Volkswagen TakeUp Tires

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Tire Reviewed Dry Grip Wet Grip Feedback Handling Wear Comfort
Kumho Ecowing ES01 KH27 (20) 76% 63% 73% 61% 76% 80%

Volkswagen TakeUp Tire Review Highlights

Writing about the Kumho Ecowing ES01 KH27 given 45% (165-70-14-T)
Driving on a combination of roads for 3000 average miles
I had these fitted to my VW Up and after the second skid on a damp roundabout, I replaced them with proper tires. The tires were dangerous. I have in 18 year never had a skid, except on ice due to driver error. About a month after replacing all my tires, I was going acorss a very wide and damp roundabout, about to exit, and I lost control of the rear. The car spun 180 degrees and came off the road. I was going no faster than other cars, about 30mph, and the driving was smooth. By some miracle I did not hit another car, or a lamp post. Three weeks later, going round a smaller damp roundabout, at 20mph, the same speed as the car in front, I lost the rear again. This time I was able to regain control. Even on a dry road the steering felt wooly, and I had the sensation sometimes of the tires sliding. I put on some decent premium tires, and the improvement is dramatic. The car was originally supplied new with Hankook Kinergy tires which were fine. The KH27 tires I had are not fit for purpose. Note that straight line braking was fine. But transverse grip on a damp road was very poor. I owned these for about three months, which was three months too long. Kumho asked for them back, so perhaps they were faulty. Note that the front and back were from two batches, since I had the rear ones fitted a few weeks after the front ones. At the time of the first skid I had done maybe 1,000 miles.
tire reviewed on 2015-06-07 11:06:58
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