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Anyone heard feedback from the Gislaved Nord Frost 5 winter tires?Has anyone ever put them (or the Nord Frost 3) on their Vibe/Matrix? Any feedback would be appreciated.I'm seriously looking into those. http://www.conti-online.com/ge....html

Hi,Last year I have bought nordfrost 3 but I had the choice between the 3 and 5. From what the dealer has explained the 5 is more a tire for high speed on highway. As my needs were more oriented toward a snow and ice tire I have bought the 3. And the vibe is not a vehicule for speeding No regrets. Good tire and very good price comparated to michelin or nokian.But I have also downsized the tire to a 15" wheelCarpediem

are these good tires? i've never heard of them, seems to be a local company for you montrealers

They're a division of Continental and are sold worldwide. They are very popular on Volvo's.http://www.canadiandriver.com/...5.htm

if their web site is any indication of how their tires perform... it doesn't sit too well with me.

Quote, originally posted by Sunny »They're a division of Continental and are sold worldwide. They are very popular on Volvo's.http://www.canadiandriver.com/...5.htmoh ok awesome, never knew that, guess ya learn something new every day

Last year a local newspaper had made some test on snow tires The results were :1-Nokian Hakkapeliitta RSI 84,9% 2-Gislaved Nordfrost3 83,3% 3-yokohama Ice Guard Ig-10 83,1% 4-Toyo Observe Go2 Plus 82,4% 5-Michelin X-Ice 81,1% 6-Dunlop graspic DS 2 79,2% 7-Pirelli Winter Carving 78,2% 8-Goodyear ultra grip Ice 77,4% 9-Bridstone Blizzak revo1 76,1% 10-Hankook W-404 75,6% 11-Continental ContiWinterContact ts810 74,5% 12-Kelly Snowtracker st/2 70,9% 13-Gt Radial Champiro GT65 66,3% Les prix maintenant,toujour par odre 1-$167.00 2-$110.00 3-$132.00 4-$135.00 5-$140.00 6-$132.00 7-$139.00 8-$134.00 9-$138.00 10-$104.00 11-$104.00 12-$92.00 13-$88.00Gislaved is a norway or swedish company know ownwed by Continental. In Europe they are a direct competitor of Nokian on the snow and ice tire.Carpediem

i'd probably be going with the Yokohama ice guards again..had them on my sunfire and they were amazing

There are 2 tire manfactures i will have nothing to do with and wouldnt touch with a 39 and 1/2 foot pole.GENERALandCONTENENTIAL

I just bought continental viking snow tires, consumer reports rated them 2nd best, even though the 1st ones (x-ice, mich) had a poorer rating. They were pretty cheap and had good tread life too ( i drive a ton for work) I havent put them on yet but the tread looks purdy

You said that the Michelin had a poorer rating but from what I readed in CU, it's all dependent of what you expect from a snow tire. The viking is better on dry and wet pavement but the Michelin is much better on the aspects of snow traction and ice braking. Exactly why I buy a snow tire. Carpediem

yep it's all about traction on ice and snow..shouldnt worry to much on wet/dry pavement

Quote, originally posted by Carpediem »You said that the Michelin had a poorer rating but from what I readed in CU, it's all dependent of what you expect from a snow tire. The viking is better on dry and wet pavement but the Michelin is much better on the aspects of snow traction and ice braking. Exactly why I buy a snow tire. Carpediemwell..yeah but the dots werent red where the vikings were and the viking had more white/red ones. although it was semi confusing on their rating system... I drive a ton so the highways will be less snow covered...hence my purchase, but like sublime was telling me any snow tire will be better than stock.

Thanks. I'm can't seem to get the 3 so I'm going for the 5. I do more highway anyway.I'm getting them in a few days.