Yes they are worth it. I\u2019ve had all types of winter tires. But the studded nokian hakkas are insane. Literally transformative.
I replaced the stock garbage dunlops with some Nokian “nordman” solstice 4 all weathers(Colorado). These are a hair louder than the stock tires since they don’t have EV foam but efficiency has been the exact same if not maybe slightly better. Ride is maybe a little harder but overall they’ve been great in the summer and during heavy rain.
Got the Vredestein Ultrac Pros. They have been great tires. When I did some research before purchasing I found that they have been in Europe for years now and just started selling here a year or so ago. They are grippy, quiet, have been great in the Florida weather, and they look nice. People said they are trying to move into the higher end tire market with prices a bit cheaper than the other makers. I recommend them to every WRX owner that asks about tires.
i have the vredesteins on my 2024 oem's. i used it last winter in the east coast. we barely had snow but it performed great either way.
Used to daily an NA Miata for years (based in PNW.) Had snow tires (hakkas) during winter and never had a problem.
I've bought the Nokian Hakkapeliitta R5 for one car... I feel the Nokians are the best.
I love driving RWD in winter, especially a good one with a torquey V-8 and a manual transmission like my BMW 550i. It handles so amazingly well in the snow, so effortless. Obviously, high quality winter tires like Nokian Hakkas are an absolute requirement.
I wanted a drifty car to put known amazing snow+ice tires on (Nokian Hakkapeliitta) and wound up with a BMW e36 with the small 6cyl. The tires made it way, way less drifty than I’d hoped- even in 10” of heavy lake effect snow, it just grunted along like it was raining & 50°F. I didn’t even have to wait for the snow plows because *it plowed the snow*.
I run wrg4’s for winters and their decent. They’re not loud and they’re fine in the dry and wet. Snow and ice they could better. Not as good as a full winter but better than all seasons.
The problem is that Nokian tires, which used to be very good before 2017, have had a tremendous fall in quality.
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