Snow Tires

[CVD]

It's that time of year. I'm wondering if anyone knows a local or online place that sells Nokian snow tires.
And if anyone wants to use this thread to discuss snow tires in general, feel free.

[Matt D.]

I know a bunch of us have pretty much every brand and model of snow tire available and all work well. I have Hankook Icebear W300. Blizzaks are aren't worth the extra price.

Lots of Nokian dealers in the Twin Cities: http://www.nokiantires.com/dealer-locator

[Kracka]

Hankook Icebear W300's rock. Thats what I used during the winters. Great snow/ice ability plus they felt like a performance all-season in the dry.

If you're looking for an amazing snow tire and don't care about dry performance save the cash on the Nokians and get the Generals that Scheides has on his Evo.

[CVD]

I agree Blizzaks aren't worth the money. I have a set of Hankook Icebears and I honestly think they are terrible. I read somewhere that they were designed as a middle of the road winter tire with dry performance in mind. I'm sorry, if I wanted that I would have purchased all seasons.
I also have a set of Hankook iPikes, which are pretty damn good tires. On these I read they were made to copy Nokian. Go figure.

[A//// Guy]

Im probably going to go with Pirelli Snowsport 240s. I read some reviews and they seem like a good performance tire that is great in the snow.

They are cheaper than Michelin and Dunlops. Too bad the cheaper tires like Hankooks dont come in 18s. ugh

[blageo23]

Shoot over to MNsubaru, They have a local place that is doing a discount on winter tires. I dont remember if you need to be a member or not tho.

[goodhart]

^^yeah you have to be a member for 30 days and have 50 posts I believe. I will most likely be running some Firestone Winterforce's this winter on the subie, they seem like a good, cheaper alternative to Blizzaks or Nokians.

[Matt D.]

The Hankook Icebear W300s work well enough for me that I could start from a dead stop on a hill with 4-6" of snow and not spin at all. The iPikes are studdable with a directional tread, they probably do work a bit better.

[blageo23]

I got a set of Blizzaks used for $50 last year and I honestly LOVED them. My car couldnt even do donuts in our parking lot with them on there. Part of that was the lack of power in my car but I did them before the tires. I also had a set on my grand prix a long time ago and they worked super well.

[scheides]

How is there not a thread on this already? Oh wait there is :D

Which nokian's are you looking at? I run General Altimax Arctics on my evo, and they are damn near identical to the hakka RSi:
http://www.nokiantires.com/tyre?id=11880&group=1.01&name=Nokian+Hakkapeliitta+RSi

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=General&tireModel=Altimax+Arctic

They are not a 'performance' snow tire in that they have soft sidewalls and are kinda mushy in the dry, but when it snows, the car is unstoppable (esp now that I have a real undertray LOL). These are studdable too, if you feel like getting stupid. :)

actually, I lied. They ARE stoppable, the car has so much grip in deep snow and ice stopping is super easy.

I like the w300's too.....damn you have me excited for snow now! LOL.