[s-cars] Wot Winter Tires??

[Tony Curran]

Taka,

You make a good point and I should have mentioned I live in Ottawa - in cold
White North - so plenty of snow - but diminished in recent years. Studs are
not allowed here.

A follow on question would be about load rating 93 vs 97. The Continentals I
currently have are 97 and have solid feel. I suspect 93 would explain the
soft feel I've seen mentioned in reviews. I leaning towards tires with 97
rating again.

Tony

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[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Taka Mizutani
Sent: October-17-12 12:15 AM
To: John Cunningham
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Subject: Re: [s-cars] Wot Winter Tires??

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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