Hyundai I30N Tires

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Tire Reviewed Dry Grip Wet Grip Feedback Handling Wear Comfort
Continental SportContact 7 (49) 97% 93% 91% 91% 71% 76%
Nokian Hakkapeliitta 10 (5) 75% 73% 64% 98% 93% 66%
Yokohama Advan Neova AD09 (13) 94% 72% 91% 92% 73% 71%
Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 Connect (9) 93% 70% 85% 88% 60% 76%
Pirelli P Zero (157) 84% 69% 75% 72% 58% 64%

Hyundai I30N Tire Review Highlights

Writing about the Yokohama Advan Neova AD09 given 83% (235-35-19-)
Driving on mostly town for 5000 spirited miles
Fitted a set on my stock-ish i30N hatch (just replaced some front bushes to minimise wheel-hop) to replace a set of worn-out AD08'R's. The car is 95% road use with the occasional motorkhana thrown in - which is the main reason for running these tires. (In fact I won a motorkhana series outright one year on the AD08R's!) It's hard for me to rave about the AD09's as the AD08's were such a phenomenal tire. To be honest, I don't feel there is a huge improvement over the AD08's, except in wet weather performance, especially in reduced aquaplaning. So I would call the AD09's and evolutionary rather than a revolutionary step. They come into their own when you have a car that you want to indulge in some lower-level motorsport but don't want the hassle of buying another set of rims and constantly swapping them over. The one tire will get you safely around town and do country runs in the wet and dry and then be ready for whatever spirited driving you want to throw at them. A pure blast driving them through a twisty country road where their sure-footedness and relative comfort allows you to safely push hard, knowing that a pothole or rut wont upset them too much. Because they've got 90% of their grip when cold, you can absolutely cane the opposition running A050's if competing in the wet. The only tire that comes close when competing in the wet are the A052's but these are too soft for every day use. I would say hands-down, the AD09R is the best dual-purpose road-track tire out there.
tire reviewed on 2023-06-29 00:56:22
Writing about the Continental SportContact 7 given 84% (235-35-19-)
Driving on mostly town for 3000 spirited miles
Initially I had PS4 in mind as my next tire, however since CSC7 released, I have been reading many glowing reviews. When the time came, I pull the trigger to try these SC7. They replaced the original fitment PZ4. I must say the PZ4 are very good tires, nothing to complain about. Except perhaps they wear out quite fast. My front lasted only 16K KM.

So what do I think of the CSC7 ? Freaking marvelous! The grip improvement is the first thing I noticed, this comes in the form of braking and cornering performance. It just bites and wouldn’t let go. Previous I remember with the PZ4 sometimes you can feel the slip, losing traction when you go all out accelerating (pedal to the metal) in 1st, 2nd & 3rd. However with the CS7 I have not experienced that yet (okay still new).

I do not care much about comfort/noise as this I30N is not a really a “comfort” car, but I will say this, it is about the same as PZ4. Wet weather performance so far so good. I live in a tropical climate country so the rain here is quite frequent and heavy. I have nothing bad to report. Traction and aquaplaning excellent. However one must be extra careful during wet weather driving.

My only reservation for now is the wear performance. From general consensus, previous SC6 people were saying that it wear out quite quickly. Well I hope these SC7 with the new ‘black chili’ technology will improve matters. If I can get at least 18-20K out of it I will be satisfied. For now I am already very happy with my decision.
tire reviewed on 2023-05-31 00:29:19
Writing about the Pirelli P Zero given 66% (235-35-19-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 8500 average miles
These tires have been great on my Hyundai I30N they have great feedback, did well on the odd track day, stop really well and pretty comfortable on the road, however in the wet I found them not as good and they have wore very quickly due to soft side wall. If they did not wear so fast I would probably buy them again.
tire reviewed on 2023-04-25 03:03:39
Writing about the Nokian Hakkapeliitta 10 given 89% (225-40-18-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 11000 average miles
Echoing other people’s reviews, these tires are phenomenal in harsh winter conditions, to the point where it almost feels like driving in summer. If you’re in the market for winter tires that will laugh at demanding conditions, keep you safe and handle as if there’s no ice or snow at all, buy these. Winter driving is a piece of cake with these tires. My hot hatch is again fun to drive for the cold 6 months of the year up here in the north.

The only downsides are the road noise and wet braking. The noise, which, for a studded tire, is not exceptionally worse than average, but it’s still hard to ignore the noise on asphalt. The wet braking on asphalt is not perfect and far from being “bad”; just something to keep in mind. Definitely buying these again, but I don’t know when that will be as the wear has been almost non-existent!
tire reviewed on 2023-01-01 09:20:48
Writing about the Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 Connect given 81% (225-45-17-)
Driving on track for 100 average miles
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tire reviewed on 2021-07-24 01:07:34
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