Hankook tyres

[AndyV7o]

Yes indeed, older cars were based around older tyres, which were usually of stiffer construction with a siped tread and smaller tread blocks.
Unfortunately for cars of the 80's and 90's there is nothing to cater for them currently, there are 60's and 70's (bloody expensive) re-runs, and there are modern tyres which are mostly very soft in construction.
Funnily, to that end, some of today's tyres can end up being rather well suited to some 60's cars that were developed with fabric belted tyres such as the Dunlop Aquajet for example...

[rockheadrumble]

My mates Mum recently had a catastrophic failure on a hankook tyre one week after it was fitted. She was in a 30 zone and the side wall collapsed, the tyre was shredded all the way round the side wall with all the wire core showing and snapped. Just read reviews and it seems they have problems for years.

I had Bridgestones on my Octavia VRS from new and TBH didnt rate them much. They lasted a while but they are a hard compound and had a tendency to understeer and lack grip. But it depends if you want performance/grip or more miles out them and economy.

Ive had never had a tyre grip and brake nearly as well as Michellin pilot sport 4's that i had on the golf before the VRS.
Probably not great if you do a lot of miles though.

Happy sunbathing

Joe

[AndyV7o]

Originally Posted by rockheadrumble

My mates Mum recently had a catastrophic failure on a hankook tyre one week after it was fitted. She was in a 30 zone and the side wall collapsed, the tyre was shredded all the way round the side wall with all the wire core showing and snapped. Just read reviews and it seems they have problems for years.

I had Bridgestones on my Octavia VRS from new and TBH didnt rate them much. They lasted a while but they are a hard compound and had a tendency to understeer and lack grip. But it depends if you want performance/grip or more miles out them and economy.

Ive had never had a tyre grip and brake nearly as well as Michellin pilot sport 4's that i had on the golf before the VRS.
Probably not great if you do a lot of miles though.

Happy sunbathing

Joe

Bridgestone went through a long 'off' period, probably 8-10 years, where they were pretty shocking in the wet for a premium manufacturer. A couple of years back though, they turned themselves around and got back on form. Take the T001 and T001 evo, identical pattern etc but two VERY different tyres! The original was constantly slated for being a bit teflon like, the evo indicates a shift in compound to their latest, vastly improved compound, which instantly started winning or getting podium spots in tests across the board...
Now the T001 wasn't a dire tyre, but it did leave a lot to be desired and was competing in performance with lower tier tyres like Toyo, Firestone, Maxxis, Kumho, etc...

[360beast]

Originally Posted by AndyV7o

Bridgestone went through a long 'off' period, probably 8-10 years, where they were pretty shocking in the wet for a premium manufacturer. A couple of years back though, they turned themselves around and got back on form. Take the T001 and T001 evo, identical pattern etc but two VERY different tyres! The original was constantly slated for being a bit teflon like, the evo indicates a shift in compound to their latest, vastly improved compound, which instantly started winning or getting podium spots in tests across the board...
Now the T001 wasn't a dire tyre, but it did leave a lot to be desired and was competing in performance with lower tier tyres like Toyo, Firestone, Maxxis, Kumho, etc...

I always research which Bridgestone I'm going to fit thoroughly and I found the same info as you, that's why I got T001 evo tyres.

[griston64]

Originally Posted by 360beast

I always research which Bridgestone I'm going to fit thoroughly and I found the same info as you, that's why I got T001 evo tyres.

I looked on the Bridgestone UK website yesterday and it looks like the Turanza Evo 1 has been discontinued ??

[AndyV7o]

Do you mean the T001 evo? Turanza is a name used on many tyres.
Yes, the T005 is their current tyre, though I think the T001evo may still remain in production in certain sizes for oe contract fulfilment.
Oe supply is why you can find superceded models still for sale. Its a weird setup, a manufacturer may fit any of say 8 different tyres/manufacturers, but if a model they were using is superceded, they can demand the manufacturer keeps producing supply. You used to get brand new Mini's wearing Michelin e3a long after they had been replaced by Energy, for example.
Anyway, I digress again.....

[griston64]

Yes I think it is the T001 Evo that's been replaced. Perhaps I wasn't looking properly but I couldn't find it ion the Bridgestone UK website

[deeman940]

Bridgestone Potenza Re 003 would be my choice, but i stick with TOYO T1-R usually....

[AndyV7o]

Jeezus! T1-R are VERY old-hat now! Not an unsafe tyre but never the greatest, vastly overrated but intrinsically 'alright'.
There are so many better tyres around now for that money, and the T1-R are getting a bit scarce, its unusual to find someone running them now!
In 2012 I put a set on wife's (then new gf's) ratty fiesta to replace the absolutely god-awful sunny p6000 rip-offs/accelera's, but now you have Falken/Kumho making much better slternatives for low money...

[aardvarkash10]

I do have to giggle at all this.

Here in the futherest flung corner of Her Majesty's Empire, pretty much every road is chip sealed. Smooth hot-mix is the vanishingly rare exception, even on our main arterials and motorways.

Consequently, tyres that may seem logical with a performance orientation elsewhere are mind-numbingly noisy, pull all over the place, wear at financially crippling rates, and struggle to get grip.

Round and black works well here and we have accepted drifting as a standard driving style.