Snow tire woes

[EdA]

After two seasons with the stock Pirelli's I switched to Nokian in the fall. I was never happy with the Pirelli's.
In the fall of 2014 we put Nokian's on my wife's car, her's were removed today.

I removed my Nokian's on Monday. Apparently I'm going to need two new tires next winter after only 3,000 miles.
Nokian does not offer any warranty on their snow tires either.

I don't feel like I have a particularly heavy foot, I'm more of a hyper-miler, needless to say I am not happy with the
situation. Has anyone else had issues with these tires? Note the tires were worn on the inside and in the middle.

 

[jerry33]

I've not had any wear problems with any of the Nokians I've had in the past. Without inspecting the tires, I don't want to express any opinion on why you had the poor wear.

 

[EdA]

The wear was similar on both tires...

 

[alset]

Could be alignment issues? Are you driving 21s in the summers? Have you had alignment issues in the past? I seem to have a lot of alignment issues on my 2012 which Tesla has suggested is because of the 21" wheels which warp on Boston potholed roads.

 

[EdA]

My summer tires are 19". My original snows (Pirelli's lasted two season).
My original summer tires also lasted two seasons.

 

[bigmaple1]

I have found used Nokian Hakkapeliitta R2s for 2 seasons. I find them to have squishy sidewalls, and with the hard stud like bits in them, they are noisy. I think they are one of the best tires I have ever used for snow covered/icey roads with a RWD. (I keep mine at 45psi to help firm them up, and I avoid generating large lateral forces, or high accel/decel forces). Other than that, I can't wait to get them off the car. When these wear out, I won't replace them with the same. I'll probably try Michelin X-Ice next time. I think dry roads combined with a heavy vehicle spells doom for them.

 

[Jack_L]

I just took off my Hakka R2s 19"s after the third winter season and they look like I can get a 4th winter from them. I have not had any issues and find that they worked very well in the snow/ice but am not a long distance driver with them. Maybe 13-15,000 miles total on them so far. Much prefer the regular tires for noise, handling and energy consumption though.