Yes, Hankook is a good brand, the best of the Korean tires and often gives top brands a run for their money. Since few years back, Tirereviews UK actually already categorized Hankook as premium brand. Which Hankook and which Continental models are you comparing though?

As Jonathan himself has always mentioned, cheap tires are cheap for a reason.

That's just their way of trying to milk customers for more money! Those valve stems are dirt cheap in shopee yet they sell 3-4x more expensive at tire shops. I never change them unless really leaking.

Hmm never encountered such practice from tyre sellers. Usually they'd ask if want to change bla2, but surely pay more. If not then they won't open/swap the stems.

Actually the valve stems itself very seldom broken. The possible leaking is just from the rubber O-ring that sits/seals the stems into the rims.

1. No, not minimum. It's just a general guide for target cold pressure but not necessarily the most suitable for each driver. Some may prefer harder or softer or same.

2. It will alter handling but not as simple as that. Increasing at the front pass certain level can actually give more understeer as the car loses grip cuz the front tires become too stiff hence less contact patch and capability to absorb the road granularity. Reducing the rear up to some degree would actually improve grip hence reduce oversteer/induce understeer but if reduce pass certain level then the tires will be too wobbly hence you'd have more oversteer tendency/instability. So in summary, you just have to test incrementally in either direction until you find the best combo that matches your driving preference.

This post has been edited by 6UE5T: Oct 14 2022, 12:14 AM

Probably got more water on the road so you aquaplane more.

They won't do that to their UHP category tires though cuz those are their flagships. They could do that for the low end econo models.

V601 is still UHP like PS4. AD08/9R and A052 then are extreme. Anyway this V601 seems excellent in performance for UHP at least in the dry cuz I got a friend using on his 86 and it performs well on touges.

This post has been edited by 6UE5T: Jan 18 2023, 11:59 AM

Oh really? Fk510 must have been increasing all the time. This tire should be more sporty than Fk510.

As the famous tire pro Jonathan from TireReviews UK says, "Cheap tires are cheap for a reason."

No, absolutely not! I'd rather use a Michelin PS4 at 50% tread than a brand new cheapo China tires, seriously!