Tire Recommendation?

[schnellman]

Been on 'em for over a year now and haven't noticed any "harshness."

[xcbxer]

The forum hasn't had much to say about Hancook. My 97 wih 39K came with a set of Ventus V12 EVO tires almost new.

Haven't pushed them hard, but certainly quiet on highway and apparently cheap (around $600 for the 4).

I'm saving my $ for the latest boogie man breakdowns - now it's cracked heads and change the waterpump every 3 years.

[jcb986]

I see you are in St. Paul. I would make sure you had a good tire to handle snow, so look at the grip when you purchase.

[JTP]

If you will be using your Boxster throughout the winter, using it as your daily driver and don't have the space to get a second set of dedicated snow tires like me, perhaps a good performing all season tire will work.
I just got a set of Continental ExtremeContact DWS. They are very comfortable, grips great in wet, and Tire Rack surveys them as pretty good in the dry and better than average in snow. They do feel a little soft in steering response though. Slightly twitchy at speeds above 90. I paid about $690 for the set.
I don't track my car so I'm pretty pleased with them. My complaints are the cushy sidewalls and the tires seem slightly out of round. The shop double checked the balance but they have a slight vibration at speeds above 80. I'll keep driving them and see if they improve.
But I have to wait til the car comes back from the collision shop first.

[yelojkt]

Kuhmo ecsta XS. You will love these tires. I have ran kuhmo MX's, pirelli Rosa, bridgestone re050's and a few others but I have never ran a tire that handles like the XS's. They practically feel like r-comps. I will run these tires until they refuse to make them anymore.

[greenerob]

Don't get Hankook Ventus V12!!!!!!

I just picked these up from the Tire Rack. They were $450 shipped plus a $60 rebate. I had them installed and they vibrated like mad. I took them to another shop and they said that these tires where bad and that they couldn't get the road force within specs on two of them. I called Tire Rack and they they promptly shipped out two more tires to replace them. I took them back to the shop and these ones were WORSE than the originals.

The Tire Rack is letting me return them at no cost which leads me to believe that they are used to the issue with them.

Besides the above, the tires are quiet on the highway but the sidewalls are pillow soft and handle for crap.

AVOID these tires.

[ekam]

Originally Posted by greenerob

Don't get Hankook Ventus V12!!!!!!

I just picked these up from the Tire Rack. They were $450 shipped plus a $60 rebate. I had them installed and they vibrated like mad. I took them to another shop and they said that these tires where bad and that they couldn't get the road force within specs on two of them. I called Tire Rack and they they promptly shipped out two more tires to replace them. I took them back to the shop and these ones were WORSE than the originals.

The Tire Rack is letting me return them at no cost which leads me to believe that they are used to the issue with them.

Besides the above, the tires are quiet on the highway but the sidewalls are pillow soft and handle for crap.

AVOID these tires.

As far as Korean tires go I would only consider high-end Kumhos...

Again I really don't know why people would try to squeeze every penny when it comes to tires and brakes. Buy cheap buy twice.