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Conference kaosws::canada

Title:	True North Strong & Free
Notice:	Introduction in Note 535, For Sale/Wanted in 524
Moderator:	POLAR::RICHARDSON

Created:	Fri Jun 19 1987
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1040
Total number of notes:	13668

963.0. "4 seasons tires" by KAOFS::R_GODIN (And some people use them as pets!) Mon Oct 09 1995 22:27

    Winter is coming and a need to buy 2 new 4 seasons tires. I want
    to spend around 100 $ each. Right now I have Michelin LX1, and
    I was not too impress by them. I saw over the weekend some 
    Pirelli P300 4 seasons at about 85 $ each, I know that Pirelli
    does great summer tires but what about 4 seasons? I also saw
    some Michelin XG4 for about the same price, are they better?
    Anyone know if Yokohama are doing 4 seasons? if they are good? 
    and how much are they? Any other suggestions
    
    
    Richard

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963.1		CSC32::BROOK		`Tue Oct 10 1995 12:41`	37
	Richard ... DLOACT::CARBUFFS has more notes on tires than you can think about ... I have had Michelin XZX tires when they were in vogue years ago, and their XMS snows. The XZX were great in the dry and light to moderate wet, but would hydroplane real easily in heavy wet. This seems to be a common problem in most Michelin 4 season tires. The snows were great in the winter. I love the handling of Michelin tires ... but I have lots of reservations. I hear very little good about Pirellis in anything but dry ... I did buy Nokia A4 Rollsters several years back ... They had the responsive handling of a Michelin, but were in a class above as far as winter and wet traction goes. The hitch is their size range is a little limited. Recently I bought some BFG TOuring TAs and was not impressed with their traction on hard pack snow. (We get a lot of that around Colorado because so little salt is used.) There were Toyo tires on my Renault Medallion when I bought it in Ottawa and they seemed OK as 4 seasons ... nothing spectacular but they did the job. TO a large extent, I'm sure that the best tires depend on your own driving habits, your car and the places you drive. If I could find a place to buy Nokias, I'd buy them again ... they are a little noisier than most tires. I bought mine for a Renault Alliance, from a place called the Tire Discounter down in Brampton ... for a very good price. There is a place on Bank St. in Ottawa that used to sell Nokias ... but they were nothing special about price. Good luck in your quest. Stuart
963.2	tires on my bike	POLAR::WILSONC	A dog is a womans best man	`Sat Oct 14 1995 05:53`	7
	I have a pair of avocet cross on my bike right now, they are good in the rain and hold good pressure. My knobblies are a popular make and they get me through what winter bicycling i have to do. I hope this helps you. chris
963.3		KUTIPS::LACAILLE	Half-filled bottles of inspiration	`Fri Feb 02 1996 15:07`	6
	This has been a particularly nasty winter so far, ice, deep snow, slush etc. and the Bridgestone Blizzaks which I purchased have been great. Best winter tire I have ever owned. Charlie