Tires Hankook or Kumho

I had the same isssues with the Michelins so I swapped them for the hankooks.

Rims don’t protrude as much on hankook ion evos

Hankook sam vozio u identicnoj dimenziji, meni odlicna guma.

Imam ja hankook bas u toj dimenziji, meni je guma odlicna za te novce

Am montat Kumho si sunt multumit.

Hab seit dem Sommer Hancook Ganzjahresreifen. Seehöhe um die 3-400 Meter. Also kein Winter im klassischen Sinne. Vorteil im Sommer (subjektiv für mich) Keine Unterschiede im Fahrverhalten, super Grip, sehr gut bei Nässe, Bremsverhalten gut. Verbrauch genau derselbe wie mit Sommerreifen (6 Liter/100km) Nachteile (bis jetzt) Die Dinger sind lauter auf der Autobahn als meine alten Sommerreifen.

I’m on my second M3. The first came with Michelin the latest on Hankook. The Hankooks are I think slightly quieter but if you enjoy driving definitely go for the Michelin. The Hankooks have very soft sidewalls which gives a slightly soft squishy feel to the steering and much poorer turn in than the Michelin.

I got Hankook Tire Ion Evo AS just about 3 months ago. One thing I immediately noticed is the louder "Tire noise" but not by a lot. Totally tolerable. I just felt good that I got a good Tire for my car.

Now, 7 months in, I had a nail in my tire and I took it to Hankook tire and they fixed it for $20 or something. A day after fixing the tire, it is still loosing psi by about 12psi.

I contacted the Tire shop and got the following response: see image.

Is it normal that where I got the nail in is close to the unrepairable spot on the tire? With Michelin, i had it even closer to the edge and it was totally repairable and losted the full lifetime.

The tire shop showed me the repair by removing the tire and I can see that the repair was done very professionally. However, the angle of the nail was bad that I have to get a new tire.

Man... I'll say Michellin is quieter but wears out faster. Next time I would just get whatever is cheaper.

My 2023 model 3 LR came with Hankook Kinergy GT M&S tires. Based on the tire rack reviews I think they are almost identical to the Hankook Ion tires. 

If so. My experience with the Kinergy tires was not great. While they were super efficient (lifetime average 246wh/mile) they gave up early on spirited cornering on both dry and wet pavement (might be the difference between avoiding a potential accident). They are adequate in winter driving. Where the were outright dangerous was hydroplaning.

My experience with Kumho was once the top layer of the tire wore off (e.g. after a year), performance of the tire degraded. They must use a cheaper rubber underneath.