Hankook OPTIMO K415 vs Hankook Ventus S1 noble2 — Compared

“Quote: Originally Posted by Chaotic1,Feb 9 2009, 06:49 AM Price per tire? Fronts: $63.00 x 2 + shipping (214/45zr-17) = $152.16 Rears: $71.00 x 2 + shipping (245/40/zr-17) = $164.15 Originally, I was only going to replace the rears with OEM tires because my fronts were in such decent shape, but I was able to get all four wheels for cheaper than the two rears so I went that direction instead. As promised, I'd continue to report on these tires and with todays showers and mixture of oil/grime and left over sand from the sleet we recently had, the tires are doing as well as expected. Of course with the sand, it is easy to break the rear-end loose but it breaks when expected, no surprises.”

“Update 3: 20K Miles Front Tread: 8/32nd's remaining Rear Tread: 5-6/32nd's remaining The fronts have been wearing at an incredibly slow rate! :thumbsup: The rears wore quickly in the first 10K, but this seems to have slowed considerably in the next 10K. 20K Mile Verdict: Competes with or beats the best on the market today at a lower cost.”

“Quote: Originally Posted by MBNUT1 Better ride quality due to taller sidewalls? Physics? Rubbish. This is just a conspiracy by the 18 in wheel manufacturers to remove people's freedom to buy 20 in wheels. I guess my butt isn't as sensitive as some of the guys here of a more "advanced age". But I do know that the ride on these Generals on my 20" stockers is very compliant and quiet, even more so than the 19" winter wheels I just took off the car a couple weeks ago. My old S600 came stock with ugly (IMO) chrome 18" wheels with Michelin Primacy summer tires. I swapped those out to 20" AMG knockoff wheels with Hankook Ventus S1/Noble2 all-season tires and there was no discernible difference in ride comfort. But the handling certainly improved. Those Hankooks were good tires too, but not quite as quiet as the Generals. These big heavy cars are too wallowy around turns as it is, especially with the standard Airmatic. The bigger wheels do sharpen it up a bit.”