I  agree w/ Don as I got 35k+ out of a set of Hakka CS's driving all year
round in the hot desert of Utah/NV/AZ etc.  I now have the Hakka C's winter
tire w/o studs as my all year tire in Maine, but won't be driving it a
bunch on hot roads like Utah, so hopefully they'll last longer!  also
promise to rotate them more regularly-honest.

YMMV,

Mr. BZ-tires/oil/batteries-can't live w/o em, can't make em last forever

On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 5:02 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:

>   Summer spring and fall in the Pac NW...in a rural-ish area in the
> Ponderosa Pine climate belt east of the Cascade mountains..   We see snow
> all winter, but I don't...because we go to our other area when the snow
> begins to stick...that is the desert near Salton Sea.
>    I do tend to drive my tires right down to the wear bars...so 40k a set
> might be a bit 'long' but they do last remarkably for a snow tire and they
> aren't obnoxious on dry roads....that I can tell anyhow...being that
> vanagons seem pretty dang noisy no matter what tires you run..
>
> On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 12:54 PM, David <david_vickery@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > That sounds good, but what part of the country are you in?
> >
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> >
> > Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> >
> > >On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 5:35 AM, David Vickery <david_vickery@yahoo.com
> > >wrote:
> > >
> > >> Van-Cafe and Nokian site show that the 14" tire that most people want
> > for
> > >> all year driving is no longer available, the CS.  The strictly winter
> > in a
> > >> 14" appears to still be available, but if it is like other strictly
> > winter
> > >> tires, it will not last long driving it year round.
> > >>
> > >  I drive those winter Nokians all year...last me two years a set or
> about
> > >maybe 40k miles...2wd tin top with a manual tranny that I drive pretty
> > >gently but a LOT.
> > >  Don Hanson
> >
>

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Tom Buese