#1) What tire are you offering for review (size, model, type (summer, A/s, winter, race, etc), price paid, miles driven on tires, etc):
225/45/17 Summer
Hankook Ventus V12 evo K110 \ $110 each(and 80 dollar rebate) \ 10k miles
#2) What is your geographic location: Upstate Ny (Albany)
#3) What types of driving events if any (Track, AutoX, Commute , etc): Commute/Spirited Driving
#4) Percent of highway vs. city driving: 40/50
#5) Tires used previously: Re92, Kumho Asx, Bridgestone re050a, dunlop wintersport m3, continental DWS, general exclaim UHP's, toyo proxies 4, hankook ventus v4
#6) Your review and personal comments (Dry, wet, and snow, if applicable. Also, please compare to other tires used):
Bought these in the beginning of the summer. The first thing I noticed is that they are not as sticky as the re050a's. They are noticeably softer on the side walls so they allow flexing. Once you get the feel for these tires is when they really shine.
They give up grip predictably(if that makes sense). What I mean by this is while taking long sweeping turns you can literally drift the car around the corner. This is not a tire that makes you feel like you are riding on rails. So if your looking for one of those look else where.
On heavy downpours which we have had a few of were handled very well. No hydroplaning(60-70mph) which is very good in my book.
Would I buy these again? Maybe, if I just wanted a fun/economic tire to roll around in. If I wanted a true performance tire I would prob look else where(re070's or ventus r-s3's). I gotta say though I might just get the continental dws for all season use again since I also feel their grip was on par to these summers and still were able to handle snow.