[A4] snow tires, yet again
Ed Kellock
ekellock at gmail.com
Wed Jun 15 12:03:31 EDT 2005
You know, I haven't had another snow tire that seems as all-around
capable as that Yoko Guardex 600. I sure wish they still made them.
On 6/15/05, Brandon Rogers <brogers at terrix.com> wrote:
> Hey Rocky-
> Sorry no experience with the Pirelli , but- the RSi is a hardcore snow/ice
> tire according to Gary Bergman, owner of a tire warehouse heavily involved
> (including development) with Nokian. Gary also owns an '83 urq BTW, Anyway
> if you plan on doing a lot of dry driving too, I'd recommend the Nokian WR.
> Sorry no experience since late 1980's with Pirelli snows. I have the Nokian
> WR on my A4 and they were great this past winter. Frankly they were not
> quite as good in the snow as the Yoko Guardex 600 - but combined with
> quattro there were of course no issues. Here in Denver I actually drive in
> the dry 90% of the time (even in winter) and the dry handling is vastly
> improved - as is highway handling of course. That's why I went with WR vs
> RSi.
>
> hth
>
> Brandon
> '98 A4
> '84 urq 20V
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rocky Mullin" <caliban at sharon.net>
> To: <a4 at audifans.com>; "quattro bang" <quattro at audifans.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 4:27 PM
> Subject: [A4] snow tires, yet again
>
>
> >
> > so, i'm a nokian fan. i've got studded hakka 1s on steel rims,
> > nice and narrow. at the end of winter some lady took out the front
> > end of my car, damaging the stock URQ rim. i've told the insurance
> > company that they're no longer produced, so i need a new set of rims
> > as well as tires. i've picked out the rims on tire rack and now i
> > need to choose a studless winter tire. my URQ rims had hakka Qs on
> > them.
> >
> > even though i live in san francisco, i head to tahoe enough in
> > the winter that i tend to run my studless snows all winter long, and
> > occasionally put the studs on the challenge 80 in the sierras during
> > heavy winter storms. i've been happy with the nokians, big time, but
> > it's far less complicated to get snow tires from tire rack, with the
> > rims, mounted, and with a road hazard plan.
> >
> > how do y'all feel about the pirelli winter 210 and 240 tires?
> > they also have the pirelli winter carving and the blizzak. how do they
> > stack up? especially when compared to nokians. the hakka q is still
> > barely available, though i am looking at the RSI as my choice for medium
> > winter rubber shoes.
> >
> > TIA!
> >
> > --
> > Rocky Mullin
> >
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> >
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