Dry grip leads owner praise for the Hankook Ventus V12 evo k110, with wet grip, comfort and value also generally viewed favourably. Noise attracts more positive than negative comments, although a minority finds it intrusive. The main qualifications are mixed tread life and steering feel, with roughly one in eight reviews criticising feedback and around one in ten finding the sidewalls too soft. Actual longer-use accounts range from early replacement to substantial mileage, so there is no single expected lifespan. Two repeat histories duplicate earlier scores and one remains positive after a modest drop, rather than establishing a general decline with age.
What owners mention most counted across 93 reviews
after 15000 miles... it still performs great. It grips dry and wet. Braking..? On par with CSC2.
My fault, i ignored about alignment...As result, front tyres are used up now. time to change. But rear tyres, only 20% worn.
THE only complain.. soft side wall which makes car wobble during negociate hard and uneven cornering road. Solution: put more tyre pressure..but a bit bouncy ride is expected.
Was a choice between this vs. Toyo T1-R to replace my OE Bridgestone Pots and I am very happy with my choice for Hankook. The first thing I noticed was how quiet they are! These have very good grip and the XL tyre walls are almost the same as the OE Bridgestones so handling is top notch.
Dry grip in town driving is very good, surprisingly good, reacts well with the car. Wet grip is also very good but need to continue wearing in these tyres to find out if their grip is constantly this good.
When pushed hard on country roads you still get good feedback and these make you feel more confident and in control of the journey. Will definitely buy again, these will probably be my choice of tyre from now on.
When pushing hard
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Excellent in all weather conditions, put them on my car last year 18k later still have over 3mm left. They really suit my heavy front wheel drive diesel, would def buy again.
Possibily the worst Tyres ever used. Performs well in daily commute and decent wet handling but poor performance as a performance tyre. The treadblock is too soft and results in squirming. Tyre lets go very unexpectedly. Definately not for use in any performance application
Had a set of poor quality cheap tyres on when i bought the car so grip and stopping was concerning! put a set of evo's on and was initially surprised and pleased with the improvement. However the side-walls are too soft and offer no protection to the alloy's and they didn't seem to last very long max 18months or
I fitted these tyre's to a clio 182 a car which granted is quite hard on its front tyres to start with they felt a vast improvement over the silly budget tyres fitted before. They feel very competent in the dry plenty of feel not a lot of tyre wobble great! In the wet they become unstuck on a very regular basis after just 1000 miles rendering the cars performance pointless. Most annoyingly though is the poor wear, they managed 6-7000 before dropping below the legal requirement, Despite there really very good dry performance I wouldn't by them again.
These K110 Ventus V12 EVO tyres came fitted to my car when I got it, and the previous owner told me they'd only done a couple thousand miles prior to me buying it. Not having had any other tyres on this car, I can't make a true comparison, but for what it's worth, I really like these tyres. Granted, my car doesn't have a lot of power, plus an LSD, plus TRC, so it's not the easiest thing to "unstick", even when giving it some, but despite that, these tyres just grip and grip. Even with the TRC off and side stepping the clutch mid bend, the grip level is superb. Even in the wet, and on damp, slippery roads, they are reassuringly grippy.
Great tyres. Excellent feedback on tuned rear-drive sports-car. My car is noisy because of Clubsport's factory poor noise protection, so I hear the engine, exhaust and tyres much louder than it could be on regular E46. Tyres are well balanced, have strong grip on dry and wet, provide cornering at 100 km per hour. Buy again of course. Highly recommend!
I have gone through many brands of tyres and have to say these tyres, especially at the price they are to its competitors - amazing. Exceptional summer grip and greatly balanced for use in the wet too. The only marks down I give are for the tyre wear, not for how quick they get down to 1.6mm because the compound is great and they seem to be lasting forever but its the block pattern. They are almost triangular to a certain point so as the tyre wears, the original tyre pattern fades away to - well before the life of the tyre.
However, totally recommended, I am a high speed, mainly motorway and country/winding roads driver.
have only done 5500 miles on the front of a audi a4 tdi 2004 model and only got 3-4mm tread left poor performance in cornering in wet and lot of road noise would not buy again good years were only £15 more
