Tires Nokia or Achilles

We have two Model Y’s in Alaska and I buy Nokian Hakkapeliitta R5 EV winter studless tires. I’ve always used studless winter tires on my Subarus and now we use them on our teslas. They’re pricey—I paid $1,850 for the set (not installed, and no rims) a couple months ago. We keep them on November through March and they typically last at least 3 winters.

I’m a huge fan of Nokkian Tyres for winter.

Just picked up a set of Achilles Touring A/S sent to a local installer, under $400 all told.

The one proviso, buy good tires. I have All-Weather Nokians on my Forester, world of difference.

It runs Nokian Encompass AW01s which are a 3MP snowflake rated all weather tire and it's been really good in increasingly mild Wisconsin winters since 2022.

If you don\u2019t want to switch out and have 2 sets of wheels I\u2019d go with Nokian remedy wrg5

Throw some Nokian Hakka's on it and let it rock.

I just put new Nokian Hakkapeliitta studs on mine. Handles like a dream. So happy I plonked down the money.

I drove on mine up to the base of mount Seymour a couple days ago before the plow started clearing the road. However I made it fairly easily to the first parking area and had to park as I wouldn’t make it to the lodge parking. Made it down without issue too. On fresh snow I found them a bit squirrelly but nothing too bad.

Tires are low quality , made in Russia where no natural rubber found to make. Drove 1 day after replacement on unpaved rd . Tires are bubbled. Had to replace