[s-cars] Snow tires again

[Calvin Craig]

Just got done with a set of Wintersport M3's which I liked very much - since
they were replaced by Wintersport 3d's I just ordered up a set of those and
plan to put them on this weekend - size is 235/45/17.  I know, really wide
for a snow tire, but for the 20ish days of truly bad road conditions here in
Denver spread out over 6 months I can't sacrifice the dry grip for the other
160 days.
--Calvin


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[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Taka Mizutani
Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 1:47 PM
To: joe.pizzimenti at gmail.com
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Subject: Re: [s-cars] Snow tires again


Good question- thought the LM-25 was superceded by the LM-60, considering
that is the newest tire in their lineup.

Since I don't replace snow tires for 4-5 years, I try to buy the newest
generation in case I need to buy a couple replacements for a sidewall tear
or something like that.

Taka


On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 3:42 PM, <joe.pizzimenti at gmail.com> wrote:

> Why not the Blizzak LM-25?
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Taka Mizutani <t44tqtro at gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 15:39:28
> To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Subject: [s-cars] Snow tires again
>
> Listers-
> I'm in need of new snow tires for the relatively mild northeast winters
> that
> we get here in Philadelphia.
>
> I've been happy with my Nokian WR for the past 4 years, but they're down
to
> 4/32" and it's time for a new set.
>
> I looked at a new set of Nokians and have seen prices of $200 per tire in
> 225/45R17 for a WR and the latest Nokian R (which replaces or sits above
> the
> RSi) is $300 per tire in the same size! That's getting ridiculous.
>
> I started looking at Gislaved- need to find a Gislaved dealer that sells
> the
> Euro Frost 3 (I guess I can check the local Volvo dealer). The
> well-regarded
> Nord Frost 5 is a studded snow, don't need that here.
>
> I'm also looking at:
> Conti TS810S
> Michelin Pilot Alpin PA3
> Pirelli Winter 240 Sottozero Serie II
> possibly the Bridgestone Blizzak LM-60 (afraid the sidewalls will be too
> soft and the compounding will be too soft and wear very quickly)
> possibly Dunlop SPWintersport 3D (this is the oldest design I'm looking
at,
> probably superceded by several generations of newer tires listed above)
>
> What are your experiences with a more performance-oriented snow tire? I'm
> not looking for deep snow and ice performance, as we very very rarely get
> those conditions here, but I'm looking for a really good studless snow
that
> won't get bogged down in slush and wet snow. It's going on the Volvo V70R,
> which is very similar in weight and power to the UrS- roughly 4000 lbs.,
> 300
> hp and running 17x8 wheels- need a 225/45R17 snow tire if not a 235/45.
>
> Thanks,
> Taka
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