Date:         Wed, 11 Jul 2012 12:53:34 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: TIRES
Comments: To: David Vickery <david_vickery@YAHOO.COM>
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At 06:26 PM 7/10/2012, David Vickery wrote:
>The Hankook is one of the remaining tires, but everyone says it is
>bad in snow.

It's a lot better than any of the Michelin (Agilis, ?MXT? etc.) that
I used to use, which were dreadful.  I've never driven with the
Haakas  or any serious snow tire so I don't have a good standard to
compare with, but I get a good deal better results now without the
300# of sand in the back than I used to with.  Drove around
mid-coastal Maine snowy and slushy back roads (paved and not) for a
week a year ago without much trouble.  Never got stuck.  Made it up a
long steep driveway during fresh snow with a running start amounting
to the width of the country road it was stuck on to.  Now I *have*
been driving in snow since I was a pup (before they started
clear-plowing the whole universe, IIRC), and that does make some
difference.  But the Vanagon with Michelins on was like a roller
skate, and with the Hangooks it's not.  I'm using the 185/14 size
which gives some advantage (but I was most of the time with the
Michelins too, so it's a fair comparison).

Yrs,
d