Snow Tires

[Jon_]

Snow tire recommendation for the EX?

I have almost no snow driving experience but now have the EX in Utah, commuting daily from Park City down to Salt Lake. First snow Sept 28. Get the picture?

Safety and driveability are the goals. Price is no object.

[EXceptional]

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[EXceptional]

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[Jon_]

Yes. The Xice X12's are on my list. Others?

[AWGD8]

Yes. The Xice X12's are on my list. Others?

Nokian The Best of the BEST! Get the one with larger and deeper tread spacing for better bite on ice and snow.

[EXceptional]

Which model of Nokian Tire might that be ?

[bosh]

Snow tire recommendation for the EX?

I have almost no snow driving experience but now have the EX in Utah, commuting daily from Park City down to Salt Lake. First snow Sept 28. Get the picture?

Safety and driveability are the goals. Price is no object.

Maybe this will help you, from our neighbors in the M35/M45 forum:

For what its worth, Consumer Reports just rated winter tires and here are th top 10. All tires tested were 215/60/16

Michelin X-Ice XI 2 General Altimax Arctic Nokian Hakkapeliitta 5 Michelin Primacy Alpin PA3Nokian Hakkapeliitta R Continental ExtremeWinterContact Bridgestone Blizzak WS60 Pirelli Sottozero 210 Series II Dunlop Graspic DS-2 Hankook Winter I*Pike

Here are the Performance Winter Tires tested on 205/55/16Continental ContiWinterContact TS810 HBridgestone Blizzak LM-25 H Dunlop SP Winter Sport M3 V Nokian WR All Weather Plus H Continental ContiWinterContact TS810S V Nokian WR All Weather Plus V Michelin Pilot Alpin PA2 V Michelin Pilot Alpin PA2 H Hankook Icebear W300 H Pirelli Winter 210 Sottozero H Dunlop SP Winter Sport M3 H

Modified by AD1787 at 7:59 PM 10/13/2009

[Jon_]

Was it the Hakkapeliittas? I don't know what that means, but it sounds winter-capable.

[bosh]

A Finnish battle cry "Hakkaa päälle!", roughly "Cut them down!" or "Hack on!", which gave the colloquial name, Hakkapeliitta for the Finnish cavalry in the Thirty Years' War.

[jvlpdillon]

I just picked up my EX. I do not have Nokians on yet. I have run Hakkapalletia WR's on various cars for several years. These are their all-weather tires. Rated as a true snow tire but you get a 50k mile warranty and R speed rating. You will not get that from any other snow tire. You do not need to swap these in the summer. I could get through any Colorado winter weather. I am going to give the stock Michelin's a go and see if I need to go back to by Nokian standbys. I am sure I will.