Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 12:34:49 -0800
Reply-To: Mark Tuovinen <mst@AK.NET>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Mark Tuovinen <mst@AK.NET>
Subject: Re: Nokian tires
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It is a fact of life that quality costs more and snow tires are not an exception. In my experiences in this area I have found Nokians to last much longer, retain studs better(for those of us lucky, or is that unlucky, enough to live where you can use them), run quieter, and grip the road much better, then other tires. The Nokians on my SO's Audi Quattro look almost the same , after several years use as the new ones sitting here waiting to go on her 2004 Odyssey. If you are only going to use the tires a few times then buy the cheaper tires and accept the lesser performance, but if you are keeping the vehicle for a long time and will need snow tires regularly, buy the Nokians.
If the $60.00 freight mentioned is for a set of four tires it is not a bad price, we would pay that for two.
Mark in AK - All our vehicles wear Nokians..... or they wear nothing at all.
87 Westy Syncro - No Nokians, it is parked for the winter
90 Audi 200 Quattro Wagon - Nokians
93 Honda Accord (fs) - Nokians
90 Jeep Cherokee - w/o snow tires
04 Odyssey - will have its Nokians on when it comes home from the dealership
Cannondale H300 - yes they make Nokians for bicycles also
----- Original Message -----
From: Ben S <phlogiston@ISPWEST.COM>
Date: Tuesday, December 2, 2003 0:51 am
Subject: Re: Nokian tires
> i looked on the nokian web page for the phone numbers of
> distributors in
> california; there were 4. one was a disconected number, 2 were
> the same
> owner and no longer carried them, the last, schultz tire in
> auburn, ca,
> said they still sold the hakks. except that for my 14 inch rim, the
> only tire they carried that worked was the CS, which they didn't stock
> in that size. well it took them 2 days to find out they couldn't get
> them from the main warehouse in oregon, because apparently they don't
> stock them, either. so they are special ordering them from the main
> plant in tennesee and i'm paying $60 in freight to have them
> shipped to
> me. the total cost is $565, and it's going to take them a week to
> get here.
>
> when i went to big o, they not only didn't have a single snow tire in
> the store, they said they couldn't order nokians, or any 6 ply
> snow tire
> in my size.
>
> Ben.
>
> Paul Chubbuck wrote:
>
> > I just am wondering whether you got a great price on your
> Nokians or
> > why you didn't buy from a local distributor. I just ordered some
> > Nokians today for my Vanagon through the local Big O dealer and am
> > wondering whether I'm getting screwed. They are awefully expensive.
> >
> >
> >
> > Paul Chubbuck in Western Colorado
> >
>
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