[s-cars] Another postive review for Artic Altimax

[LL - NY]

I surprisingly haven't had them in any serious snow yet. They seem pretty
good on black ice, but then again, I got studs.  I find them noisy, but then
again, I'm running them on a Saabaru, so any tire noise is going to be a lot
more noticeable than in the UrS. At first, when I got them on, I thought
OMG, what did I do? They're significantly more "snow tire like" (wandering,
squirrely, generally unfun)   than any previous Nokians I had run (RSi,
WR-G2) but they are much more of a snow that either of those. The real test
will be if (or when) we get a real single dump like about 6 years ago, which
matched what you folks on the East Coast got. On RSi's I was able to plow
along through 10" of unplowed lightly packed powder. If they can do better
than that, then, at the price, they are a winner.

BTW, the tread pattern is identical to the Gislaved Nordfrost 3 (they're up
to 5 now). No idea if the compound is the same, but the tests I've seen says
that they're going to do pretty well regardless.

On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 8:07 AM, Bruce Mendel <brucem105 at comcast.net> wrote:

> 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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