Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:29:22 -0400
Reply-To: Cullen Stewart <cullberly@VERMONTEL.NET>
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From: Cullen Stewart <cullberly@VERMONTEL.NET>
Subject: Re: Snow newbie needs snow tire recommendation
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The absolute best tire I have encountered in Vermont without getting into
studs are Nokia Hakkepalita RSI. They are severe weather rated, relatively
quiet and have that grippy sand type compound in them. They are superior to
my studded uglies on my other car except for those few early/ late winter
pure ice situations. My 195/65r15's were about $120 each last year and are
nearly unstoppable. The studless class ice racers in the area use these or
Bridgestone Blizzaks with similar specs.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Elliott" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 3:34 PM
Subject: Snow newbie needs snow tire recommendation
> Now that we've moved to Bend, Oregon, we are looking ahead to when, not
> many months from now, we will need to give our cars new shoes. Mrs
> Squirrel is still without car since her Volvo sedan's computer registered
> that the transmission was due to fail. so we sold it. In the meantime,
> she's putting around town in Mellow Yellow (my 84 Westy).
>
> We're from SoCal where that white stuff that falls from the sky simply
> doesn't happen so I have never needed to look into the subject of snow
> tires. I looked at Larry Chase's Roadhaus page to see what tires others
> have found to be good, but I couldn't easily tell which of them were of
> the studded snow tire category.
>
> The local dealer (and employer) is Les Schwab so I reckon it would be a
> fine thing to buy from them.
>
> Could someone more familiar with this subject take a look at the offerings
> from Les Schwab here: http://www.lesschwab.com/tires/winter.asp and advise
> a Pretty Good Tire?
>
> (Note: I just passed the written (actually computer) test to get my Oregon
> driver's license. It was from a 16 year-old kid sitting next to me in the
> waiting room that I learned that studded snow tires are not legal here
> from April 1 to November 1. Good thing he knew that, it was on the test.)
>
> --
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus -- NOW SOLD TO THE BUYER OF OUR HOUSE
> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
> KG6RCR
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