snow tire opinions/supplier

[Dave Aukerman]

Used Hakka 1's last year.  Amazing tire.  Huge bite.  Studdable.  Not as ice
capable as the Q's from what I've been told.  Got em from Greer Enterprises.

Dave

----- Original Message -----
From: "james accordino" <ssgacc at yahoo.com>
To: "Larry C Leung" <l.leung at juno.com>
Cc: "audi list" <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2001 9:19 AM
Subject: Re: snow tire opinions/supplier


> 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)
>
>