Tire Definitions ?

Hello,

Having a bit of trouble with tire definitions.

In the "old days," there was something called a snow tire.
Big, deep lugs/threads. May, or may not, have studs, although the holes
for them was always there, if I remember correctly.

Are these generically the same as what is called a "Winter Tire" these
days ?

Tire rack seems to carry every brand out there, but not Nokian's.
Any idea whey ?

Is it that they've had problems with them, or... ?

Thanks,
B.

Hi again,

Forgot to include this question also.
Sorry, but will blame it on old-age, which is a really great excuse for
most everything:

Are All-Season the same as All-Weather ?

Thanks,
Bob
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On 9/13/2011 5:52 PM, Bob wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Having a bit of trouble with tire definitions.
>
> In the "old days," there was something called a snow tire.
> Big, deep lugs/threads. May, or may not, have studs, although the holes
> for them was always there, if I remember correctly.
>
> Are these generically the same as what is called a "Winter Tire" these
> days ?
>
> Tire rack seems to carry every brand out there, but not Nokian's.
> Any idea whey ?
>
> Is it that they've had problems with them, or... ?
>
> Thanks,
> B.

On Tue, 13 Sep 2011 17:52:01 -0400, Bob > wrote:

>Hello,
>
>Having a bit of trouble with tire definitions.
>
>In the "old days," there was something called a snow tire.
>Big, deep lugs/threads. May, or may not, have studs, although the holes
>for them was always there, if I remember correctly.

Click and Clack were talking about snow tires, last weekend I think 3
days ago, recommending them to someone. They contrasted them with
all-season tires. Told the caller to get another set of wheels too
iirc, to make changing them quicker and easier.

>Are these generically the same as what is called a "Winter Tire" these
>days ?

They didn't call them "winter tires" Winter can mean a lot of things,
not the same in Florida as Minnesota.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_tires says they're the same thing,
but I distrust anyone who won't use standard English. I would want
to see the specs for the particular tire, or at least that symbol, a
"snowflake on a mountain" , that the url illustrates.

IIRC, studs are illegal in many, most, or all states unless there is
snow or ice on the ground, or more likely, on the roads themselves.
Studs are good for ice, but don't help on snow iirc. But if there is
snow on the road as deep as the studs are long, the studs won't hurt
the road.

>Tire rack seems to carry every brand out there, but not Nokian's.
>Any idea whey ?

I thought they were portable telphones.

>Is it that they've had problems with them, or... ?
>
>Thanks,
>B.