Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 09:52:40 -0800 From: "Dima" <dimanospamystems.com> Subject: Re: 2004 9-3 aero bad in snow
I used Nokian NRW on my '97 900, which were marketed as aggressive all season/snow tires for performance vehicles. I was really happy with it. This model was discontinued, but there are good replacements. www.nokiantires.com is a good source of information. Gislaveds are good too, but definitely get different set of wheels. Really bad idea and bad for the tires to have them mounted/unmounted twice a year, and a set of steel wheels would be cheaper than prematurely replacing the expensive low-profile tires that go on the 9-5 Aeros. I am actually interested to pursue this thread further, but I will re-start it under a different subject. -Dima "Gary Fritz" <fritzxxxnospamrii.com> wrote in message news:Xns96056825DDB29fritzfriicomnospam17.128.40... > "Tex" <texnospamm101.org> wrote: >> That's good to hear. Any particular recommendations? I'm >> guessing my choices for these specific rims will be fairly >> limited. > > Don't stick with those rims. They usually recommend taller/skinnier > profile for snow tires, and anyway it's a lot simpler and cheaper to > swap in your winter wheels than to put the snows on & off the rims > every year. > > Maybe try some 16" Gislaveds, or Nokian Hakkapelittas. Or check into > the Green Diamond tires -- recycled rubber (eco-friendly, but not > retreads), embedded carbide crystals give great traction on ice.