Subject: [s-cars] snow tires

[Mike Platt]

Having lived in the white mountains of NH for many
years I only buy one snow tire. Nokia Hakkapaletta. My
S6 avant, and many prior Audi quattros, runs 15" steel
wheels with 195/65 dedicated snow tires. Tall and
skinny is the golden rule for snow traction. Just look
at any WRC car and you'll see.
I dare anyone to hang with me in the passing lane in a
snowstorm. The people who attempt to run 16" snows are
always in my rear view mirror.
It may be overkill but , I never miss a day of skiing
because of a measley 12" snow storm. I got my wifes A6
avant stuck once in 22"' because of ground clearance
problems not snow tire traction. It lifted the car of
the ground.
Good Luck,
Mike P
95.5 S6 avant, the ski car and family truckster
75 911 Carrera Targa
74 914 2.0


Someone mentioned snow tires...so I thought I'd ask. I
know it's only
September, 80 degrees and sunny, but...

I'm going to be shopping for snow tires and my chosen
brand (Nokia)
doesn't
offer a snow in a 225/50 16. The closest they get is a
215/55 or
225/55, and
these are too tall for my car (will rub against the
fender liner on
compression).

So I think my choices are to go with a 205/55 16 Nokia
(and live with
the
fact that they don't quite belong on an 8" wide
wheel), or go to a
different
tire (Michelin, Pirelli or Dunlop) that's available in
a 225/50 16
size.

I ran a set of 205/55 16 Nokias on my 16x8 wheels, and
while nothing
bad
happened, they looked like they really wanted to be on
a narrower
rim...

If I went with Nokia, I'm undecided between the NRW
and the Q. The NRW
will
give better dry road performance, while I believe the
Q will give
better
deep snow performance.

Also, if I go with the Q's I'll be able to do back to
back comparos
with the
NRWs on my wife's A6 :)

Thoughts appreciated. My tire guy typically has really
good pricing on
snow
tires through mid-October...

Lee
'95.5 S6 avant
'96 A6 quattro avant



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