[s-cars] Another postive review for Artic Altimax

[Bruce Mendel]

They sound great, certainly for the money.

I was on Blizzak WS-60s, and they were a little noisy on plowed/dry/wet 
roads, but insanely good in deep snow. Almost no loss of traction, actually 
hard to tell there was snow on the ground unless I floored it or really 
initiated something crazy like a donut.

Can't say enough about them for deep snow.

Bruce
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Kase" <dbkase at gmail.com>
To: "JC" <jc at j2c3.com>
Cc: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 8:00 AM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Another postive review for Artic Altimax


> Wow - I thought I was the only one on these things.  Unbelievable in the
> snow this past weekend.  I was told they are an "old" Hakka or Gislaved 
> tire
> that General picked up - not sure if that is true. They do look similar to
> the Hakka 1's.  Two thumbs up here.
>
> DK
>
> On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 7:19 AM, JC <jc at j2c3.com> wrote:
>
>> FYI, yesterdays conditions perfect first field testing for the new set of
>> cheap General Artics and I find them to be outstanding for the money. 
>> Seem
>> as good or better as any similar Nokia/Gislaved/Blizzak I've had (which I
>> guess makes sense if it's the same tread mold as some of those...)
>>
>> Surprised at how quiet they even are, can't find any real downside. OK 
>> they
>> might not corner quite as well as some of the more expensive
>> highway-leaning-snows, you definitely feel that 'snow tire drift' on
>> highway
>> ramps but they feel just like a Hakka or Gis in that regard.  Seems like
>> really a great deal. Have yet to test ice behavior, perhaps that's the 
>> weak
>> spot, otherwise so far so good.
>>
>> JC
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