Might be time to consider the Vredesteins. (Also available from TireFactory). Their Winter Comtrac is a very good tire, and should be available in 14" size still. A bit softer compound than the Nokians, but I was very satisfied with them on my Syncro. On Mar 8, 2012, at 11:03 AM, Loren Busch wrote: > RE: Hakka CS Tiresw > Oh damn, another tire thread! > Tom, based on all reports and a very reliable source taht had a direct > conversation with Nokian U.S. there won't be any more CS type tires coming > in, at least not in the 14" and apparently none at all. This in spite of > the fact that they are still listed on the Nokian website. Second, the only > place you can buy Nokian tires in the West is from Tire Factory. They now > have exclusive distribution and sales rights, at least for the western US. > I don't know about back east. And the replacement seems to be the Hakka WR > C tires. |
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