Front tire blows out on f@80mph.

[DrCactus]

Lucky your alive for one and secondly, stay away from Hankook tires - cheap tires to buy but the information I found about them show very low safety rating.

[Topless]

Sounds like you were pretty fortunate. If a tire goes down on these cars they get spooky pretty fast.

I am actually a pretty big fan of Hankook tires but if yours were not "speed rated" to 150mph it may have been the wrong Hankook tire. Have all of your tires inspected and make sure you are running the proper speed rating and the tires are less than 5 yrs old.

Hankook RS-3 and V12 Evo are widely used on Boxsters and have a speed rating exceeding 168 mph.

[mountainman]

Originally Posted by DrCactus

Lucky your alive for one and secondly, stay away from Hankook tires - cheap tires to buy but the information I found about them show very low safety rating.

I have 2 boxsters and a C4 and have been running hankook V12 evo's on all of them for the last 5 years ( at least a dozen sets by now ) and have never had a problem. In fact, I am totally happy with all aspects from price to performance. On the other hand my last set of Michelins (at twice the price ) had 3 failures before 3,000 miles and they do not stand behind them. After being a loyal Michelin buyer for 40 years I now buy hankooks for everything.

[crod]

Originally Posted by DrCactus

Lucky your alive for one and secondly, stay away from Hankook tires - cheap tires to buy but the information I found about them show very low safety rating.

Well all my tires on the Boxster and on the Lamborghini have always been Hankooks. Not even a single problem with them. Wear could be better (last longer) but for what you pay they are the best bang for the money out there by far.

CR

[SoCalBlackbox]

Originally Posted by DrCactus

Lucky your alive for one and secondly, stay away from Hankook tires - cheap tires to buy but the information I found about them show very low safety rating.

Where is this information? I have Hankook Ventus v12 evos on two cars and I love them but if there is something I should know please tell me where I can find it.

TIA

Rick