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Originally Posted by d00little
Have a set of older (7 years), cheaper winters we are going to slap on the old Murano one last winter. Our main driver is a Volvo XC90 with new Hakkas.
After this season with the old winters, I was thinking of just going all year round with All-Weather Nokian WRG4's. How would those compare for winter driving versus older, cheaper winters? If the weather got really bad we could drive on the Hakkas.
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I didn't use the WRG4, but the Nokians I used I think were the WRG3. I had them on a previous vehicle for around 3 years.
By the third year I'd sorta have to admit towards driving speed limit/slightly below for mountain inclement weather conditions as I would have if the vehicle had all seasons. But city driving was still good/slightly above average vs all seasons. I drove on them year round, so basically by year 3 they were arguably on their 6th+ season? The vehicle did have AWD so I assume that helps slightly in balancing the tire wear for front and back?
Their winter performance is IMO slightly above the cheapest winter tires and just slightly below a mid level winter tire. WRG4 should be an excellent option for a vehicle that primarily is used in the city with the occasional road trip. How it stacks against many other all weather tires though, I'm not sure. I wouldn't hesitate to say WRG4 is a good option if someone only wanted one set of tires though.