[A4] Hakka Q Prices

[Doug Johnson]

The comment regarding available spares, and going with the RSi instead, 
makes sense.
For the record, I will not be installing studs.  These will be 'snow only' 
tires, mounted on a second set of wheels.  :-)

~ Doug

----Original Message Follows----
From: "Brian White" <brian at bjwhite.net>
To: "Peter Kirby" <4pkirby at gmail.com>, "Doug Johnson" <ur-quattro at msn.com>
CC: a4 at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [A4] Hakka Q Prices
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 07:19:01 -0800

Not to mention that studs are a no-no in the rain (they are very slippery)
and studless technology has come so far that really, studs are a thing of 
the
past. (Unless you are driving on a frozen lake on solid ice.)


On Thu, 9 Nov 2006 09:26:17 -0500, Peter Kirby wrote
 > A friend with Hakka Qs on his Legacy told me they have been
 > discontinued and they don't appear on the Nokian web site.  If that's
 > true, I would put on something else -- if you blow one Q you may not
 > be able to replace it.
 >
 > Peter
 >
 > On 11/9/06, Doug Johnson <ur-quattro at msn.com> wrote:
 > > Thanks Rocky.  Does anyone think the $500 for a new set of mounted and
 > > balanced Hakka Qs is good or bad?
 > >
 > >  ~ Doug
 > >
 > >
 > > > -----Original Message-----
 > > > From: Rocky Mullin [mailto:caliban at sharon.net]
 > > > Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 7:15 PM
 > > > To: Doug Johnson; a4 at audifans.com
 > > > Subject: Re: [A4] Hakka Q Prices
 > > >
 > > >
 > > >       i think i got RSi.
 > > >
 > > >       i also have a set of studded hakka Qs on steel rims.
 > > > some studs missing but the tread itself is still barely used.
 > > >  nice and narrow, too.  anyone wann abuy them?
 > > >
 > > >       might be 15s though, but 205/60.
 > > >
 > > > At 5:35 PM -0800 11/8/06, Doug Johnson wrote:
 > > > >So, does less than $500 for a set of four 205/60X15 Hakka Qs sound
 > > > >decent, or would everyone spring for $600 for a set of the Hakka 
RSi?
 > > > >
 > > > >TIA,
 > > > >
 > > > >  ~ Doug
 > > > >
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