snow tire opinions/supplier

[james accordino]

I used Artic Alpins last yr. based on a test I saw in
Consumer Reports that showed them far the best in NE
mixed winter crap(wet snow, slush, ice).  I only get
"real" snow about 20-25% of the time.  The rest is
mostly wet/frozen stuff.

My $.02
Jim Accordino

--- Larry C Leung <l.leung at juno.com> wrote:
> Asking for a friend.
> 
> His priority is control on freezing rain, icy
> conditions rather than pure
> snow. 
> 
> Doesn't like the Blizzak concept (i.e. turns to an
> "all-season" after the
> tread wears down 55%), wants a through and through
> winter tire. Travels
> about 75 miles one way over the Catskill Mtns.
> daily. 
> 
> I've recommended Nokian Hakka 10's, as I'm not sure
> if the NRW's meet his
> ice need (but meets the high speed high milage
> need), but he doesn't know
> of a supplier that also carries rims (okay, okay,
> it's for a Subie, he
> already has snows and rims for his '93 100CSQA).
> 
> Any recommendations for what TireRack or Discount
> Tire Direct carries
> (Alpins, Graspics, Winterfire), or suppliers for
> Nokians (with Sube
> rims)?
> 
> TIA,
> 
> LL - NY (happy with Kelly Pacemarks, but I'm not
> sure of their ice
> performance. Perfectly fine in hardpack and fresh
snow)