Tyres

corra kid · 10-20-2005, 04:54 PM

I,ve been looking at the Sedona/Carnival forum and the
debate about TYRES, i have just taken delivery of a new
Kia Caren,checked the make of tyres expecting to find
Kumhos or Hankooks no it,s got Micheln Energy tyres,
what a suprise,and it drives like a dream.

Carens_UK · 10-21-2005, 06:40 PM

Hi,
Glad your having a good experience. I found the Korean tyres actually not bad, quite grippy and smooth but high on wear due to a soft formula. When the fronts
needed changing I splashed out on Pirelli P6000 as they are so good as standard equipment on all the high powered Volvo's I have had.

Brilliant!! front end is much sharper turn in and really hold on in the wet. As the Carens does a low mileage they should last ok. On a Carens CRD there is little weight on the back so the original tyres are fine.

Rob

pepper · 10-22-2005, 04:20 PM

Hey I wasn't particularly knocking Hankooks or Kumhos, I had a set of Hankooks on my 03 plate Ford Transit and they've lasted longer than the Pirellis which were put on as replacements. I was asking whether putting reinforced tyres would make more of a difference to the handling, ie a sharper turn in etc etc.

Glad to see you got some good tyres on your new Carens and hope you have some great motoring out of it.

corra kid · 10-23-2005, 05:07 PM

Cheers pepper i was just suprised that it had got Micheln
tyres on, they usually have Korean brand tyres on, i had a
Kia Sportage before with Hankooks on and they did ok
no problems.