Best snow tire size?

[Greg Galinsky]

Todd Young wrote:

> You would be better off with the 185/60R15 size.
> You want a narrow snow tire if possible to cut through the snow, not a 
> wide tire that will "float" on top of the snow.
> 
> At least that's what I was taught.
> 
> Kurt W. Deschler wrote:
> 
>> I am shopping for used Hakkas for my 87 5ktq. It normally has 250/60/15.
>> The options I have available right now are 205/65/15, 205/55/16, and
>> 185/60/15. Anyone running these sizes? Please advise. Thanks.
>>
>>     -Kurt
>>     '87 5kcstq
>>     '88 vw gti 16v
> 
> 
> 
The 185/60-15 is not going to have the load capacity for a 5k.  I 
suspect that there may be a typo in that tire size also.  I've sold 
Nokian Hakkas for 25 years and have never seen that size.  A Bridgestone 
Blizzack is the only snow tire I know of in that size.  That size is 
about right  for a Miata.   You are right in that you want a narrow 
tire; and the first numbers in a tire size define the tread width of a tire.

Greg Galinsky
G & G Service