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Tire Question From Sr. Citizen
Hello,
Thanks again for previous help. Very nice of you all. Sr. Citizen now, so please bear with me a bit. Have to get new tires for my 2009 Buick LaCrosse (4 door sedan) Live outside of Boston. "Fair" amount of snow in the winter. I leave my tires on all year round, even though I agree it's not the smartest thing to do; but just too much of a hassle to change it these days. So, I would like to put on Nokian WR G3 tires. Have really liked them in the past. Sticker on the car door frame says: 225/60 R16 Nothing else. **Present tires are Michelin, and embossed on the tire is: 225/60 R16 98H I have no idea what the 98 H means ? **The closest that Nokian now offers for their WR G3 is: 225/60 R16 102 V XL Again, I have no idea what the 102 V XL means ? What do all these symbols mean, please ? H V XL and the 102 Think the Nokian's with the 102 V XL will be good for my 2009 Buick ? Any caveats re handling, snow capability etc. ? Thanks, Bob |
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Tire Question From Sr. Citizen
On 10/09/2017 09:45 AM, Bob wrote:
> Hello, > > Thanks again for previous help. Very nice of you all. > Sr. Citizen now, so please bear with me a bit. > > Have to get new tires for my 2009 Buick LaCrosse (4 door sedan) > > Live outside of Boston. "Fair" amount of snow in the winter. > I leave my tires on all year round, even though I agree it's not the > smartest thing to do; but just too much of a hassle to change it these days. > > So, I would like to put on Nokian WR G3 tires. > Have really liked them in the past. > > Sticker on the car door frame says: 225/60 R16 > Nothing else. > > **Present tires are Michelin, and embossed on the tire is: > 225/60 R16 98H > > I have no idea what the 98 H means ? > > **The closest that Nokian now offers for their WR G3 is: > 225/60 R16 102 V XL > > Again, I have no idea what the 102 V XL means ? > > What do all these symbols mean, please ? > H > V > XL > and the 102 > > Think the Nokian's with the 102 V XL will be good for my 2009 Buick ? > > Any caveats re handling, snow capability etc. ? More than you wanted to know: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tire_code -- Cheers, Bev "Windows Freedom Day: a holiday that moves each year, the date of which is calculated by adding up the total amount of time a typical person must spend restarting windows and then determining how many work weeks that would correspond to." -- Trygve Lode |
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Tire Question From Sr. Citizen
In rec.autos.tech, on Mon, 9 Oct 2017 12:45:24 -0400, Bob
> wrote: >Hello, > >Thanks again for previous help. Very nice of you all. >Sr. Citizen now, so please bear with me a bit. > >Have to get new tires for my 2009 Buick LaCrosse (4 door sedan) > >Live outside of Boston. "Fair" amount of snow in the winter. >I leave my tires on all year round, even though I agree it's not the >smartest thing to do; but just too much of a hassle to change it these days. > >So, I would like to put on Nokian WR G3 tires. >Have really liked them in the past. > >Sticker on the car door frame says: 225/60 R16 >Nothing else. > >**Present tires are Michelin, and embossed on the tire is: > 225/60 R16 98H > >I have no idea what the 98 H means ? > >**The closest that Nokian now offers for their WR G3 is: > 225/60 R16 102 V XL > >Again, I have no idea what the 102 V XL means ? I don't know either, but it seems like a subset of what the door frame says to use, so I'm sure it's fine. Except for XL. I think that means Extra Large. Have you gained weight? JK, just kidding. >What do all these symbols mean, please ? >H >V >XL >and the 102 > >Think the Nokian's with the 102 V XL will be good for my 2009 Buick ? > >Any caveats re handling, snow capability etc. ? > >Thanks, >Bob > |
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