Winter Tires needed in Montreal

[radek@istar.ca]

I second Kneale's opinion, no point buying used winter tires.  You're better off 
buying inexpensive but new.  

In Montreal you should be able to find a Maloya dealer.  I bought a set of 
Maloyas three years ago in Ottawa and I know the vendor brought them 
in from Montreal.  Maloya is a Swiss company owned by Vredestein, 
the Dutch giant.  Excellent tires, still on the car, and the price was below 
what I would pay for regular Canadian Tire stuff, I think it was 
around $60 per tire including balancing.

Call around wrecking yards and get a set of rims, you'll be 
all set for quite a few years.
Let me know if you need any help.

Radek in Ottawa
88 90Q
91 V8Q 5-sp.

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> Message: 9
> Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 23:46:23 -0500
> From: Kneale Brownson <kneale at coslink.net>
> Subject: Re: Winter Tires needed in Montreal
> To: <mboucher70 at hotmail.com>, <quattro at audifans.com>
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> Most winter tire compounds work best when new, so I wouldn't want to use
> someone else's worn tires.  A 195/65-15 would give you a slightly taller
> tire with a slightly more skinny profile to let you go through deeper snow
> and put more of the car's weight on a smaller patch to make it bite more.
> 
> My personal preference is Nokian Hakkapeliitta.  I've driven on the Q model
> since we're not allowed studs here, and now I'm going for the RSi, the Q's
> replacement.  On our V8s and my 200q20v, I'm running 205/60/15.
> 
> 
> At 10:05 PM 11/1/2005 -0500, mboucher70 at hotmail.com wrote:
> >I've made do with all season tires in winter for the past two years, and I 
> >think I'm going to give in and get some winter tires for my Audi this year.  
> >My needs aren't spectacular - I'm a pretty tame driver in the winter, but I 
> >figured I may as well get some advice to get the best buy for my dollar.  
> >
> >Car: 1990 Audi 100, 2.3L, non-turbo, non-quatro
> >Driving: mostly city in Montreal, but need to occasionally deal with 
> >unplowed roads after fresh snowfall, or 'black ice' on a highway drive
> >
> >So, I've been doing some scouting for what's available and was hoping anyone 
> >might jump in with recommendations on which of these they've had good or bad 
> >experiences with, or what seems a good buy for the price.  I should probably 
> >get rims so I don't have to pull my 4seasons off the audi rims...
> >
> >As best I can tell, the ideal winter size is a 195/65 R15, however from Tire 
> >Rack, I think my car can use anything from a 185 to a 205, and a 14 up to a 
> >16 ... (?)
> >
> >
> >What I've found for sale, used:
> >
> >This one sounds great because it comes with rims:
> >4 Pirelli Ice Plus, 195/65 R15 about 10,000 miles, used on a Jetta, $200 
> >including rims
> >
> >I've heard lots of good things about TOYO so I've been looking at these:
> >4 TOYO ObserveG-02 Studless (195/65 R15), $160
> >4 Toyo Observe G-03 195/55 R15 tires. Used for 2 winters $200 
> >4 Toyo Observe G-02 205/50 R15 86T, $250
> >4 TOYO Observe G-02 Plus, 185/65 R14, 1 season, $180 
> >
> >Other Interesting ads:
> >
> >4 Bridgestone Blizzak, 185/70R14, good condition, $220
> >4Tiger Paw P205/70/R15 2 seasons, $80
> >4 Michelin Arctic P195/70/R14 2 seasons, $80
> >4 Cooper Weather Master S/T2 , 195/65 R15  $349 
> >4 MICHELIN 'winter tires' (model not stated) P205/65R15 with the rims $300
> >4 Michelin Arctic Alpin 205/60R15, 5000km, $300
> >
> >Thanks in advance for any information,
> >
> >Charles