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Date:         Fri, 17 Aug 2012 18:05:46 -0400
Reply-To:     Tom Buese <tantonbz@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Tom Buese <tantonbz@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Tires
Comments: To: Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <CAHTkEuL5bPVbmwOsDFhxjbHpHYqR0Ym2Cq1+Ph1jOouHJSmD4g@mail.gmail.com>
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I agree w/ Don as I got 35k+ out of a set of Hakka CS's driving all year round in the hot desert of Utah/NV/AZ etc. I now have the Hakka C's winter tire w/o studs as my all year tire in Maine, but won't be driving it a bunch on hot roads like Utah, so hopefully they'll last longer! also promise to rotate them more regularly-honest.

YMMV,

Mr. BZ-tires/oil/batteries-can't live w/o em, can't make em last forever

On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 5:02 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:

> Summer spring and fall in the Pac NW...in a rural-ish area in the > Ponderosa Pine climate belt east of the Cascade mountains.. We see snow > all winter, but I don't...because we go to our other area when the snow > begins to stick...that is the desert near Salton Sea. > I do tend to drive my tires right down to the wear bars...so 40k a set > might be a bit 'long' but they do last remarkably for a snow tire and they > aren't obnoxious on dry roads....that I can tell anyhow...being that > vanagons seem pretty dang noisy no matter what tires you run.. > > On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 12:54 PM, David <david_vickery@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > That sounds good, but what part of the country are you in? > > > > T-Mobile, America's First Nationwide 4G Network > > Sent by Samsung Mobile > > > > Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > > > >On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 5:35 AM, David Vickery <david_vickery@yahoo.com > > >wrote: > > > > > >> Van-Cafe and Nokian site show that the 14" tire that most people want > > for > > >> all year driving is no longer available, the CS. The strictly winter > > in a > > >> 14" appears to still be available, but if it is like other strictly > > winter > > >> tires, it will not last long driving it year round. > > >> > > > I drive those winter Nokians all year...last me two years a set or > about > > >maybe 40k miles...2wd tin top with a manual tranny that I drive pretty > > >gently but a LOT. > > > Don Hanson > > >

-- Tom Buese


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