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I have had Laufenn G Fit on my Honda Fit since this summer. They're Hankooks and fantastic. I wanted a low noise grand touring tire and these had pretty good reviews and I got them for about 85 bucks each a corner on sale and thought, this is a Pimp My Ride moment that I cannot give up. I mean I heard you liked Fits yo so I got you four G Fits for your Fit.
This Honda is a noisy car compared to most other modern cars and the previous Sumitomos roared with half the tread left. These new guys just sort of hum quietly and calmly and sometimes I don't even hear them on really good pavement. They are night and day better as far as comfort and noise.
The highway feel is amazing, they track really well and took away any squirliness of the car which it inherently has because it's rather lightweight. It feels like you're driving a little train, but it easily switches lanes when you need to. I don't feel like I need to correct as much when I'm at speed.
Criticisms you'll find online have to do with wet weather grip which I took pretty seriously by going out to some empty roads and trying to peel out and slide in a torrential downpour. I couldn't find any fault with them compared to the older tires.
Of course they might not be the right tires on something else like a big old German touring sedan. But on this 2500 lb Honda they are comically good for the price.
I like them so much I'm thinking about getting some for my CRV as well. I like them better than the Michelin Defender that were on a car that I just sold. Of course, I think the Michelin probably has longer tread wear, but as far as the driving feel these cheap tires are amazing.
Just a reminder, I'm talking about the G version and not the X or I think they make an s version too. But I assume they all have similar carcasses and compounds.
Pros: fantastic, low noise, amazing highway feel
Cons: wet weather grip
Vehicle:
Honda Fit
Laufenn, I currently have those tires for my truck. Had them for 2 years so far and still plenty of tread left. Was also looking for a decent all weather tire and found this. Highly recommend.
Pros: plenty of tread left, decent tire
My car came with laufenn winter tires. I was initially a bit disappointed as I never heard that brand before but after research, realized they are a sub brand of Hankook, manufacturer of quality tires. The winter tires i have are really good, even in heavy snow never felt a loss of traction. Also pretty quiet.
Pros: really good, pretty quiet
Cons: never heard that brand
Imam ih na 2 auta, jedan 407sw, na njemu treca godina, presao oko 15k sa njima. Lepo prijanjaju na mokar i hladan asfalt, nemam osecaj nesugurnosti ni na vecim brzinama.
Pros: lepo prijanjaju na asfalt
Vehicle:
Peugeot 407
Mileage: 15000 km
Odlicna guma Laufenn,pripada Hankoku kao pod brend,neces pogresiti ni sa Ling Long gumama.
Pros: odlicna guma
Vehicle:
Mazda
Ja imam zimski i letnji set od 2023. - 195/65/15 na Peugeot 307. Ne mogu da kazem da su lose ... ali bih voleo da malo bolje upijaju sitne neravnine (da su malo mekse jelte), pogotovo zimski set.
Cons: ne upijaju sitne neravnine
Vehicle:
Peugeot 307
Mileage: 40000 km
I hate how my bmw can\u2019t figure out the dang tires going to be lower in 30 degrees vs 95 degrees
Vehicle:
BMW
Hatte schon schlimmeres und trotzdem 250+ damit gemacht.
Pros: schon schlimmeres
Vehicle:
BMW
With the stock run flats th ride is brittle and harsh.
Cons: brittle and harsh ride
Vehicle:
BMW
A Laufenn tire may be made by Hankook, but it isn't the quality level of Hankook and isn't just the same tire with a different name on the side of it. I heard a Hankook rep joke he wouldn't put Laufenn tires on his ex-wifes car because they were just that bad.
Cons: bad quality
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