One harsh word, then two punctures. Read more about our Cupra Leon estate – and its Hankook tyres
In my first report I wrote that the Cupra’s greatest flaw is the road noise. At motorway speeds there’s so much rumble from the tyres you have to raise your voice to talk. Now I have a new reason to hate the Hankook tyres: I’ve had two punctures in a month.
On both occasions a yellow warning light came on to say a tyre had lost pressure. The first time I got out to check, but honestly the 235/35 R19 rubber is so low-profile, the tyres look flat even when they’re fully inflated. Still, I swapped the wheel for the space-saver to be on the safe side, and my local tyre-repair guy found a nail. The repair cost £16.
Three weeks later, the same warning light, this time on the motorway. At first, I thought, ‘This can’t be!’ and I re-set the tyre pressure system, which reassured me all pressures were within the acceptable range. Then the light came back on, and the tyre deflated completely. This time the tyre was ruined, and I had to replace it – 150 miles from home, the depot didn’t have a Hankook so I stuck a Michelin Pilot on it, for £214. Now I’m driving along trying to detect if one side of the car is quieter than the other.
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