Snow traction is the main strength owners describe in the Nankang SV2, praised in 15 of 25 reviews against two complaints. Overall feedback is favorable, with 20 positive reviews and an average score of 78.3%, alongside repeated praise for dry grip and value. Wet grip is less consistent, with seven positive comments and four complaints. Comfort is also mixed, at five positive mentions against three criticisms. Three reviewers describe poorer grip or handling in warmer weather, a minority rather than a universal experience. Most reviews do not state the stage of use, and only two are explicitly mid-life or later, limiting conclusions about wear.
What owners mention most counted across 25 reviews
Grip was in dry takelt decent. In the wet goedver, they were just about average. The deal drawback was that the tires werd comfortable on bumps. They also made the car feel like a shoppingcart on the motorqay. The back end felt very loopse and sloppy. I should recommend A-grade tyrres, it's the only point of contact between the road and your car.
65K Km in twoo winters and a summer.
Very good on dry, fails on wet road and on snow.
Very quiet for all the time and very good mailage.
A little hard on bumps.
Exellent for the price, but next tire train i'll try nokian A3
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I put these on 17 inch alloys to replace the summer 19 inch tires/alloys. The car is transformed - better and quieter ride. Uses less fuel too. On snow and ice the traction is awesome. The wear is minimal after 8000 miles when the 19 inch tires were shot after 16000 miles. The only downside isi slightly wooly handing - but this is an Audi so it was not great anyway!
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They ar perfect for me ;) i used them on all conditione and they don`t let me down, even on heavy snow in mountains!! if you do not have money for Dunlop or Continental this is the one i recomendet for you ;)
I bought these tires just on the off chance after reading about them in a couple of car magazines. They were half the price of dunlop or vredestein winter tires. But i have to say they did surprise me for a budget tire. I live in Glasgow and there was quite a lot of snow and ice they remained composed at all times even with a fwd car remapped to 260bhp. I remember when snow fell all the traffic slowed down and moved in to the left gritted lane I pulled past at speed made it look as if they were standing still. For how many months of the year you need them nankangs are ideal. So much so that i have bought 4 sets in total for all my vehicles.
had these on for the winter here in the UK, and its the first time I've tried winter tires, mainly because I now have a fabia II vRS, FWD with 180 bhp, and DSG is not the best combination for snow ;) these tires are a revelation! very good in the wet at anything below 7 C (above 7C they are too soft, the steering and turn in are wooly, and they slide) below 7c in the dry they come into their own, there is NO drop off like you get with summer tires as the temps drop towards freezing, dry cold roads they give great performance! on the frost they still drive as if the road is dry, the steering doesn't even lighten up, on the ice, you have to still go very careful (you cant change the laws of physics) but they are good at minimising wheelspin, you can still brake (amazingly) and turn with confidence, in the snow, they are amazing, 10 times better for traction, braking and cornering than summer tires... especially the braking, how they can brake on snow like they do is very impressive...
hopefully these will last me 4 winters with some rotaion :)
on summary: above 7 c they go off noticably, and fall behind summer tires, below 7c they are worth putting on, even if you get no winter weather, as they perform better (my maxxis victras for summer rock in hot weather, but start to loose it at 10c or below!) if you get some proper winter weather they will see you through anything. if you have never tried winters before, try them, you wont be dissapointed.
Brought the car with these fitted and seeing the make almost had them replaced, i had just stepped form a AWD drive car with Mitchelins fitted. However i'm very glad i didn't in the dry they've been excellent and even with my very 'non lexus' driving style they have kept the big old thing firmly planted at all times, obviously caution is always needed in the wet but so far so good with only one slighly worrying moment on a soaked roundabout - which was more me getting used to RWD after AWD again. Wear seems okay, i do find that at very high speed they feel a little less sure of themselves and have even seeked mechanical inspection of the car which came back all clear - so this would be my main concern
Excellent winter tires. No real noticeable loss of grip compared with my bridgeston turanza summer tires on wet and dry roads, also the tires perform ok if the temperature rises above 7 degrees.
ironically i feel they absorb bumps better that my summer tires and can handle full throttle starts without wheelspinning.
Cant really comment on the wear as i have only done 200 miles and it hasnt snowed yet so i cant comment on that either, will update when i test them on snow.
To be honest i wouldnt go for the more expensive brands as so far i dont notice much difference between my premium brand summer tires and these cheaper winter tires.
Fitted these to my 1997 MX-5 (rear wheel drive, open diff so easily stranded) just before the recent snow. Grip on cold wet roads is stunning compared to summer tires. On snow, the upshot is that you shouldn't get stranded on ploughed roads but you do have to be careful; try accelerating out of a corner in second gear and you may well end up facing backwards - I did. I'd say these tires on snow give you about 25% of normal grip, which is enough if you're careful. Break away on snow or ice is reasonably progressive if you keep the steering angles down; the car will spin before you can correct it if you use too much right foot on full lock. I managed to do some fairly graceful fishtailing in the work car park one morning once I'd got the hang of it.
Have had these for a few weeks now on my old MX5 so can't comment on wear, but as for the rest...
In normal cold-weather conditions they're perfectly good; not the last word in grip (which is more fun anyway) but they work well enough and much better than the Bridgestone ER30s I had on before. In the wet they seem almost better than the dry; probably perception but they certainly hang on very well.
This morning, however, I had to clear three inches of snow off the top of the car, and drive three miles to the train station on compacted snow, ice, and slushy roads. I feel that winter tires are there to give you a greater margin of error at all times, but after a bit I just drove normally: they were disturbingly good. I even pulled into a carpark of compacted snow for some "scientific grip testing" and had to really provoke them into sliding... truly impressive.
Fitted to 'the worst car ever made for winter driving' the Nankang Snow tires got me everywhere in the last week on snow and packed ice proving that you don't need to spend over £75 per corner on anything fancy. I've been running them all through a mild Autumn too, and they were great with no signs of wear. Fantastic tires, highly recommend them.
