Ok, ok I know ... bad pun but I really need to find some decient winter tires .. tired of my swampers slidding all over on ice ... I have a pic here of the general idea of the traction I need, aggressive, self-cleaning and a tire with an over-all size at or below 26" ... idealy a 195/75-14 (nothing bigger than205/74-14 ... ) bias or radial ... narrow is better ...or a smallish 15 would work too, just have to get some 6 lug 15's from the JY, no biggie ... these tires just HAVE to be smaller than 26.1" tall, I don't wana have the same problem of the lack of power I have with my swampers ... here's the pic:

I ran studded nokiian hakapalitas for a couple years, and they are friggin awesome..

Blizzaks are great.

Very soft rubber for cold weather. Unstudded. They will wear very fast if it is warm (and you drive like I do).

 

I'm interested in the Hakkapelitas (sp), they seem to have a good following around here...

I`m running with a new set of Blizzaks. I`ve only had 1 test (8") with them this winter. They held up to what they say.

i run wintermasters, they arent too agressive but i can drive through alot of bad stuff with them! rock on!

I drive up and down the Mount Washington road every day and tried Nokian WR this year. Used to run Blizzaks. WR's are the best grippy tire I have used. Also rated at 100,000 Km's so don't need to swap em off in the summer. Now all my buddies have em as well.

I'm using a set of studded Hankook WP401s this year and I love them, even more than my old Yoko K2s. My car lives at about 3000 ft, so it sees snow every day. Does just fine with those Hankooks.