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Old 09-12-2018, 12:59 PM   #14
John V
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Originally Posted by Josh (PA) View Post
The Hakkas are extremely noisy and pretty aggressively biased to bad traction. They are great in slush, ice, and other foul inclement environments, but aren't great in the dry.
for the R2 that's the case. But they're saying the R3 changes the game a bit.

I think the right answer is to just buy whatever is on sale at tirerack. I hate all-season tires and I don't mind switching tires a couple times a year on the daily driver. With the ice storms we get here it's still worth it to me to have a tire meant for those conditions even if it means sacrificing feel / grip on January days where it's just cold, not snowy/icy.

edit: I was wrong, the tires I have on the Mazda's winter wheels are Pirelli Sottozeros, but they're old... probably three or four years old... so I'm not sure what model.
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