Hi,
I bought a Mondeo last October with "Hankook Ventus S1 Evo tyres". In the snow last year these tyres were awful. I got a few yards to the end of my road and then got stuck and had to be pushed back home!
I've just typed Hankook... etc into google. Auto express reviewed these tyres and did not like them: they came last of the all the tyres tested. But other sites seem to have good reviews; so I don't know who to believe. That said, many of the positive reviews are on tyre selling web sites, so perhaps they have an interest in encouraging you to buy or perhaps they are reviews from customers who have not driven in the wet or snow or had other tyres to compare them with?
I've measured the front tyres today and one side is 3mm and one is
4mm. Should I be concerned that the one side is more worn than the other?
I've always thought 3mm was a good time to change them, so should I change now or wait for the 4mm to wear another mill?
The rears have already been changed to Rain Expert.
I'm not sure what to do.
Option 1. Put Rain Experts on the front to give me Rain Experts all around. But presumably these would not be as good as winter tyres in the snow?
Option 2. Ask them to take all four tyres off. Dispose of the Hankooks and give me the Rain Experts back to keep until next spring. Put four winter tyres on the car. Then in the spring, remove the winter tyres and fit the two saved Rain Experts and buy two new Rain Experts.
The tyres are, I think, 215/55R16.
I know some people keep their summer and winter tyres on separate rims. I don't have a spare set of rims, so this way saves me from having to buy any. A second set of alloys would cost too much and I don't know whether a set of steel rims might look a bit ugly?
If I did go down the new rim route, would I be better to buy narrower rims and tyres for the winter set?
What would you suggest?
TIA