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Tires Laufenn or Shinko
I've had Laufenn tyres and found them excellent.
Pros: found them excellent
Laufenn (produced by Hankook) serves me well. Bought 4 tires(205/50/16) from Hyperdrive for $600 2 years ago. Almost 20k on my honda jazz and still with heaps of thread left
Pros: heaps of thread left
Vehicle:
Honda Jazz
Mileage: 20000 km
Bro just get laufenn tires, they are phenomenal. Went from cross climate 2 to dws 06 to laufenn and it has been an amazing experience.
Pros: amazing experience
I avoided the 805 big blocks because of typically rough and noisy street use. Figured they’d be great offroad. Tried some 705s and they were great street tires but really loose and washy offroad. I’m on the 700s now and I’m really liking them. Closest thing to a 50/50 tire I’ve ever had.
Pros: great street tires
Cons: loose and washy offroad
Run them on my personal vehicles and rental vehicles. 10-15k per year and see no issue. They easily last the 50k warranty. They balance well, and install easily, good bead that sets properly and has no issues
Pros: balance well, install easily
Cons: 10-15k per year
Mileage: 50000 km
I bought Laufenn for my Cadillac XT5. So Quiet & So smooth , just what I wanted.
Pros: quiet, smooth
Mileage: 4828 km
Just got 4 installed last Friday. This morning on the way to work I started to hear what I’d describe as a winding sound. Only when going slow, like under 20mph. I’m wondering if it’s just a “new tire sound” but none of any other new tires have I ever heard it.
Cons: winding sound, only slow
I,d trust a Laufen over an arroyo based on the overall treads, though typically the arroyos will last a little bit longer.
Pros: trust Laufen, overall treads
Cons: arroyos last longer
I rented a car that had Laufenn tires last month. Drove for 20 minutes and had a blowout on both passenger side tires. This was driving on city streets!
Cons: blowout on both tires
....and I'll throw in another vote for the Continental DWS 06. Also relevant to this thread - I bought my '11 Range Rover Sport in January, and it had Laufenn tires, the cheapest option on Tire Rack in the proper size. They had plenty of tread life but they were not great - noisy, not a lot of grip in any conditions - so first excuse I had, I swapped on the Continentals, and they are substantially better at everything.
Pros: substantially better at everything
Cons: noisy, not a lot of grip
Vehicle:
Land Rover Range Rover Sport
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