Just curious-

Are these the type of snow tires one keep in their garage on a spare set of
rims, and puts on when ol' man winter howls, and takes off at Easter? Or
are they everyday tires as well?

G. Matthew Bulley
Bulley-Hewlett
Corporate Communications Counselors
www.bulley-hewlett.com
Cary, NC USA
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-----Original Message-----
From:   Lawrence Johnson [SMTP:larry_avery.johnson@SYMPATICO.CA]
Sent:   Monday, December 06, 1999 3:35 PM
To:     vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject:        Re: [Fwd: [wetwesties] Winter Tires...] Oh no! Not again!

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