So, most of you know that I am definiately not fan of these tires in dry, wet, or comfort wise. I still think they are mediocre at best, EXCEPT during that "bombgenesis" that we had yesterday.
I still have to shovel some 6ft snow drift part of my drive way, but other part of driveway is not as bad as VW Tiguan was going in and out of garage to rescue people in neighborhood and local roads.
I drove yesterday from work and daycare home around noon in Sienna (has Michelin Latitude Xi2). It was already a mess, and people were getting nowhere due to SPECIFICALLY tires. Numerous pick up's, Subaru's (drivers of these cars are absolute nemesis on the road. One just cannot explain them laws of physics). After navigating between struggling cars to get my kid home (it was slush in the morning which by noon turned into ice, while snow was pounding and wind was already some 40-50mph), which took 1 1/2 hours instead of normal 15 minutes, I parked Sienna somehow as blizzard was at that point so strong that I could not see backing up into garage.
After some time, on neighborhood Facebook page there were posts that people got stuck in their cars (Facebook yesterday, as it happens in situations like this, was spotty at best). So several of us (mostly people with JEEP's that had proper A/T tires, though one of my friends managed to break axle), guy in Audi Q7 and I in Tiguan, went around to check people. Those Nokian felt finally like they are at home. 2ft drift? No problems. Snow up to VW sign on my Tiguan? No problems. Around 8pm, there was a call that pregnant lady was stranded for 6hrs and she could not reach search and rescue. Guy in a JEEP and I went to pick her up, and stumbled in closed road on a police that managed to call snow cat to get her. Winds were anywhere between 60 and 90mph (at the airport few miles away they measured 97mph). I had to put ski suit on and wear ski mask and googles to see anything.
So overall, absolutely no issues with NOKIAN Hakka R2 SUV through drifts, avoiding road through grass covered with bunch of snow, 2 inches of ice on the road (that is where JEEP's with A/T tires had some serious issues).
I must say, before things got really bad, Michelin Latitude Xi2 x-ice did really good too. But, going through that icy slush and later driving Nokian, I could notice that Nokian's are more confident in slush and allow much more speed. However, could not try Michelin's last night as Sienna does not have clearance for that, plus VW's AWD is much better than one on Toyota and generally short wheelbase on Tiguan is much easier to maneuver between numerous cars that were stranded.
I still have to shovel some 6ft snow drift part of my drive way, but other part of driveway is not as bad as VW Tiguan was going in and out of garage to rescue people in neighborhood and local roads.
I drove yesterday from work and daycare home around noon in Sienna (has Michelin Latitude Xi2). It was already a mess, and people were getting nowhere due to SPECIFICALLY tires. Numerous pick up's, Subaru's (drivers of these cars are absolute nemesis on the road. One just cannot explain them laws of physics). After navigating between struggling cars to get my kid home (it was slush in the morning which by noon turned into ice, while snow was pounding and wind was already some 40-50mph), which took 1 1/2 hours instead of normal 15 minutes, I parked Sienna somehow as blizzard was at that point so strong that I could not see backing up into garage.
After some time, on neighborhood Facebook page there were posts that people got stuck in their cars (Facebook yesterday, as it happens in situations like this, was spotty at best). So several of us (mostly people with JEEP's that had proper A/T tires, though one of my friends managed to break axle), guy in Audi Q7 and I in Tiguan, went around to check people. Those Nokian felt finally like they are at home. 2ft drift? No problems. Snow up to VW sign on my Tiguan? No problems. Around 8pm, there was a call that pregnant lady was stranded for 6hrs and she could not reach search and rescue. Guy in a JEEP and I went to pick her up, and stumbled in closed road on a police that managed to call snow cat to get her. Winds were anywhere between 60 and 90mph (at the airport few miles away they measured 97mph). I had to put ski suit on and wear ski mask and googles to see anything.
So overall, absolutely no issues with NOKIAN Hakka R2 SUV through drifts, avoiding road through grass covered with bunch of snow, 2 inches of ice on the road (that is where JEEP's with A/T tires had some serious issues).
I must say, before things got really bad, Michelin Latitude Xi2 x-ice did really good too. But, going through that icy slush and later driving Nokian, I could notice that Nokian's are more confident in slush and allow much more speed. However, could not try Michelin's last night as Sienna does not have clearance for that, plus VW's AWD is much better than one on Toyota and generally short wheelbase on Tiguan is much easier to maneuver between numerous cars that were stranded.