winter tires

[Ed Kellock]

Chiming in re the Yokohama Guardex 600.  I would buy nothing but those
if they were still available.  I have a set on my V8 and have never
had a bad moment with them.  Almost nix'ed the ability to play
completely, darnit.

Those are now on the GF's automatic V8 and she seems to have lost all
fear of winter driving after one season.  Hell, last winter when I was
discouraging her from using the V8 because the timing belt was due,
she drove her Firebird all winter, with all season tires even.  But
I'm straying off topic...

The point is, I have remained very happy with those Yoko Guardex 600s.
 I've had Blizzaks and then Hakka 1's, Q's, & NRW's on other things in
the past 6 years and those Yoko's come out of the garage and hit the
road and are still equal in every way, in my experience.

Just put a set of Hankook's latest on my '91 Avant.  Winter Pike W409.
 Looks like an RSi, but who knows what the tread compound is like.
Time will tell.  So far they are handling fall usage just fine, but
that's no real test.

Ed
Colorado Springs


On 10/5/06, Tihol Tiholov <t.tiholov at gmail.com> wrote:
> It's nice to know whether you like to have long--lasting tires or best
> traction with more frequent tire purchase.
>
> What kept me away from Nokian in the past is their soft sidewalls.  A tire
> shop owner explained that soft sidewall provides more traction by allowing
> the tread to flex over frozen longitudinal ice strips on the road.  I buy
> that but still ... being a rally fan has to do with it.
> Now I have a set of Hankook and a set of Cooper, happy with both.  Cooper
> seems to be the best combination I've seen of snow and ice traction with
> siped and open tread, good price, too.
>
> Longest lasting were Yokohama Gardex 600 I had on the Typ 89 since 1998 with
> 1 flat only.  Almost got tired of them ;o))  Last spring my wife drove
> through a bad pothole and both right-side tires developed bulges in the
> sidewall, still remained drivable - very important as she was far from
> civilization.  The tire shop gave me pro-rated warranty even after all that
> time.
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