Review on Nokian Tires Hakkapeliitta R3 205/55 R16 94R winter by Mateusz Trzmiel ᠌

Having never been in such conditions before, I decided to write a review after having the opportunity to test tires on a mountain road with the stabilizing system disabled. After a snowfall, a dump was used to level the terrain, which now features a steady downward slope, lingering arcs, and hairpins. A conventional start from a problem-free location would go as follows: minimal or no slipping; willing crawling even under gas; long turns on the descent allowing passing both under gas release with course correction by the steering wheel, and under impulse gas with skidding; successful counter-shift; skidding allowing a predictable exit; and so on. You had to straighten your tyres and wait for the friction force to do its job when you lost traction on rolling ice during turns out in the open. To reiterate, this is intentional active driving with stabilization disabled. I can't think of a better way to describe the peace and quiet experienced in typical winter conditions when using a fair driving style and stability. OK, here's the skinny: I ride a set of third-season tires with widths of 245/45/18 up front and 275/40/18 out rear, the manufacturer of which remains secret. Rear-wheel drive with an automatic transmission and 360 lb-ft of force/500 lb-ft of torque. Seasonal mileage does not exceed 5,000 kilometers, which will be significant to someone. I drive on tires that are very quiet (in the summer Michelin Pilot Sport 5), have the pressure set according to the manual, don't feel the track, cut porridge between lanes, row snow piles in the yards, have the electronic stability program (ESP) and anti-lock brakes (ABS) turned on very rarely when necessary, and have not been damaged or caused any balancing issues. Before that, I skated R2 on a different car for four seasons; at the end, it no longer held, but I was interested in the secondary market and knew I'd be doing some serious traveling within the next year or two; R3 is no worse in comparison.