WR? Re: Nokian Group Buy

[Benedikt Rochow]

I thought all Nokian "winter" tires were essentially year-round, due to
no higher wear at higher temperatures. Not so?


-----Original Message-----
From: Kneale Brownson [mailto:knotnook at traverse.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 8:02 PM
To: Benedikt Rochow; quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Re: WR? Re: Nokian Group Buy

Isn't the WR supposed to be an all-season tire?  No all-season tire
matches
the winter performance of most winter tires.  They also can't match the
performance of summer tires.  

At 07:41 PM 10/26/2004 -0400, Benedikt Rochow wrote:
>
>
>Any opinions on the Nokian WR?
>
>After years of reading about the wonders of Hakkas, seeing this group
>buy, and hearing from my father who resides in Germany that they're
>known there to be pretty good (though there are even better choices)
>(and that that matches his experience with a current set), I searched
>again, and found that the WR actually comes in two sizes that sort of
>fit my cars. None of the other Nokian winter types fit; the WR is not
>actually listed on the nokiatires.com pages, but etires.com lists them.
>
>Looking at German-language winter tire tests, there seems to be two
>basic tests that keep being quoted: the ADAC (German AAA), which calls
>it "barely recommendable", which is the worst mark any tire in their
>test got, citing "relatively weak on snow and ice". (Great. Just what I
>want in a winter tire.) "test" (German Consumer Reports) calls it
>acceptable in one test, and (apparently - I can't find it anymore now)
>good in another (in another size).
>
>This is giving me seconds thoughts about spending even slightly more
>than what Blizzaks would cost, which, while having a limited lifespan,
>have proven to be really quite good while they last. What makes me
doubt
>those tests a little is that Michelin Arctic tires came out on top - I
>have a set of those and find it dangerous in pretty much any weather.
>
>Is the WR worth the Nokian premium? Or are those praises always sung to
>only all other Nokian winter tires?
>
>I'd appreciate any advice.
>
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