[urq] Snow tires.

[Greg Galinsky]

Ingo Rautenberg wrote:

> Louis-Alain,
> 
> In your case I'd probably buy studded tires like the Gislaved Nordfrost 3's,
> but since they're not allowed in Michigan, I only have experience with
> Blizzaks, Pirelli Winter 210's and Hakka Q.  I like the Q's for all-around
> winter driving, but the Blizzaks are a bit better on ice.  The Blizzaks are
> alot more squirrely in the dry, however.  Best dry pavement performance were
> the Pirelli's -- but they wern't so good on ice.  No experience with the
> Gislaveds.  Oh, I found something that my be of interest to you:
> http://forums.beyond.ca/showthread/t-26846.html
> 
> This guy translated a Swedish snow tire comparison yest and (surprise) the
> two Blizzaks were disqualified (too dangerous) because of their poor dry
> pavemnet performance.
> 
> Halfway down someone recapped Consumer Reports winter tire test of 2002.
> 
> HTH
> 
> -Ingo
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The thing to watch with tire tests is that they generally always test 
"NEW" tires. The results are only relevant if you are always using new 
tires.  The Nokian and Gislaveds both have all their sipes that got full 
depth down to 2/32" tread depth; mim=nimum legal tread depth.  That way 
you don't get as much of a falloff in function as the tread wears.  Ask 
anyone who read the Consumers Reports tests that rated the Dunlop D60 
and then D65 A2 as a great tire even in wet conditions.  At about 10 to 
14k those tires started getting very dangerous in wet.

I recall seeing a tire test when I was in Finland where they tested all 
tires after putting somethink like 20k on them.  That sseemed like a 
real world test.

Greg Galinsky
G & G Service