Tires for Winter Driving

A trail of 5 pages, marked with comments, by KenjiK
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All season tires are ok in general, but you need special winter tires if you often drive on snowy roads or go skiing all the time. My report on Dunlop WS M3 here
5 marks in this trail
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-Bridgestone Blizzak WS-50 -Green Diamond Inari -Kuhmo KW11 I*Zen Stud -Nokian Hakkapeliita-2 & WR -Toyo Observe G0-2 Plus
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Useful information on snow tires, run privately.
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Nokian Hakkapeliitta RSi One of the best for mixed winter driving. $118 (free shipping)
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This is what I bought, hope they work well!

So they got delivered at our door steps within a week. Put them on our Jetta wagon, then we got snow in town, and ice everywhere. Trip for skiing was confidence builder. Great traction in snow, stable on icy surface. When the road got really icy after Turkey day, they worked reasonably on real ice. We saw some car's real wheels turning slowly while stopping for green lights! These tires work as good as all-season tires on dry surface, much better on wet.


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