Hakka NRW-H Cord Separation and strange Porsche story

[AudiBiTurbo at aol.com]

Rotating any tire is critical to long life in most cars, but especially true 
with real snow tires and cars with not-so-high-tech rear suspension designs 
(VWs, FWD Audis, Saabs, etc).  Basically, camber is never adjusted correctly 
in the rear of these cars (adjust one side, the other goes out... it's a 
compromise).  Anyhow, in combination with TALL, soft (squirmy) tread blocks, 
the material wears easily.  On top of this, running NRW-Hs year round makes 
the "problem" worse with increased heat of non-wintertime wear.  I know, 
Nokian sells them as "all seasons," but we all know they're a high-speed snow 
tire!   =)
I'm not overly interested in getting into specifics (geometry, compounding, 
etc) on this one- I just wanted to shed some light on what is going on.  I do 
hope I've helped.  Your tuner should be able to get into detail with you next 
time your car is on the lift.

I'm glad you like the Qs.  I run them on my father's '00 A8q and my mother's 
FWD Lexus ES300.  I run NRW-Hs on my '00 S4q (17" snows... who would've thunk 
it?) and on my FWD GTiVR6.

Mark Rosenkrantz (tuner and Nokian dealer)
AudiBiTurbo at aol.com
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