Tyre reviews Hankook W429 i Pike RS2. Page 74 1813

Good winter tires for any type of road. I took specially studded ones for front-wheel drive, justified themselves both on asphalt and inside the yard. Of course, due to the studs, it's a bit noisy, but the rubber compound itself is soft, grips well and didn't get stuck anywhere during the trips. I liked it and recommend it for purchase

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I bought these in 2017. It's time to replace them. I've driven almost 50,000 km on them. They're soft, and to my feeling, quieter than the summer Toyo Proxes CF2. They handle quite deep snow well, and that's on a low-slung front-wheel drive Volvo S40. They don't like ruts (at least on 205/50 R17 size). On ice and packed snow, they're confident and predictable. But I think this is largely due to the Volvo's stabilizers. I haven't had any issues on dry or wet asphalt either.

But that's all with a conservative driving style, I won't comment on how they'd handle for speed enthusiasts.

The first two seasons, the tires were great, but by the third, they started to give up a bit - they weren't as good at getting out of snow. About 50-60% of the studs are gone, but I've done a lot of city driving (although I do take trips out of town, where I think studs are safer).

At the end of the 2020-2021 winter, I got a puncture when the asphalt started to thaw. The rim was fine. There were no replacement tires available, so I had to look for used ones. But I think few tires could have withstood such an impact.

In total, I never once felt like I lost control of the car over 50,000 km. I guess that's the most important thing. In 2017, the price was definitely justified. Now I want to try something new.

Excellent tires. Buying the same ones for the second time.

I installed them on my friend's Kalina in the middle of winter, replacing some kind of Kama or something... She liked them... On our last trip in February from the GLC "Abzakovo" to Orenburg, she didn't even let me drive. The car was going on bare ice after a snowfall at 110-130 km/h and almost didn't slow down on turns. A couple of times it slightly skidded on the turns, but that was quite reasonable. The main thing that I liked was that there was almost no wandering in the ruts.

I don't know how this tire's "Handling on dry roads" and so on is, but for the conditions of our winter - everything is great. And with normal sound insulation of the car - it's quite worthy in terms of noise as well.

I've almost driven through my first winter on them. In my opinion, they're not bad tires at all. They handle confidently on the road. I don't drive that fast in the winter, so I couldn't objectively assess their speed qualities. As for noise, it doesn't bother me. The studs are all in place)))

I bought these tires at the beginning of the season. They grip just fine, there's no skidding, and the studs are studs everywhere, even in Africa. The only downside I can note is the noise level, I haven't noticed any other problems.

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At first glance, the tire is not bad, it has a impressive tread. You can drive over a snowbank while parking. At low speed, it copes with snowy slush. But as soon as two or three centimeters of snow fall on the highway, the car starts to skid from side to side. In such road conditions, I didn't dare to drive more than sixty. At this speed, the skidding stops. I do not recommend buying these tires. In the fall, I will buy something more expensive and reliable. "A miser pays twice" - that's what I'm saying about myself. On a wet road, it also slides.