[s-cars] Another tire question

[Lee Levitt]

Dave writes:

> Nokian NRW's for year round or dedicated summer tire and winter tire(with
> steel rim purchase)?
>
> No track, stock 5 spoke S6 wheels, live in NYC, three or four
> trips up to VT to snowboard every winter.  Otherwise mostly use the car to
leave town ie
> highway & country roads.
>

Dave,

You could do worse. The NRWs are a very good snow tire. I bought a set a
couple of years ago for winter use only, and was rather surprised at their
dry performance. If you could only run a single set of tires summer and
winter, these would be it.

Your challenge will be to choose the right size. For a snow tire, a 205/55
16" is the correct size, for a summer tire, you'll want a 225/50 16". The
latter is too wide for snow, the former is a bit narrow - which is one of
several reasons to run dedicated snows.

Lee
'95.5 S6 avant
'96 A6 quattro avant