avant1-2

Sorry for the Xpost, but traffic is pretty light on the W/T forum:

Hi all.

So I've been stalling on getting a winter setup, hoping to find a good used setup, or at least a set of imperfect 5-spoke wheels, and I've run out of time.
It snowed yesterday here in Chicago and I suddenly remembered how I skated, and I do mean SKATED, through last winter on the Dunlop SP8000s. Yikes.
So I think I'm just going to put winter tires on my 7-spoke 16" wheels, which are already a bit dinged up. Then in the spring probably I'll buy 17s.
My winter driving will be mostly in the city, where the streets are cleared fairly promptly, but I do still have to contend with snow, slush, ice, etc.
-I could order the Dunlop Wintersports from Tirerack for just over $100/ea, but I'd have to have them mounted here, after waiting for them to be shipped, both of which would add to the cost. I could do the same thing with the Blizzak LM-22s at considerably more cost.
-I could get Michelin Pilot Alpins from Costco, at something over $100 mounted. The easiest and most economical option but I don't hear much about the tires.
-I could get Nokians, either the NRWs or Hakkas, from a dealer north of Chicago that supplies tires to The Exchange, the dealer I go to. I am not sure of the cost but I think it's a good bit more than either the Dunlops or Michelins, but I know people are very enthusiastic about Nokian tires.

Sorry for the long preface, but I'd welcome any comments from users of the tires I mentioned, especially the Nokians as I know the least about them.

Thanks,

Alan
Chicago
99.5 1.8TQMS Avant, Laser (and Radar) Red

PossumCowboy

They ride nicely at speed, and have an acceptable record for snow handling...also, they were left over from a previous car, and so didn't cost me anything out of pocket.

truth

Great tire for the wet/snow/ice and not bad when it's just cold and dry. I'd buy em' again for sure.