Love the look of the Drag DR-83. Looking forward to your personal review of the Hankook tire. Could we trouble you for some extra pics?
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Hankook new iON tire, an "EV" tire (not the same as Kinergy GT)
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For sure. The online Customer service agent Jeff and the local store manager Vincent were absolute gems to work with. They got everything settled out on the purchase, exchange of rims, tires, credits etc in the morning and all I had to do was show up in the afternoon.
Here is a picture of the Drag DR-83 18”x8.5” ET30 mounted with the brand new Hankook Ion Evo Summer tires. The second picture shows the effect of the new offset of 30 vs the standard 40.
This is the original rim with ET30 mounted with Hankook Kinergy GT tires
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Hankook Ion Evo Summer Tire
Couple of days ago, my order for the Hankook Ion EVO arrived at my local discount tire. My scheduled appointment was for Wednesday May 1st, but Vincent the local store manager called me on Monday Apr 29 to come over and get it installed. As part of this install, I was also switching over to the...
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Just installed these (AS) a few days ago. Third set of tires on the car. The first two being MXM4 Primacys - T0, then T1 spec. Way smoother and less noisy than worn out MXM4s. (I was down to the wear bars in the rear.) Handling seems fine. They also seem very efficient. My lifetime efficiency is 241 wh/mile. So far with ~60 miles of mixed driving, like 221.
One negative - which may be temporary. A highway near here has grooved pavement, and the tires seem to wander a bit on it. I've noticed this with other new tires on other cars. It eventually goes away. Hoping the same will happen with the Hankooks.
Applied for the $120 rebate too.
One negative - which may be temporary. A highway near here has grooved pavement, and the tires seem to wander a bit on it. I've noticed this with other new tires on other cars. It eventually goes away. Hoping the same will happen with the Hankooks.
Applied for the $120 rebate too.
The manufacturing trend towards enormous wheels and minuscule height tires is preposterous.
The Lucid is the new Buick. A very nice Buick. Lean into that with thick meaty tires. Real luxury is "not needing expensive tire replacements and wasting my time".
The upcoming Chevy Equinox EV will have only 21" on the upper trims. 21" on a soccer mom commuter?! WTF? 21" used to be for slammed SUVs aftermarket in Los Angeles! A Camry used to have 15" wheels, maybe 17" now with extra EV weight would be equivalent. C6 Corvette has 18" and 19".
And then yet over on the Truck side, they go the opposite way, they have no problem making small wheels and high fat tires with a ride that will eat up big holes. People actually like that and want that.
Only maybe a Porsche with serious drivers can use the big wheels and thin sport tires but everyone else should be riding on rubber, not metal.
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Another example: the Hyundai Ioniq 6 SE trim comes with 18" wheels. However, if you want more stuff in the SEL or Limited trim, those only come with 20" wheels and a significantly lower EPA efficiency and range rating. Did they never realize that some people would be willing to pay for the SEL or Limited trim for more stuff, but want the 18" wheels for maximum range?
A 2024 Toyota Camry LE has 17" wheels, while the XSE trim has 19" wheels.
Agree entirely. I have made the same point on another thread, but the general response was that the low profile tires 'look cool'. I guess that is a matter of subjective taste, a taste that I do not share at all.
There is some basis for the claim that low profile tires improve handling, but that is not the necessarily the case in all situations and, in any event, Tesla vehicles handle just great on regular profile tires and most people don't drive in a way that it really makes a difference.
I also saw one claim that low profile tires improve energy efficiency, but that is the opposite of the what is true for Teslas, at least.
Low profile tires, never improve efficiency unless they're with solid moon wheels.
I saw a study that tried to quantify this. The results were simple: more open area of wheel + tire, the less efficient aerodynamically.
So given a fixed outer diameter, and that tires are always closed, higher profile tires means less open area in the wheel unless it's a solid disc.
Rolling resistance also favors narrow high tires.
Which is why I went with the stock 18" aero wheels. Plus, as noted, more range is handy on road trips.
Looks like it had 21s on it:
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BigNick
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My wife wants a new Equinox EV. She is not a high-performance type of driver. Her current Equinox is the high trim level Premier AWD, it has the optional 19” rather than the Premier’s standard 18” tires. Lower-level trims come with 17” tires.
But 19” is the smallest diameter that will be offered on any Equinox EV model. Completely unnecessary IMO. While the Equinox EV will have somewhat better acceleration performance than the current 1.5L turbo ICEr, the AWD EV will still have modest performance overall by EV standards.
I plan on ordering a set of 19” wheels and tires when I order her new car next year and selling the 21s to someone who either wants to look cool or curbs the snot out of their original 21s.
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