Review on Hankook Tire Winter i*Pike RS2 W429 205/50 R17 93T by Stanislaw Mirzalek ᠌

Tire size 185/65R14. Bought in October 2022, tire release date is week 10, 2022. Drove about 100 km. At first I gave the tire one point, since in advertising the tire acts as a quiet one. It's not, it's also a crooked stud. Prior to that, I went to Nordman4 on another car of a similar class, the tires departed for 10 winters, the loss of 6 spikes on the leading ones and 2 spikes on the rear ones. nordman4 also made noise, but they hummed only on freshly fallen snow on the pavement, here there is always a rumble on dry / wet pavement. In the car, the "shumka" is decent - on summer tires I constantly hear the clicking of various relays, for these sensations that you are flying in a cornfield, you want to put on noise-protective headphones. There are thoughts about the sale of rubber. . November 2022. I drove 1200 km on tires, they are noisy. On the track in the rain (shower) and dry they keep normally, in any case, I did not notice any special changes in taxiing. At junctions like "clover" at 60 km / h, you can hear the sliding of spikes on the asphalt. The pins seem to be in place. . May 2022. Changed tire rating to 4 stars. Drove 3500 km during the winter. The tires run very well. Though on snow, even on ice, even on asphalt, but sometimes it throws in a rut. Never got stuck anywhere during the winter. The wear resistance of the tires is normal, small tearing of rubber is noticeable on the leading spikes, but ALL the spikes are IN PLACE, even those that were crookedly planted. The car does not have anti-bux. There is ABS. When stragging, of course, especially in the snow-icy salt porridge, there were slippages, and the ABS also worked. I wish the tires had better braking. There were side drifts / skids, but the car is controllable and easily enters the desired trajectory. The rumble of the tires seems to have become less, maybe just got used to it. They collect much less stones from the road into the tread than Nordman 4. In frost below minus 20, of course, they become tanned, but it does not significantly affect driving performance. In general, the tires are valid in terms of price / quality ratio.