Winter Tires needed in Montreal

[no1of consequence]

im having great luck with dunlop wintersport m2's on the a4. [215 60 16 i 
think]. a buddy has them on his s4 and willget 5 seasons out of them, which 
is great bc the SF > tahoe commute is 99.5% dry road driving. thery are 
great handling, amazing in the snow  not to loud or squirmy in the dry 
[blizzaks suck in the dry]. im like them a lot. i would expect the hakka's 
are better in the snow -  but theyre $$$.

i scored mine used, 1 season, on a set of nice borbet's for 300$!

GL!
jim

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>Message: 8
>Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 22:05:32 -0500
>From: <mboucher70 at hotmail.com>
>Subject: Winter Tires needed in Montreal
>To: <quattro at audifans.com>
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>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
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>Other Interesting ads:
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>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
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