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what a bargain.... 900

posted by  someone claiming to be Rob A on  Thu Jun 20 22:01 CST 2002 [RELATED]

Patrick:

I'm driving a n/a 940 in rainy Holland and installed a set of 205/60HR15 Nokian NRW tires last fall.

a) Nokian NRWs are sold in the US as 4 season tires, but in Europe as snow tires. Go figure...

b) They are truly amazing on the rain - so much so that the instructors at an anti-skidding course that I did just couldn't believe it -. This is a characteristic that I find critical year-round in Dutch/British types of climate

c) Originally I intended to use them in the winter only, but they so much feel like a summer tire (grip, comfort, noise etc.) that I cannot find a good reason to put back my summer tires

d) The standard size for a n/a 940 is 185/65TR15. I changed to 205/60HR15 at the suggestion of one of the people at Nokian's R & D team (who are most helpful BTW - just email Nokian if you have any questions) in order to get better grip (size) and tighter handling (H-rated instead of the standard T-rated)

e) I see from their web-site that the NRW is being replaced by another tire. I would imagine that it might be better still

In short, while I'm sure that a set of top of the range Pirellis for example will give you more grip on dry roads, NRWs (and presumably their replacement) will beat just about anything else in real life. Remember that we have only a few months of fair weather (during which it still rains quite a bit) and many more months of lousy weather. Especially if your mileage is low you are unlikely to have two sets of tires.

Let us know what you do.

Best,

Rob





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