"All weather" tires in place of winter tires

[3PinGrin]

Yeah, I can see it for shit like that. Still though, for general road driving, your tires will make the biggest difference.

no doubt

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[3PinGrin]

Welp, after a slip and slide trek on the interstate and state highway to access the mountains yesterday, followed by the aforementioned event, I have a set of Hakka LT3s on the way. Sounds like they have beefed up the sidewall significantly, added length to the studs, and studs are now stainless vs carbide on the LT2. Only $10/tire more than the LT2 so seemed like a no brainer to move up to the LT3.

I'm a gonna get really fuckin' stuck now!

[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

Hold it, stainless studs? That sounds like a terrible idea.

Can someone edumicate me differently?

[3PinGrin]

Hold it, stainless studs? That sounds like a terrible idea.

Can someone edumicate me differently?

resists salt corrosion

Why do you think its terrible idea?

premature wear maybe?

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[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

Yeah, stainless is very soft compared to carbide.

[3PinGrin]

Yeah, stainless is very soft compared to carbide.

Thought about that, but Nokian always seems to be ahead of the curve on technology so not sweating it too much. Worst case pull the studs, still a popular tire studless I'm sure.

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[XXX-er]

Hak 1's/ 2's/ 7's they all work great don't overthink it cuz the Finns know snow tires, but I do not recommend drinking with a Finn

[3PinGrin]

Hak 1's/ 2's/ 7's they all work great don't overthink it cuz the Finns know snow tires, but I do not recommend drinking with a Finn

"The difference seems to be that Swedes get drunk to party, while Finns get drunk simply to get drunk."

pilfered from online somewhere

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[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

I lived in Finland for a bit for work, top notch people who have life figured out.

[XXX-er]

or more importantly snow tires

[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

or more importantly snow tires

They run 100% studs. They looked at us like we were crazy when we asked about studless tires.

Of course they looked at us like that for many reasons.

[SkiLyft]

Finally found some of these new fangled “all weather”



#snowratedslicks


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[AK47bp]

Finally found some of these new fangled “all weather”



#snowratedslicks


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“Street racing in a GMC Acadia?”


“Yea I don’t win a lot”


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[3PinGrin]

Finally found some of these new fangled “all weather”



#snowratedslicks


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Some of us grew up poor and in snow country. Running balding tires and dusting folks with fancy new tires was a sense of pride, ya wanker.

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[Name Redacted]

Some of us grew up poor and in snow country. Running balding tires and dusting folks with fancy new tires was a sense of pride, ya wanker.

I appreciate the shit talking, but you ain't dusting shit with tires like those, I don't care how good you are.

[3PinGrin]

I appreciate the shit talking, but you ain't dusting shit with tires like those, I don't care how good you are.

Depends on terrain.

I've spun a 769 Cat 360, watcha got?

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[SkiLyft]

Haha, yeah, pretty sure those would be terrifying during a snowstorm regardless who was behind the wheel!


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[3PinGrin]

Haha, yeah, pretty sure those would be terrifying during a snowstorm regardless who was behind the wheel!


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Oh they were. Didn't keep me from being first to the shop when I was running snow plows. Speed and balls are your friend.

And pray to god there are no extended hills, cuz then yer facked.
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[XXX-er]

They run 100% studs. They looked at us like we were crazy when we asked about studless tires.

Of course they looked at us like that for many reasons.

and that was before covid denyiers were even a thing

so here up narth you can go into any mall, look at some shitty purple 10-15 yar old sunfire driven by a fat chick and it will have studded tires that are probably worth more than the car,

So be smarter than a fat chick in narthern BC and buy real snow tires eh

[Self Jupiter]

Anyone have experience with Firestone Winterforce 2? They’re like half the price of blizzaks that I usually run, they have the Xtreme snowflake / mountain icon on the sidewall.

[PNWbrit]

Anyone have experience with Firestone Winterforce 2? They’re like half the price of blizzaks that I usually run, they have the Xtreme snowflake / mountain icon on the sidewall.

I had them on an 09 Outback XT. They did great.

[Dromond]

Anyone have experience with Firestone Winterforce 2? They’re like half the price of blizzaks that I usually run, they have the Xtreme snowflake / mountain icon on the sidewall.

No, but I had the old winterforce 10 years ago and they were solid

[Self Jupiter]

Thanks guys, placed the order

[HHTELE]

I had them on an 09 Outback XT. They did great.

I find the Outback does so well in the snow, I just run any decent snows- this go around Arctic Claws. And it is an absolute beast.
Haks on the Promaster, Blizzaks on the Vibe.

[detrusor]

Put studded Hakka LT3’s on the sprinter for this winter. So far pretty great. Reasonable squirm on the dry


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