tyres. Now after 9000miles, the road noise is similarly loud when compared to the Bridgestone but still better than the OE GY tyres. Dry grip is really good (even when driving spiritedly), but when the surface is damp or wet, there is a lack of confidence in the tyres. The feedback from the tyres to the steering can become vague especially in the wet. It can go from talkative to a lack of feedback. You will need to slow down to get comfortable again. Wear rate is still good, but noticed that the tyre can wear away really quick if the alignment is not sufficiently good enough. It took only about 100km from new to wear away the alignment marks on one of the tyres due to a by the shop initially giving it a tad more toe on one side (but still inside specifications). By far, the Ventus Prime 3 is the most comfortable tyres put on the car yet. It absolutely loves tyre pressures that are around 28-32psi, and absolutely hates higher tyre pressures. There is a tendency to bounce the occupants around if you even dare to inflate beyond 34psi. Was told by the tyre shop, that this tyre was suppose to help with the fuel economy when compared to the Bridgestone. Yes and no is an answer that I have. If you travel long distances (over 100kms in a single trip) then yes, fuel economy is realised. Otherwise, there is no differences.

Had these on my crappy Yaris Mk2 for nearly a year now (Damn you Sadiq Khan! I miss my Mk1 D4D so much!), racked up something like 15000 miles at a guess, and they're still pretty good. Compared to my previous review, I'd still give similar ratings for everything across the board except for the wet handling, which has become noticeably worse - Not bad, but noticeably more slippy in the wet than it was when new, but given how much punishment they've had over the year I can't complain too much! It's still good under brakes and dry cornering, but the limit before understeering in the wet is noticeably smaller, but it gives a lot of feedback that this is happening rather than suddenly dumping me in a verge. Still hovering in the mid-£60's fully fitted, but supposedly the VP4 is on the horizon so I'm hoping these will last until they arrive - Reckon I can get another year out of them; Currently down to about 4-5mm from ~7mm new so the wear has not been bad; Not wearing quite as well as the old Goodyear Efficient Grip Compacts, Cooper CS2's or Conti PC2e's but a lot better than the Conti PC5's! With the price of tyres creeping up, I still consider this a great tyre for the money!