[s-cars] Wot Winter Tires??

[Taka Mizutani]

Thanks John-
That's what I mean- I love my Pilot Alpin PA3s for the typical winters
here, but if I lived where Larry lives, I'd want something more like a
Hakkapellita R. If I lived in Colorado or Minnesota, I don't know what I'd
want- the Hakka R would work for Minnesota, but I don't know what the
conditions are like in Colorado. If you lived in Seattle, you probably
could get away with a good all-season that is "mountain" and "snowflake"
rated.

Taka


On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 11:57 PM, John Cunningham <jc at j2c3.com> wrote:

> Good call Taka. When I lived in VT as an addicted ski nazi my studded
> Hakkas were the best. When I lived in DC I could enjoy my summer
> performance tires 99% of the calendar and a waste of time to swap anything
> else.  Living in between geographically when I still skied a lot, major
> unstudded but hard core snows made a lot of sense for regular roadies, but
> now that i dont the fact that I carry 2 full sets of A-max in the family
> seems overkill... I'm actually prob running all seasons only on a RWD this
> winter (... Well... also still a Quattro in the driveway... For now...)
>
> But as you say what the goal is makes all the difference. FWIW Altimax are
> great as snows but weak in sidewall compared to more road-oriented and
> advanced tire tech... Depends on what one needs...
>
> JC
>
> Sent from iPad
>
> On Oct 16, 2012, at 23:30, Taka Mizutani <t44tqtro at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Snow tire recommendations are really only valid if you state your driving
> > conditions and your priorities for a snow tire.
> >
> > Where I live, the roads are usually plowed and I have to worry more about
> > how the tire does in slush and black ice. Rarely
> > do I ever encounter deep, fresh snow. Also, there are long periods where
> > the roads are dry and I'm just driving on cold, dry roads.
> >
> > Therefore, my priorities would be radically different than someone that
> > lived in a rural area, had to deal with lots of unplowed, fresh snow
> > and hardpack in a climate where it never got warm enough to melt the
> snow.
> >
> > Everyone will give you a recommendation based on their needs; without
> > knowing what those are, any recommendations are next to useless.
> >
> > Taka
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