Nokia Hakka's ?

[Russell T. Neyhart]

Good Morning Doyt,
    The URL to Nokian's North American Operations Web site is:
<http://www.nokiantyres.com/indexen.html>.  My wife and I used the
Hakkapeliitta 10's when we lived in Maine; 175/70R13 for my car (1990 Mazda
Protegé SE) and 165/80R13 for hers (1989 Toyota Corolla All-Trac Sedan).  We
were very happy with their performance and longevity.  We have Hakka. 1's
(not studded) on our cars now; 175/70R13's for both my car (same Mazda) and
hers (1996 Toyota Tercel DX).  I also got a set of them in 185/65R14 for my
'86 VW QSW, but I haven't tried it in the snow yet.  I think I'll be happy
with them.  We took a drive from Saint Albans to Barre on Monday down I-89
and the noise level was very low.  I bought them at Goss Tire in South
Burlington, Vt.  Nokian has a listing of retailers on their site I believe.
Russ

-----Original Message-----
From: Doyt W. Echelberger <Doyt at nwonline.net>
To: quattro at audifans.com <quattro at audifans.com>
Date: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 10:29 PM
Subject: Nokia Hakka's ?


>I can't find anything at the tire discounter web sites describing the
>different flavors of this snow tire. I have heard of Hakka-1, Hakka-10,
>Hakka NRW, Hakka "Q"'s, and there are probably others.
>
>I'd appreciate any opinions based on personal experience with the tires.
>After all, I haven't tried winter tires yet and some of you have been snow
>tiring for years.
>
>I'd like to hear about the performance of unstudded Nokia Hakka's (any
>flavor) on ice-coated traffic-packed snow, glare ice, and icy slush. I know
>they will be incredible in deep snow. That isn't the problem.  Noise levels
>at 60-70 are also of great interest.
>
>Tried all the search engines and came up with nothing but stuff on Nokia
>phones. I want to know about Hakka-1's and Hakka 10's, etc, and other
>available choices.
>
>Doyt Echelberger
>87 5kcstq