Re: Snow Tires

[joel nevin <joelnevin@yahoo.com>]

I had a set of Nokia's on my 4000Q when I lived in VT,
I had the Nokia NRW's, Loved them, no problem in the
snow and the back hill dirt roads in VT.

Here is my take I have had nokia's both the hakka's
and the NRW's and have friends that have used the
blizzaks.

Nokia NRW's: although tread design is not as
aggressive as the other two with quattro you should
have no problem in the snow. The lower profile is
better for breaking and cornering and since the tread
design is not as aggressive as the the other 2 will
not buzz on the highway. Also they didn't wear as
much.

Nokia Hakkapellita's: A very aggressive tread
design,and higher profile this caused them to buzz at
higer speeds and cornering and stopping were a little
iffy at times. The Hakka's are a go anywhere, climb
the side of a barn tire. Especially with quattro.

Bridgestone Blizzaks:(this info is from when I drove
my friends VW Jetta) The blizzaks are a great tire for
snow or climbing hills but that was about all that I
noticed that they were good for. Regular driving  was
very mushy, felt like I was riding on neoprene pads,
cornering was the same, although traction was great
the lateral movement of the tires was too.

That is why I opted for the Nokia NRW's, If you're
willing to pay a little more than the other two I
would look into these. Also since they are a lower
profile tire, driving in the spring/summer isn't that
bad either.

Joel
1996 A4 Quattro



--- Jenny Curtis <jenny@physics.spa.umn.edu> wrote:
> Hey Q-List:
> 
> I'm getting my snow shoes put on this week-end so I
> thought it would be a good
> time to discuss this snow tire test I read about on
> the Nokian page:
> 
> 
> http://www.nokiantyres.com/ptindex.html
> 
> In a Finnish test of studless snow tires (I'm a
> little skeptical about the
> objectivity of the test, since it was posted on
> Nokian's web page) the Hakka Q
> beat the Bridgestone Blizzak, Continental Viking,
> Michelin Maxi Ice and the
> Pirelli Winter Ice.  The Blizzak came in first in
> all the initial tests, but
> after they drove the tire for a few months and
> re-tested them, the Hakka Qs
> performed better.  The testers recommended keeping
> snow tires for two seasons
> and then wearing them out the following summer,
> getting new snows on the third
> winter.  Doesn't sound like folks in Finland get
> much use out their summer
> tires.  The whole point of the tests was to show
> that all the tires performed
> pretty well brand new, but as soon as they began to
> wear out, and on some brands
> like Michelin it happened within 10, 000 KM, they
> began to perform alarmingly
> unevenly.    The Blizzaks were mentioned as being
> prone to going from stable to
> skid really suddenly and they actually preferred the
> Pirelli which seemed to
> skid all the time.  At least you would be used to
> skidding and ready to handle
> it.  Has anyone noticed this phenomenon in their
> Blizzaks or is it all just
> corporate-sposored hogwash?
> 
> It's snowing in North Dakota and the white stuff is
> on its way here.
> 
> yippee,
> Jenny
> 4kcsQ:Eurotrash Princess
> 
> 
> 

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