[s-cars] Wot Winter Tires??

[Eric Phillips]

Here in E. WA we get all kinds of different winter conditions - dry
snow, wet snow, black ice, dry cold and multiple permutations of the
above.  I find that with AWD, any winter (not all-season - winter)
tire works acceptably.  For the 2WD cars we have had, including FWD C4
Avant and RWD W210 Avant, Gislaved NordFrost5 tires have been a great
combination of price and performance.  For the money, they stand head
and shoulders above the others I have run.  They are the equal of the
Hakkas I ran early on.  For half the price (more or less).

Eric


> Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 00:14:58 -0400
> From: Taka Mizutani <t44tqtro at gmail.com>
> To: John Cunningham <jc at j2c3.com>
> Cc: "S-Car-List at Audifans.Com" <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> 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.