"Squirmy" - great descriptor for squooshy noises coming from soft tires in the heat...
Do you recall how much these cost in a 14" size? On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 10:45 AM ned kleinhenz via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Here is my experience with Nokian winter tires over the last 20+ years of > using them on two different 124’s and one 211 - all rwd Mercedes > sedans. All three of these cars were useless on ice and snow when shod > with summer or all-season tires. Nokian winter tires made it possible to > safely drive these cars anywhere any time in the winter. > > > > In the Ohio climate where I drive, Nokian’s studless winter models worked > out best. According to my research, and in my experience, performance on > snow is always great with any Nokian winter tires. Studs provide a little > better traction on icy roads. But studs significantly reduce traction on > cold dry or wet roads. The soft compound of Nokian winter tires without > studs already provides impressive performance on ice. Ohio’s winter roads > are much more frequently dry or just wet or snowy than they are icy. > > > > Each set of winter tires wore for 40k to 50k miles provided I would use > them only the worse 3 to 4 winter months each year. Tires that provide “W” > or “V” rated handling are not very useful in winter months anyway. The > soft compound winter tires would wear too quickly in warm weather. And I > think winter tires would be too noisy and squirmy for nice summer > driving. Mounting the winter tires on a separate set of rims made changing > them very convenient and long term more economical. > > > > To get the benefits of great winter performance, stick with winter only > rated tires. I put a set of Nokian all-season tires on one of my cars for > a while. Although they were very good tires, their winter performance was > unremarkable. > > > > Ned > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
