Hankook Ventus RS2

My car, a Vauxhall Astra 1.8 SXi, has been running on Hankooks, for the last four years or so. I got them fitted because a local Vauxhall dealer quoted me a decent price (the best that I'd got after many phone calls) so I've returned to the same dealer with the challenge "match your last price and I'll not even look elsewhere"; this has produced the right result. More on the tyres, they look good on the alloy wheels; a sporty profile you might say. Driving on them has always felt safe and secure; when I needed grip it was there for me. Wear is not at all excessive, since buying the car second hand in 2004 I have covered 80,000 miles and have had 6 x ...  Read the complete review

When I bought my Citroën C4 Diesel Coupé back in April 2006, it had a mere 13,000 miles on the clock. Whooppee-doo, thought I, a nearly new car - nothing to need replacing there for a while. Well, I was nearly right, but a recent examination of the front tyres revealed that they hadn't got much meat left on them at what was a shade under 20,000 miles. By my measurements taken with a proper tread-depth gauge, they had around one more millimetre of tread before becoming illegal. There were three reasons for this. a) It was previously driven by someone who didn't actually own it, having been the sales manager's personal ...  Read the complete review