Continental CrossContact LX Sport vs Hankook iON evo AS SUV | Tested on Audi Q8 e-tron

Today I'm going to compare the original OEM Continental Cross LX Sport tires as far as noise is concerned and economy to the new Hankook ION EVO AS SUV. They're both the same size 265 45 on 21. So before I put those on I want to do the test how my e-tron performs with the original well I know how it performs but we're going to compare it straight between continental we're going to do a slow driving 35 miles which is about 50 kilometers an hour and then we're going to hop on the highway we're going to do 65 which is about 110 and we're going to see which one performs better that's it let's let's get into the car okay so starting point is always going to be the same we're starting from one of the places near we will do the test for the continentals and the Hankooks with the same road similar temperatures AC on in general but AC off for the decibel meter test so when it's time to switch the decibel meter which you can see here I will reset the app I will shut off the AC so we can see how quiet it gets into the cabin the roads that I've picked up are short but let's okay so I'm now on the road we're going to obey the speed limits and we'll see also the average economy that the car does with both tires keep in mind the continentals are warned they are already 40 000 miles most people cannot even make above 20 000 I did 40 000 miles with standard driving so the manufacturer is right if you ride the car without harsh stopping braking you know accelerating the tires will do 40 000 miles it was a little tricky in this winter the last winter that I did here in Cleveland we get a lot of snow a lot of ice I would say it's tricky and not recommended to use them during the winter if they're too worn but in general those are not very good ice and winter tires even though they perform very well and keep in mind the tires are now less than 3 32s thread so they are very worn and still behave very predictable on the road even though there were two times I remember this winter where it just got frozen icy they didn't clean the roads well the car starts sliding in it because it's very heavy and the tires were kind of worn out they didn't have a lot of stopping power that being said right now those tires the continental because they have so little thread they are similar or look like a summer sports tires because most of the thread is gone just the big channels left so I suspect to produce a little bit more noise which we need to consider when we compare them to the broken down uh handcuffs which I still haven't mounted on the car still haven't tested them in my garage but I'll break down the tires at least let's say 5 000 miles then I'll do the test and if the Hankook performs the same as the worn out Continentals that's a win for the Continentals and maybe next time I'll buy again Continentals they're very comfortable very good tires I love Continentals all my cars have been either on Continentals or Pirelli P Zero so we're getting close to the test for the sounds I hope the camera is still shooting because I have some kind of an issue and I've been driving this road now for the second time because the camera shuts off but I'm getting close to shut up stop my AC and I'll continue shooting for that section which is probably a couple of minutes we'll see the average noise always obeying speed limits of course I'm killing the app starting it up so I think we can stop the sound test AC on it did 55 average with 35 miles an hour here and now we're gonna turn and go to the highway where we're gonna do 65 miles an hour test and we'll see how well it performs right now the car did you see with 35 the car did 35 miles an hour the car did 4.0 miles per kilowatt which is insanely good but we know this car cannot sustain that here we go highway noise test accelerating slowly you can see 65 66 the road has little joint cuts here they're not that much we'll see I've noticed a couple of big uh cuts again we're looking at this in a lotus move 65 to 66 uh decibels on those tires and so far it's two point we'll see we're exiting right there so 2.9 I did one more run earlier and it was three so we'll just say about three-ish if the Hancocks are really 15 percent more uh economical we should see a much bigger jump on this trip when I do it the next time at the same temperature right now it's 80 Fahrenheit which is untypically hot for Ohio and Cleveland area but we'll find the same same weather conditions I see wind so wind is actually pretty strong so that affects my economy and the noise but with those lower speeds noise is not affected by this wind probably economy just a little bit we'll just say okay with with the Continental around 3.0 since I did two runs and did 2.9 and I did the first time I did 3.0 now I did 2.9 I'll say about the same the first run I didn't stop that that many times on those traffic lights before exiting the highway so that definitely we can do that too I know how well those did when driving from Cleveland to New Jersey and Manhattan it did 3.0 that way and coming back I tend to drive a little bit faster and I have always more people on the back because those were traveling trips and I was going along and picking up people from JFK but coming back was 2.8 so going over that 3.0 coming back 2.8 averaging 9 at 2.9 I'll probably do that trip again once I put the handcuffs on and we will see how well the handcuff does again if it's even 5% better economy it should show because if I'm doing 3.0 with Continental and the handcuff is 5% more I should be seeing 3.2s on average going over there with the handcuff which is 3.2 you're doing 300 miles which is way more than the EPA of the package and this and that I did actually more with the big tire not supposed to do that but with the slower of the speed limits here which is 65 to 70. 70 is about 120-ish kilometers 65 is 110 so that's very economic very economic drive well that's about it once I break down the handcuffs and once I put them on which will be probably in about a month or two so we'll do this run again with the same temperature because temperature is very important the temperature also affects how cold your tires are right now the tires are very warm and it's 92 Fahrenheit 90 Fahrenheit 94 94 so the tires will be I'll make sure the tires are warm the same way maybe but again we'll do it it's 80 Fahrenheit so the battery is the same condition see how good the handcuffs are I have really high expectations for those they should not match the Continental in this level because there's so warm so anything close to this I'll give the win to the Continental not simply better well it's about time 41,193 miles on my original ones the Hankook is on now I'm going to change them and see how they perform the new tires are on Hankook Hion Evo S SUV they have decent protection for the rim which I was a little worried but as you can see they look good actually they really look good with that shape here those shapes really really look good and the first impression of course is they ride very soft very nice but I should not compare them immediately because these have way more rubber now on them compared to the old ones old ones were gone beautiful tire looks very very stylish it's it's really really nice tire the old one I've changed them I just changed the tires so the old one I ran them 41,196 miles so guys if you're getting just 20,000 miles off of your Continentals you have a leaded foot unfortunately so yeah I'm the the whole proof that you can run them 40,000 miles as the Continental are saying now that we have the new tires on the Hankooks let's test them how good they perform against the Continentals so the last time we did 35 miles per hour it was doing 55 decibels so we'll go from here 35 and I'm shutting up okay so that was pretty good around 52 53 averaging 53 so between 52 and 54 it's pretty good a little bit quieter but given the fact that those are brand new tires with a lot more rubber they made a better compound um the Continental didn't do that bad being worn out at 40,000 miles that's interesting let's see how they will perform at 65 once I get to the highway right here see turn off the AC yeah so around 64 65 a lot of cracks again I'm gonna power on my AC um yeah so I think about two to three decibels again lower I think the Continentals are a very good price and performance tire because these Hankooks are way more expensive than the Continentals they should and supposed to last a little bit longer like 50,000 miles and the Continentals were rated 40 it was a real push for the Continentals to take the 40 I changed them at 41,000 it was a real push to do that but it's doable but those are supposed to last even so 50 55,000 miles I should be able to do which is about 10 to 15,000 miles more but the price difference was quite big so with the install and all the discounts that I've got the four Hankooks are about 17 50 where the Continentals would have been around 1500 so about 250 bucks difference for the four tires installed and all that not big not small I mean when you drive a car that big and that luxurious 250 bucks is nothing but there but but there's still a difference one lunch or dinner somewhere with a family of four or five or six this is the overall feeling now the data is one thing but the overall feeling is these are very bad tires very soft on the ride very soft I can just hear how well they absorb bumps and roads imperfections everything so they are premium tires that's for sure they're better than the Continentals and according to winter tests which I'm about to find out later on in about nine months probably they should be way better those tires should be way better than the Continental as far as grip so overall these these are the tires to go after and not really the Michelins the Michelins were way more expensive way lower economy you're gonna have a huge hit overall on these tires I haven't noticed any hit on performance which is great the Continentals were really good the Continentals the car will do on my average day-to-day commute it will be very very efficient I'll do three 3.4 which is I know the car normally doesn't do that it's my lower speeds on day-to-day rides with roads like this for example this one here has a limit of 30 miles an hour my day-to-day routine is between 35 and 55 most likely 45 on average or lower so it's very economical drive and I didn't notice any impact on on my economy from those tires which is great which is great as long as they don't go lower than what the manufacturer is specifying for the car I will consider them as a win because Michelins, Goodyears those are great tires but they have a lot of impact they have like 15 percent 10 to 15 percent impact on the fuel economy which if you're doing 300 miles which this car does if you're losing 15 percent which is extreme but I think the Goodyears are the one that have a huge role in resistance and people are complaining losing quite a bit there so over there you're looking at 45 50 miles you're gonna lose from your range because of the tire these I've already driven them for about 500 500 miles no impact very economical same same economy actually I was expecting to see some jump compared to the Continentals but I didn't to be honest unless it's so minimal and now that it gets actually warmer I'm gonna find out