Best snow tire size?

[Todd Young]

Yeah, I saw your post afterwards. I wasn't paying attention to the 
actual sizes for a 5k, I was just looking for the smallest tread width.

Greg Galinsky wrote:
> 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
> 
> 

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