ssevon

Hi,

we now have snow up here in Finland, and I'm finding my 535d gives me rubish traction in snow/ice. It has Dunlop Wintersport SPP (I think) RFT friction tyres.

What do You think, will a new set of tires get the traction to acceptable levels (I know it's no 4x4), or should I give up and get a RangeRover or new X5?

What tyres would You recomend for Nordic snow-conditions?

bw, Staffan

mooney058

up in Finland you should get Nokian Hakka (http://www.nokiantyres.com/) or Gislaved softfrost - those are for the real winter.

nokian are the best winter tyres i ever had

Nokian now is owned by bridgestones. gislaved owned by continental

DON -V-

give up and get a rangerover

on a serious note i have tried most winter tires and i have a 530d sport and still i find the traction rather poor up to u but i think ur spending good moeny after bad trying to find the right winter tires

mooney058

i am native of the region close to finnland (similar driving conditions) - have tried many different models and makers. winter tyres suitable to mild western europe climate helps little in the nordic conditions ... and on the contrary - nordic winter tyres are too soft for mild western/south europe winters. many tyre models got fancy names, but it does not help on the road.

nokian Rsi - is the new super tyre, excelent in nordic conditions

ssevon

it sure is a difficult decission, with the tyres I now have, I could only drive 60 kmh towing some stuff last week. On the other hand, there seems to be very few decent-strenght diesel-4x4's available at sub 1 million Euros over here in car-tax-land.
Has anyone noticed big increases in traction from a particular set of tyres?

KAF

I would have thought that when the winter really bites up there you should be looking to studded tyres.

aybeesea

When I was in Helsinki a few years back (2001 IIRC) in April there was still a large proportion of cars with studded tyres being driven.

ABC

ssevon

in Southern Finland, if You have a 4x4, You can usually make do quite nicely with friction-tyres. i had fictions on my Audi A4 a couple of years ago with no probs.
To all You nordic/northern North America drivers out there; have You had any
traction-problems with studdeds?

fraseman999

Never drove mine in snow yet. What are they like?
My e34 and e39 were both crap in the snow.

mooney058

why to choose studded? good non-studded outperform studded tyres in accelarating and breaking on snow/ice.