Date:         Wed, 15 Aug 2007 15:50:04 -0400
Reply-To:     Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
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From:         Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
Subject:      Re: Nokian Tire Availability
Comments: To: Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM>
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I just got my Haka CS's (215/75R16). For folks that have never run
them before...

These are directional tires (unlike many other styles). So far I've
mixed feelings about them. They are noisier than the Vredestein
Comtrac (summer only tire). They do seem to be nice otherwise though.


On Aug 15, 2007, at 3:30 PM, Loren Busch wrote:

> Just a heads up.  For those of you that have been thinking about
> putting
> Nokian tires on your rig, like the Hakapllita CS, the Nokian
> warehouse in
> Colorado says it has a bunch in stock right now.  I point this out
> because
> when I was looking for that tire last December there were none
> available in
> North America, entire yearly allotment sold out.  I got the
> 185R14s, don't
> know about other sizes.
> BTW, Discount Tire (local) beat any of the online dealers and
> another local
> dealer by better than $20 a tire on the Nokians.  And their quote
> on Hankook
> RA08s beat what it would have cost to order online, ship, and have
> mounted.
> Plus ordering through them provides their free rotation and repair
> service
> plus the extended road hazard warranty is avialble, not available
> if you
> just bring your tires to them to mount. And the prices included
> sales tax
> and local recycle fees.