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Subject:Re: Snow Tires - any other options except C2 or Comtrac
From:Jake de Villiers
Date:Sun, 5 Nov 2006 10:08:49 -0800

Don't forget TC, when the snows go on the summers come off.

The Yokohama snows for my wife's Golf will be on their 6th winter when I get
around to putting them on, and the summer's are still good too.

The averaging works out well for us.

On 11/5/06, TC <trclark@shaw.ca> wrote:
>
> Ok the cheeeep skate in me is coming out....
> (I might use these tire 2 mths each year tops so haing a hard time to
> justify  $120-150us for snow tires)
> but I want to do a x-country ski tour in Jasper-Bank AB, .Ca area dec-jan
> so
> I want to get some dedicated boots
> I am not sure these Hankooks RA08 will be up to real ski country
>
> does any body know of any other D rated dedicated snow tires
> eccept the
> Nokia Hakkapeliitta C2  185R14
> or
> Vredestein Comtrac Winter 185R14
>
>
> Or can anyone convince me the hankooks can handle real snow country ??
> (eg anyone with hands on in snow country with the ra08's ?)
>

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Jake
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