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I have been purchasing my Nokians from TiresByWeb for years (even before they were TiresByWeb).When you are done can you post a list of exactly what you bought, where, how much for the tires and wheels so others can replicate as a package for next winter?
When you are done can you post a list of exactly what you bought, where, how much for the tires and wheels so others can replicate as a package for next winter?
Would appreciate hearing how much road noise you get. I took the Michelin "summer" tires off because the road noise was obnoxious and replaced the with the Continental "Conti-Silent" and they are much quieter.
Excellent. As a fan of these tires I eagerly await your report.Finally put them on and will be taking a 200 mile trip tomorrow. I'll report back. While I am going over a mountain pass, I'm unlikely to encounter any snow/ice.
Excellent. As a fan of these tires I eagerly await your report.
Cheers!
Sorry for digging up an old thread, but I think it is appropriate here... I'm considering these same tires for a used S I'm getting in a couple of weeks, as the dealer is offering me rubber of my choice. I'd really appreciate an honest review/update now that you've had them for over a year. Any regrets? How are they wearing? Etc etc.
Darn, that's not quite what I wanted to hear. I live in the mountains all year round In the winter - and we get a real winter - I need to go over serious mountain passes. They are plowed well, but there's only so much they can do. It is the law that your tires have to have the mountain/snowflake symbol between October and April to traverse that pass, and I believe these are the only "all season" tires that have that, as they are supposedly "severe service" tires.
I do know several people that get these tires and I've heard good things, but if you went with proper winters then you must have had a reason.
I'd really *like* to avoid swapping, because while it is the law that i have to have them on in October for the highway... it is often still over 20c (68F) in October and usually well over that come April. So I chew up proper winter tires because it's just too warm. It'd be ultra-convenient to have tires that I can reasonably use all the time.
Maybe WRG3 + chains if it is really bad? To be honest, I've never once used chains or other traction aids... I've always had proper winter tires for winter. That's never bothered me before because I've never spent more than $60 on a tire before this car! I don't mind springing for a 2nd set, but its that combined with increased wear that's going to probably end up costing 16x as much as I'm used to.
Sorry to bring this back to life, just wondering if anybody encountered black ice in these and how they performed? I'm considering getting these or the wrg4, but I had them on a front engine rwd car with no traction control (98 Merced e320, basically worst snow car ever), and they worked fine in snow and moderate ice, very predictable sliding, but on black ice they were basically unusable even for a very experienced winter driver and I had to switch to real snow tires. Anyway just wanted to hear if anybody had used them in black ice on a halfway good snow car?View attachment 168955 View attachment 168956 View attachment 168957 Our WRG3s have arrived just in time for winter to be over. I'm putting them on later this week. I'll have some notion as to how they drive as compared to the stock Continentals this weekend. They look absurdly wide.
Did you ever get these on black ice? Had them too, pretty good made sliding very predictable in everything but sheer ice. Considering the new version instead of snow tires just because they are so much quieter when not on snow might be worth the tradeoff of snow performance to me.I use WRG3 in the winter. The criteria I use is that if you live where there is a real winter, then get good snow tires. If you don't, then use WRG3 as your winter tires. They really are quite good and only the best winter tires do better (R2, X-Ice, etc.). The biggest difference is that the WRG3 tires don't melt immediately in the heat, and the tread compound is very flexible even in severe cold. (At one time there was a video on the Nokian site that showed they were flexible even after pouring liquid nitrogen on them. Don't know if it's still there or not.) In either case it's a good idea to have a second set of wheels to mount them on. Better for the tires and easier to do a change over.
Where I live, there is little snow, but there are ice days where the roads are covered with 6-8 mm of ice--much of it black. Never had an issue (RWD S85). No real issue with noise because many of the highways around here have an aggregate size that makes any tire loud. (Note the new X is much quieter than the 2013 S.)Did you ever get these on black ice? Had them too, pretty good made sliding very predictable in everything but sheer ice. Considering the new version instead of snow tires just because they are so much quieter when not on snow might be worth the tradeoff of snow performance to me.