My 20" Nokian winter Q7 tires
09-05-2017, 07:48 AM
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My 20" Nokian winter Q7 tires
Nokian Hakkapeliitta 9.
Size is 255/50R20. I got them from eBay for $952 delivered.
Here is the best tire review I have found, although from 2015 so you need to read between the lines:
http://www.marathonauto.com/userfile...16_english.pdf
Size is 255/50R20. I got them from eBay for $952 delivered.
Here is the best tire review I have found, although from 2015 so you need to read between the lines:
http://www.marathonauto.com/userfile...16_english.pdf
09-05-2017, 11:20 AM
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I appreciated the original post. It really swayed my decision -- I was going to go with the OEM winter package from my local Audi dealer but he wanted $2995 for a wheel and tire set up with Pirelli Scorpions. I have seen great reviews about Nokian tires and I ended up ordering the Nokian R2 255/55 R19 (and purchased a new set of wheels) for my 2017 Prestige. My existing wheels are the 21's. I live in Portland, Oregon. Most winters we don't have snow but we had 9 days of snow that shut the city down last year. If I had the all seasons tires I think I would have taken my chances but with summer tires on the Q7 and my R8 I don't want to be stranded. I am eager to take the Q7 and actually look for snow this winter to see how they do up in the mountains, etc..
We don't have enough snow to warrant the studs -- I hope that the studless 19 inch R2's will still rip thru the snow.
We don't have enough snow to warrant the studs -- I hope that the studless 19 inch R2's will still rip thru the snow.
10-15-2017, 11:40 AM
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I appreciated the original post. It really swayed my decision -- I was going to go with the OEM winter package from my local Audi dealer but he wanted $2995 for a wheel and tire set up with Pirelli Scorpions. I have seen great reviews about Nokian tires and I ended up ordering the Nokian R2 255/55 R19 (and purchased a new set of wheels) for my 2017 Prestige. My existing wheels are the 21's. I live in Portland, Oregon. Most winters we don't have snow but we had 9 days of snow that shut the city down last year. If I had the all seasons tires I think I would have taken my chances but with summer tires on the Q7 and my R8 I don't want to be stranded. I am eager to take the Q7 and actually look for snow this winter to see how they do up in the mountains, etc..
We don't have enough snow to warrant the studs -- I hope that the studless 19 inch R2's will still rip thru the snow.
We don't have enough snow to warrant the studs -- I hope that the studless 19 inch R2's will still rip thru the snow.
Studded tires are overkill imho for those that live in areas that only intermittently get snow. I hate the noise as well as what they do to the roads.
The R2’s are arguably even better winter tires than the Blizzaks. I plan to replace my Blizzaks with R2’s once they wear out.
10-15-2017, 12:28 PM
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Studs don’t help on snow at all. They are not for snow.
Studs are for ice. And not overkill for ice. The whole idea is that if you hit a patch of ice, you are fine if you have stuffs. If you don’t have them, you are done.
I didn't mind the noise. My friend didn’t notice it either. There is a new Finnish standard for stud noise and the new Nokian and General 12s meet it.
Studs are for ice. And not overkill for ice. The whole idea is that if you hit a patch of ice, you are fine if you have stuffs. If you don’t have them, you are done.
I didn't mind the noise. My friend didn’t notice it either. There is a new Finnish standard for stud noise and the new Nokian and General 12s meet it.