I'll second the Blizzaks. I've yet to run anything that compares. Though I've heard the Nokian's are up there as well.
As for the studs, my uncle told me that a friend of his once had a set on and proceeded to do a burnout on one of those grated bridges. (do they even make those anymore?) Oops, no more studs... (: Levi On 3/9/06, Mike Canfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dwight said: > > "The problem now is that the studs are worn > down, but there is a lot of aggressive tread left -so I feel as if I am > throwing away good tires." > > Just because the points are gone off the studs doesn't mean they won't do > the job. When the tire flexes it will allow the edges of the stud to > bite. > Actually most studded tires get very poor traction on dry and/or wet roads > until the studs are worn down some. I'm sure the old Chevy II(My FAVORITE > Chevy) would spin the studded tires quite easily until they were "broken > in". > I have run Blizzaks on my 62 Buick Special wagon(yeah with the 215 > aluminum V8 and 3 on the tree) and they WORK GREAT!!! So good in fact > that > you will want them on the front as well so you can steer when they dig in. > Only complaints I had were the price and the fact that they wear very fast > on the highway. No need for studs at all with them though as the siping > and > soft compound do a very good job of gripping anything they can find. > > My $.02, Mike > >