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Subject:Re: [Fwd: [wetwesties] Winter Tires...] Oh no! Not again!
From:Lawrence Johnson
Date:Mon, 6 Dec 1999 15:34:53 -0500

Jim Arnott wrote:

> <snip>
> From: Curtis Long <jclong@jps.net>
>
> <snip>
> Nokia has just released an 8 ply rated Hakkapeliitta 10 LT Snow tire in
> the size of 185 SR14.   At least that's what the sales guy called it..
> I wanted larger diameter tires, but he said these were a special size
> that was almost as large as my BFGoodrich 8.50x27  TA All terrain
> Radials..    Not sure if he was lying or not, but they are large enough
> to satisfy me.
>
> The tire claims to be a 185 R75 14 C with a max load of 1875 lbs at 65
> pounds of air cold.   I added the optional studding (though these are
> really studdless class tires) <snip>

We have these Nokian tires (studdless) on our 1986 Syncro Westfalia.
When driven through deep snow, they are simply AWESOME.
-Larry