[s-cars] Dunlop Graspic DS3 Snowies

[LL - NY]

Bob Meyers forwarded a post by Chris Chambers that states that the General
Altimax Artic is the same tire as the Gislaved Nordfrost 5. Even though I
want to avoid studs, at the price that these seem to be going at, they may
well be my new snow tire.

On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 12:28 PM, Bares, Vittorio
<Vittorio.Bares at nuance.com>wrote:

> They are squirmy.
>
> They are good on ice and pretty good in snow. Excellent actually for the
> price.
>
> IMO they also have a short life, as only 1/2 of the tread is a winter
> tire - when you wear 1/2 way down - they are now all season (at least
> the DS1's and 2s)
>
> Vittorio -
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of David Cahill
> Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 12:09 PM
> To: LL - NY; s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Dunlop Graspic DS3 Snowies
>
> A close friend has the Graspic DS2s on his B5 A4. My driving impression
> was
> that they were squirmy on highway curves, but had a good open tread
> pattern
> for clearing snow. I didn't get to try them on ice. The price is
> definitely
> right.
>
> On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 11:58 AM, LL - NY <larrycleung at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Anyone with experience with them, or their predecessors, the DS2?
> >
> > Nokians have priced themselves out of contention for my current
> budget.
> >
> > TIA,
> >
> > LL - NY
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