Product Review: Hankook V12EVO Ultra High Performance Tyre

These past two weeks I have been checking my tires thread very frequent. Reason? I was hoping my tire thread can worn off faster so I can give myself an excuse to change all my tires to this Hankook V12EVO! Changing tyres is like changing new shoes you see, but of course safety is always the main reason that we should change tyres frequently. I am currently using the Bridgestone MY01, it is a entry level tyre from Bridgestone, but then, I bought it for RM290 per pcs for the size of 205/55/R16, it is not that cheap. The My01 tyre information: Tread wear: 300, Traction: B, Temperature: A.

After I start to do some research on tyres, now I had become a smarter consumer. I found a place that sell a very good deal on Hankook tires. The picture that you saw above will be my next set of tyres, the shop offered me RM284/pcs, this is definitely not a entry level tyre, the tyres were shipped directly from Korea. Tread wear: 3??, Traction: AA , Temperature: A. I try to get a quote from the shop nearby my house, the lady boss quoted me RM300 per pcs, as for another model, Hankook V8RS, RM280. The other gave me Rm245 only! When I told her the price, the lady boss claimed that it is impossible, she ask me which shop but I refuse to tell her. She said she want to call her supplier and ask them why they are selling others so cheap, she said the price is even lower than her cost. She also commented that Bridgestone is getting pricey nowadays, may be they are transferring the cost to the tires when they have the lawsuit on Firestone tyres installed on Ford Explorer quite some time ago.

My friend recommended me Yokohama tires, though I never use such brand before despite I also heard good things about it, the price I got is around RM270-280 for their entry level AR10 tires, the cheapest one I still can get it around RM240, price is very reasonable. Sometimes I think Japanese product are really a ripped off, most consumers just blindly go for Japanese product, examples are Toyota and Honda that were sold in Malaysia, no doubt some of their car model quality is assured, but then, if you are knowledgeable enough to look at the spec that they are giving you especially in Malaysia, it is really very standard but still they charge u a premium for it, because they know you go for their brand, what is the point of giving you extra air bags or other safety feature like traction control? I think for my next car, I will seriously consider European brand, at least I get more steel per dollar I spent. Well, I didn't say I will not purchase a Japanese car, but definitely I will not put them on my priority list, period.

Anyway, I think I will stick with Hankook V12EVO, cuz I really love the thread, it looks so damn sexy.... hahahah, can I use 'sexy' on tyres? I haven't use it yet but I saw a lot of good reviews in car forums, this is a hot selling product from Korea. So I am going to get one for myself after I put in another 5k km to my car.

Some good site for your to learn about tires:
1. http://www.carbibles.com/tyre_bible.html
2. http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=51
3. http://www.tire-information-world.com/tire-treadwear.html