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Old 07-06-2010, 04:19 PM
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Originally Posted by kpfury
Can I get 2 dedicated winter tires and swap them out every season rotating with the summer tires? Ie. have the winter tires with summer tires #1 & 2, then the follinwg year have the winter tires w/ summer tires 3+4 (rotated)? Or do all 4 tires need to match?
I'm not sure I understand you, but if you mean running 2 summers with 2 winters, that is a bad idea. The difference in dry or snow traction would be vast, setting you up for a spin. Always run 4 matching tires.
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Originally Posted by LeadToRome
Those are pretty cool, how were they when it was hot and dry? How would you describe your driving style?

It's sorta odd that they're supposed to be all-year tires but in one of the tabs they talk about "storage season". I guess you might use these as designated winter tires in areas such as the carolinas where it's quite warm for most of the year but it snows occasionally. Here in MD I'm probably straddling that line.
My driving style is "enthusiastic" . During the summer, these certainly did not handle as well as summers, but certainly similar to most good all seasons, just with a little more road noise. Winter time, the Nokians were great, almost as good as dedicated winters, and very handled well when the very cold Minnesota winter set in.
To me they feel like winter tires that are ok in the summer time.
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