Re: Winter tires

[John Karasaki <johkar@teleport.com>]

Whew!  I just bought the Dunlop Graspic HS1 (yesterday) and was starting to
get disappointed until I saw your second list.

Since I bought them for the Steamboat Springs driving event (and couldn't
afford the Hakka's), I'm glad they were in the top 2 in snow and ice
performance.

Did they mention anything about wear?  I'll be putting them on in Portland,
OR and driving the 1000+ miles to Steamboat, do the event, and driving
back.  Hopefully, they won't be dead in less than 3k miles!

Thanks!


At 03:21 PM 10/29/98 -0500, Dan Simoes wrote:
>Consumer Reports tests tires in its current issue.
>The rankings are:
>
>overall:
>1.Michelin XM+S Alpin
>2.Bridgestone Blizzak WS-15
>3.Firestone Firehawk Touring LH
>4.Pirelli Winter Ice
>5.Firestone Winterfire
>6.Dunlop Graspic HS1
>7.Yoko Guardex 600
>8.Cooper Weathermaster XGA
>
>Notice an all season tire in the middle of the pack.
>In typical mushy CRese, they figure an all-season is
>almost good enough.
>
>
>More relevant numbers are snow/ice performance:
>1.Yoko 
>2.Graspic
>3.Alpin
>4.Blizzak
>5.Winterfire
>6.Winter Ice
>7.Cooper
>8.Firehawk (duh)
>
>
>For my money, I'd buy Nokian Hakka 1s for deep snow and ice
>(like if you go skiing to VT every weekend), or Dunlop Graspics
>on a budget (which I have).
>My local Sams Club has the Firestone Winterfires for under $40
>in most sizes, which is very tempting too.
>The new Michelins look to be a good tire as well.
>
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Best Regards,

John Karasaki
Portland, OR