Snow tires

[joel nevin]

I'd agree the Hakka NRW's are a great "all season"
tire, they have fairly aggressive tread pattern, but
not too aggressive as to sound like a angry nest of
hornets while cruising at 80mph. Also have stiffer
sidewalls and lower profile for dry.
I had a set on my 4kq in vermont. Got thru winter,
mudseason, and since I was a poor college kid back
then, got me thru the summer too.
I currently have the hakka 1's on my A4 here in MA,
but after these wear out,I will be going back to the
NRWs

Joel

--- Zsolt <zed123 at telusplanet.net> wrote:
> Brandon,
>
> That is exactly the reason I bought the Hakka NRW. I
> needed a tire that
> will be good on snow and will also perform well on
> dry pavement.
>
> I love them. I never thought a tire could be as good
> as these in both
> conditions.
>
> Zsolt
>
> Brandon Rogers wrote:
>
> > I have Yoko Guardex 600 on my A4--great in the
> snow but definitely sloppy in
> > the dry.  I'd go so far as to say they stink in
> the dry.  I've heard great
> > things about the Arctic Alpin--anybody have any
> input on this snow tire?
> >
> > I've had some worn Gislaved studded snows on my
> urquattro that are
> > awesome--nothing like full throttle acceleration
> in powder/packed powder
> > with a little bit of rooster tail from each wheel!
> >
> > Brandon
> > '84 urquattro
> > '98 A4
> >
> > Message: 14
> > Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 09:17:40 -0700 (MST)
> > From: Iain Mannix <mannix at rmsolo.org>
> > To: c a l i b a n <caliban at sharon.net>
> > cc: quattro! <quattro at audifans.com>
> > Subject: Re: snow tires, as usual
> >
> > A couple of friends of mine use these on their
> Saab 900s, they
> > like them a lot.  Both have used other "good"
> snows; Nokias of
> > various model, Blizzaks, Dunlop Graspics, etc -
> neither claim
> > they are the best they've ever used(both are
> partial to
> > Nokia Haka 10s with studs), but both are very
> happy with the
> > Toyos.
> >
> > I've personally used Blizzaks, Yoko Guardex,
> Vredstein Snow +
> > with studs(amazing tire), Nokia H10/studs(my
> favorite),
> > Gislaved studded - not personally owned the
> Observe, but I've
> > ridden in Toyo-shod Saabs, and while not quattros,
> they
> > seemed to do a very good job.  Both live in the
> mountains
> > above Boulder, both ski, ehh, dunno - they seem to
> like them
> > a lot.
> >
> > No real mention of tire wear from either one - I
> suspect
> > they're good.
> >
> > For a cheap studless tire, I liked the Guardexes
> on my
> > 87 5kcsqa; I bought them to "get me by," needed
> something
> > acceptable for a winter, figured I'd use them one
> winter and
> > get something studded - wound up using them for
> three.
> > No real complaints - kinda itchy in slush once
> some
> > wear accumulated, but overall, I liked them a lot,
> bearing
> > price in mind.
> >
> >
> > Iain Mannix
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, c a l i b a n wrote:
> >
> >
> >>not for me.  i'm way stoked on my hakka 1 set.
> >>
> >>i have a friend looking into these toyo tires, for
> her
> >>subaru.  they have walnut shells.  "observe".
> >>
> >>any opinions on them, out there?
> >>
>
>>http://www.toyo.com/tires/tire_lines/broad/observe.html
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>--
> >>  rocky mullin - chaotic good
> >>  http://caliban.sf.ca.us/
> >>  "We are not human beings on a spiritual journey,
> >>   but spiritual beings on a human journey." -Some
> Guy
> >>
> >
> >
> >
>
>


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