Big Green

I live in Denver, and drive to Vail during winter storms FREQUENTLY. I used to have an A4, and needless to say I'm going to miss AWD... but thats about it.

On the Audi I had ContiProContact (awful tire) and Nokian WR's (most amazing tire ever).

Ideally I would run a set of summers and a set of winters, but I have no room for storage of 4 tires. So, I'm looking for anyone that knows where to find a good price on Some Nokian WR (original or G2). It's the only tire that I know of that is all-season, but actually winter rated with the severe service emblem. Can anyone help??? The cheapest I've found is 205/tire + install. Thank you!

Big Green

Anyone?

Best I've found is 824, shipped. I'm looking to get around $700. Does anyone know some tire places/people???

Johnny_b

I'm assuming stock size (17"). $824 doesn't sound bad for nokians. You're just gonna have to look around on the net. My brother looked all over for Nokians and found an online place that had his size (225/40/18?) hakapaletas sp?. They were in the high 200's per tire.
Pretty rare tire brand but definitely worth the money and search for winter performance. He raves about them (BMW 335xi).

On a side not I would recommend just settling for blizzaks if you want to save money. I had a set(WS-50s) and they were amazing tires.

Big Green

I've found hakkapelita's for as low as 574/set, the trouble is I have absolutely nowhere to store 4 tires in order to do a rotation, and running winter tires all year long is a waste. While the WR G2 is winter-rated, it is actually an all-season tire. I'm holding out until I stumble on a really good deal!

Johnny_b

Where did you find them for so cheap? I will be buying snow tires within the next 2 months but I was leaning towards the new blizzaks because they're much cheaper. I'd get the nokians if they were cheaper than 200 a corner. It looks like they've come down in price, but 200 is still almost twice the blizzaks.