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Just put my Hakka 8 (no studs) back on the Subaru and entering 5th(!!) season I’ve got 8/32. Still very grippy on our slick snow and ice covered hill. Prolly the last season for these tho and I’ll sell them for maybe 50 each when I’m done. Pretty good value over the life of the tires.
I was braaping around with my continental DWS 06+ in the last storm and those all season tires are WAY more fun for drifting than the snow tires. Way easier to get stuck tho. I think I’ll stick w the snows. 🤠
A friend in AK was just sharing his epiphany of awesomeness due to switching from studless (xice) to studded (Hakka 10’s) on his subbie. He’s gone through several sets of xice’s.
I’m never going back from studded Hakka’s
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Originally Posted by detrusor
For you Hakka fans that want to save money - Nordman.
I mean nokian makes great tires all around but I think the Nordman is not even close to the same performance as the Hakkas in snow.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peruvian
Heck when I bought new tires I initially put the Hakka R3 on for a few weeks and performance was so poor I switched them out to Hakka 8 under satisfaction warranty. I got stuck in the neighborhood twice in a week with the R3!
From what I was told, the Nordman is just the previous version of the Hakka renamed. They cycle them down when a new Hakka comes out.
Nordman 7 is the same tread pattern as Hakka 7. Not sure about compound or contruction.Quote:
Originally Posted by Name Redacted
But Hakka’s are up to 10 now, so you’re not getting a last gen tire, you’re getting one that is a few generations old (about a decade out of date).
Burlington like Washington Burlington? If so 6x139.7?Quote:
Originally Posted by Flounder
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Looks like he's in Vermont.
Me either.Quote:
Originally Posted by detrusor
Upper Vermont?Quote:
Originally Posted by Bronco
New Hakka 10 convert after over a decade of Blizzak DMV2 which is still a great studdless.
Gotcha, looks like it was 7 years old. Still I get your point, but I feel like 7 year old tech will still keep me on the road pretty well and for a reasonable price. Looking at reviews, the main rub with the Norman/Hakka7 was the road noise on dry roads. The new Hakkas have some kind of fancy glass in the rubber among other things.Quote:
Originally Posted by J. Barron DeJong
Yes, upstate VermontQuote:
Originally Posted by irul&ublo
Ouch.Quote:
Originally Posted by Flounder
What’s the demarcation line for that?Quote:
Originally Posted by Flounder
US Route 4.Quote:
Originally Posted by irul&ublo
I'd put it down around Manchester/Rt 11 but the 4 zone is where it comes into better focus.
Another ardent vote for Hakkapeliitta 10 studs (which were introduced in 1989) There is no better stock winter tire in stud legal territory
Ya, I'm being generous in my middle age, Queen City Park Rd, I-189, I-89, US 302 is where I used to draw the line as a younger man. From there south to US 4 was the buffer zone and below 4, well, I try not to go there.Quote:
Originally Posted by gravitylover
As someone who lived below 4 for a short time, I definitely did not live upstate. I think 4 is a good dividing line; Rutland right on the border.
Just drive east from upstate NY…Quote:
Originally Posted by irul&ublo
Anyone have experience with the pirelli winter stozero 3? It’s really the only option for an exact match for model Y. Could also do a Michellen X ice /snow but with a lower speed rating. Not really concerned about deep snow performance, this is wife’s business commuter car. She drives 600 miles per week up/down front range CO
I’m a longtime blizzack guy but no close options available
Any reason you’re concerned about the lower speed rating? Does she plan on driving at 115+ mph for sustained periods of time?Quote:
Originally Posted by jpcm