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- From: hinz@picard.med.ge.com (David Hinz Mfg 4-6987)
- Subject: Re: Snow Tires
- Message-ID: <1992Sep14.090426.16254@mr.med.ge.com>
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- References: <1992Sep10.170708.18651@cabot.balltown.cma.COM>
- Date: Mon, 14 Sep 92 09:04:26 GMT
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- richard welty (welty@cabot.balltown.cma.COM) wrote:
- :
- : you will indeed want good snow tires; very good ones.
- :
- : the best in the world appear to be the Nokia NR10; this is a finnish
- : made tire with impeccable deep snow manners. it is available in restricted
- : sizes; its predecessor, the NR09 is available in most other sizes, and
- : the NR09 was the best you could get until the NR10 came out.
-
- I'll second the strong vote of approval for the NR10's & NR09's. They
- know what snow IS in Finland, after all. These tires are the tire of
- choice among the ice-racers up here in sunny Wisconsin, and are by
- far the best I've had for adverse condition driving.
-
- Richard mentions one mail-order house, so I'll mention another:
-
- Greer Enterprises
- (414) 964-7463
-
- I generally pay much less than the $80.00 Richard mentions, and Pat (Greer)
- will stud your tires if desired. (I don't work for him, by the way, but
- he is a great person to deal with).
-
- As Richard says, these are GREAT in snow, they are great on ice, and
- fantastic in rain. You will find them noisy, but I think that's a minor
- point when it comes to having your car in control.
-
- The NR10's are directional, BTW.
-
- --
-
- Dave Hinz - Opinions expressed are mine, not my employer's. Obviously.
- SAAB - Because you get what you pay for.
- hinzd@picard.med.ge.com
-