snow tires again

[Kneale Brownson]

I've used Cooper Cobras on a 4Kq and found them to be quiet, fine for 
mildly aggressive driving both summer and winter (Northern Michigan=150+ 
inches of snow a year) and significantly better tread life than the  higher 
performing single-purpose tires that cost a bunch more.  I also ran them on 
a 5Ktq, but I use Hakkas for winter tires on the 200q20v.


At 02:11 AM 10/15/2000 -0400, Rave Racer 2000 wrote:

>         How does anybody feel about the Cooper Cobras?  I've had good
>experiences on my Jetta, but don't have alot of experience with anything
>else on that car.  The Cobras handled extremely well for the 2WD IMHO, but
>this could be attributed to superioir engineering in a German auto.
>However, there may be flaws in this theory, in someone elses opinion, and I
>am interested in hearing a second opinion for my 87 4k Q sedan.
>
> > > Looking for some commentary from any lister on the any of the
> > > following
> > > tires:
> > >
> > > Michelin - Alpin H
> > >         - not a lot of road noise as compared to the other two
> > >         - don't wear as well as the other two
> > >         - pretty good handling as compared to 3 season tires
> > >
> > > Dunlop - winter sport M2
> > >         - more road noise than Hakka's or Alpin's
> > >         - wear better than the other 2
> > >         - handle similar to 3 season H rated tires
> > >
> > > Hakka NRW-H
> > >         - less road noise than the Dunlop's but more than the
> > > Michelin's
> > >         - wear better than the Michelin's but not as good as the
> > > Dunlop's
> > >         - handling in between also
> > >
> > > All of this commentary comes from a Direct Tire sales guy in
> > > Watertown MA.
>
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