Tyres

carmadaaron · Post by **carmadaaron** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 10:11 am

what do u think of these makes of tyres
Nankang, Khumo, Continental, Falken

ive beeen offered these for my next set of wheels

Cheers

robz · Post by **robz** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 11:49 am

i had a set of Nankang tyres on my last set of wheels, wasnt too pleased with them. They were more like "slicks" especially slidy when in the wet (tho it was fun sometimes!

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Speedlaw · Post by **Speedlaw** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 12:01 pm

Either Conti or Khumo. Khumo is making a name for itself here in Euroland, they're pretty big in the States already. Still - I'd go for Conti.

(I know now why Rob says I'm a label whore.)

carmadaaron · Post by **carmadaaron** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 12:15 pm

Nankang are cheapest, but if there slidy then

conti are most expensive in this list.

i was considering Khumo.
fair or ok?

Speedlaw · Post by **Speedlaw** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 3:27 pm

Auto Bild (German) said of the Khumo KH11 tyre:

Auto Bild 03/2003
tyre dimension: 205/55R16V
Note: empfehlenswert (meaning: recommended)
Remarks:
ausgewogener Reifen ohne SchwÃ¤chen in sicherheitsrelevanten Bereichen, sicheres Fahrverhalten auf trockener Fahrbahn, niedriger Preis, hoher Rollwiederstand und leichte KomfortbeeintrÃ¤chtigungen

Which roughly translates to:

-Balanced tyre without weaknesses when it comes to safety. Secure handling on dry, low price, high rolling resistance, small confort-compromises.

All I could find...

Nelson · Post by **Nelson** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 5:58 pm

I had kumho's on my old wheels. Couldn't really complain about them.

John

chubbster · Post by **chubbster** » Sun Jul 04, 2004 1:26 am

do any makes have any of them as standard new tyres on there new cars? hhhhmmm.....just the conti's (maybe the falkens, but dunno), i wonder which must be the best under test?

SD_polow · Post by **SD_polow** » Tue Jul 06, 2004 9:55 pm

What about Toyo's....have you asked if they can get those for you?!?

I reckon they're some of the best especially the T1-S's !

There's no harm in asking !!

deadcat · Post by **deadcat** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 10:08 am

I had Falkens on all of my minis and they used to stick like glue.
good tyres in my opinion for the price.

carmadaaron · Post by **carmadaaron** » Sun Jul 11, 2004 12:27 pm

Toyos are expensive so i went for Khumos!

carmadaaron · Post by **carmadaaron** » Sun Jul 11, 2004 12:27 pm

hopefully i have made the right choice!

Speedlaw · Post by **Speedlaw** » Sun Jul 11, 2004 5:03 pm

I'm interested to see what your experience is with them, from what I've heard they're surprisingly good - but I said that already. I'd appreciate the real-world info though

logistix · Post by **logistix** » Sun Jul 11, 2004 5:18 pm

my polo came with kumhos and i think they are very good!

carmadaaron · Post by **carmadaaron** » Sun Jul 11, 2004 7:51 pm

thanks for that Logistix!
it makes me feel better! ive ordered the right 1s

Speedlaw, ill tell u how i get on, but ive only done 400 miles on my mk6 so i cant tell u too much about my present 1s and the differences with the new Khumos

ill do my best!

LAN's GTI · Post by **LAN's GTI** » Sun Jul 11, 2004 8:39 pm

I had Khumos on my MK4, Thought they were OK, couldn't say anything bad about them, and had been running Yokos for the previous 2 years on my Golf GTi !