I'll second what George says for the Hakka C2. Great tire and perfectly suited for the vanagon. Unstoppable in snow. I got six so I can rotate in an axle set. -Hans 87 syncro ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Goff" <THX0001@AOL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 12:04 AM Subject: Re: Tire for '89 Camper
> In a message dated 9/23/04 2:34:35 PM, dun_roamin@YAHOO.COM writes: > > << If anyone should want to suggest a tire for my van, I'd be very grateful. > >> > > Nokian Hakkapeliitta's. I ran Hakkapelliitta 10's until the were > discontinued. I then switched to the C2's because Nokian said, of their new styles, the > C2's were the most like the 10's. Since they are a dedicated snow tire, I > used to exchange them for summer tires. I got bored with that hassle, so I > started to run the Hakka's year round and, other than being a little noisier, they > seem to perform and wear as well as a good radial summer tire. I do not use > studs and I have a Syncro. I also used them when I had a 2WD van, but not year > round. The Hakka's and a couple of hundred pounds of ballast over the rear > axle were de rigueur for the 2WD in the winter. > > I have used Hakkapelliita's for over twenty years on both Vanagons and > Volvo's and I can think of no other winter tire which can even smell them. Years > ago, I ran Vredestein's which were quite good, but the Hakka's are a notch above > them. Hakkapelliittta's are made in a country which REQUIRES winter tires to > be mounted from November until May by federal statute, so the Finns must know > something about making them. > > The one drawback which results from the excellence of their design is that > they have a directional tread and this, of course, precludes rotating the tires > side-to-side. > > George > |
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