Given
35%
while driving a
Kia Motors Sportage
(245/45 R19) on
mostly town
for 1,000
average miles
Sunny NA305 tires must be the worst tires I have experienced on a car in my 40 years of driving. I replaced my 2 front tires with a set early August when the weather was a little better.
In the dry, the tires squeal on corners when driving round town, as if they are running soft. In the wet, trying to pull away with any power causes wheelspins and traction control light to come on.
Cornering in the wet is awful. I have noticed it especially coming onto roundabouts where the road surface might be a little more greasy than normal, the front end of the car just gives up grip and will slide. They give no confidence whatsoever driving in the rain, so will not push them to any limits for fear of ending up in a ditch.
I will be returning to the garage I bought them to advise them of the problems, if they value their reputation, they will source another alternate budget tire.
I am going to try them on the rear axle to see how they perform, but will be expecting the car to have slightly different handling issues. Lesson learned, it was all the garage had in stock at the time, and gave me assurance they were of comparable quality to the tires they replaced. I will never buy a budget tire again. I wouldn't even fit these to a wheelbarrow.