[s-cars] Winter tyres and wheels

[Taka Mizutani]

Iain-
Where are you located? IMHO, your choice of winter rubber should depend on
the
environmental conditions of your area.

For example, in the Philly area, we hardly get consistently cold temps long
enough for everything to freeze over and stay frozen; therefore, getting
tires that are really good for ice are not the best choice (Nokian Hakka 4
studded, for example). Our winters generally consist of 30-40F temps, wet
slushy weather when there is precipitation, a lot of dry roads- getting one
of the performance winter tires works well here. Nokian WRs work really well
here and work well enough to get through fresh snow when it really does
snow.

If I were up in Vermont, I'd get something a lot more aggressive- Hakka 4
studded or Hakka RSi.

Personally, there is no way I'd run that wide of a tire (245 on a S6). My
recommendation- 205/50R17 XL load rated- narrow enough that it can take snow
well. WRs for my area, RSIs if you are further north and get real snow
fairly often, Hakka 4 if you get serious snow and ice all the time and don't
see much in the way of dry roads.

225/45R17 would be my 2nd choice- I always go down one size (at least) for
snows. If you can fit 16s, I'd do 16s rather than 17s.

Taka

On 9/20/06, iain.atkinson at tesco.net <iain.atkinson at tesco.net> wrote:
>
> Folks thinking about getting a set of winter rubber, never having done
> this before i have some really dumb basic questions.
>
> 1. Do i get the same size as my summer tyres?? If not then what size is
> best??
>
> 2. Should i just get a cheap set of used of wheels and put them on that??
>
>
> my car is an urs6 currently running 17" wheels with 245 tyres
>