Ooops, in the link, Nokian does not show a 14" but here is the Van Cafe
link showing the exact tire I got in March:

http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/page_1172_1404/nokian_tire_185r_14_hakkapeliitta_c.html

YMMV,

Mr. BZ

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Tom Buese <tantonbz@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 9:53 AM
Subject: Re: TIRES
To: pickle vanagon <greenvanagon@gmail.com>

These are the 14" Hakkapelitta all season tires I got w/o studs from Van
Cafe & will run all year:

http://www.nokiantires.com/tyre?id=11905&group=3.01&name=Nokian+Hakkapeliitta+C+Cargo

Seems like an extreme winter tire design to moi.

YMMV,

Mr. BZ-now in Penobscot Maine

On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 8:28 AM, pickle vanagon <greenvanagon@gmail.com>wrote:

> I know this isn't what you're looking for, but tiresbyweb.com seems to
> have
> pretty much the whole line.
>
> I just emailed a tire place close by (near New York) and checked if they
> could get me Nokian WR G2 in 215/60/16 XL and they can, 160 each mounted
> and balanced, which is not far off the tiresbyweb price.
>
>
> Regarding others' comments on the tires that are still available in 14
> inches.  I have two criteria for tires to run year round for us:
> 1) the manufacturer should intend the tires to be run year round
> 2) they should have the severe service alpine symbol.
>
> I failed to find any 14 inch tires satisfying these two constraints.  Even
> if I interpreted 1) to just mean "not studdable" I think there are no
> options.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 11:56 PM, Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >  RE: Availability of Nokian Tires
> > Two problems with Nokian right now.  There are some Nokian tires still
> > shown on their website, like the CS or CQ, and may be avaialble in other
> > parts of the world.  BUT Nokian has told their dealers that they are NLA
> in
> > North America.  Second problem, and the big one, is that Nokian only
> > distributes through Tire Factory.  No other source for Nokian tire at
> least
> > in the Western US.  Period, end of report.  This puts all other retailers
> > out of the business or at the very minimum at the mercy of the local Tire
> > Factory stores.  My previous set of Hakka CS for my Westy came through
> > Discount Tire.  No more, they can't get anything from Nokian.  I found a
> > link to Nokian Corporate some months back and sent them a concise and
> > polite email pointing out the very limited number of Tire Factory stores
> > and the questionable wisdom of limiting Nokian tire distribution and
> sales
> > to just that one outlet.  I got no response.  Maybe others could do the
> > same?
> >
>

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Tom Buese

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