I just ordered 2 of the NOKIAN HAKKAPELIITTA C VAN TIRES for winter in
185R14 load index 102, D rated sidewalls from TiresByWeb.com. Nokian has
them in their Indy warehouse.  Free shipping, $146 each.

These tires are amazing in the snow and ice. I hear it sometimes snows in
Maine ;-)

John Meeks
'91 Vanagon MV Phoenix
Northern Michigan

Vanagon Rescue Squad
www.vanagonauts.com

On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 10:00 AM, Tom Buese <tantonbz@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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?
> > >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Tom Buese
>
>
>
>
> --
> Tom Buese
>