How is there not a thread on this already? Oh wait there is
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=1...kapeliitta+RSi
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....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.