New Nokian Rotiiva AT winter offroad tire

[Farfrumwork]

Good review Dave.


I don't have the Rotiiva's, but I thought I'd leave a quick note on the Wildcountry XTX Sport that I posted above, which I have had for 3-4000mi now.

The Wildcountry's are too soft for a Westy (IMO). They ride well in a straight line, sans wind, and are great off road due to their compliance, but are scary in high winds. They are an SL rated tire though, so I guess it's not too much of a surprise.

They are a good snow tire- better than the General Grabbers I had previously.

My old Grabbers (27" on 14" wheels) were MUCH more stable, even though they had taller sidewalls.


I'll most likely be selling them (215/70/16) and moving to the C-load rated KO2 in the same 215/70/16 before spring. The Wildcountry's would be good for a Subaru Outback or something lighter and with a lower Cg. I'll shoot for $75/ea like Dave (1/2 of retail pricing).... It was worth a try, they would have been great if they were a XL load rated.
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[goskiracer]

jackbombay, I haven't been to Trysil yet. I've been up in Finnmark a few times and points west and north of Oslo. Heading up to Sunndalsøra this weekend

I would agree that these tires are NOT a hakka and that they are an A- when compared in the severe winter class. But, as far as all season tires go... these are really quite good for pounding out highway miles, some offroading, and winter weather driving.

Cables are for mud bogging and drift busting
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[jackbombay]

[Vanhalla]

Any follow up reviews on the Nokian Rotiiva AT. I'm seriously thinking about these as opposed to going with the much heavier KO2.
I'll be using mostly on Oregon fire roads, sandy beaches and occasionally through some pretty rough sharp rocky trails.
Any insight to their off road capabilities would be great, most seem to concentrate on their on road and snow abilities which appear to be quite good.
Thanks
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[Steve M.]

I saw some negative comments about them, but it was the summer Rotiva being used in winter. So that's a given error!
Good looking tread on them.

[Steve M.]

The Nokia website is garbage for info. Horrendous to use.
You have to download the brochure to see the tires sizes.

[Vanhalla]

I thought the Rotiiva is an All Season, All Weather tire. Perhaps if compared to a snow tire it won't fare well.
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[fuscavw]

Hey, Steve M. or Steve Arndt, I'm about to order a set of the Rotiiva 215 70 16 and want to make sure I'm getting the same ones you have. Am I correct that these are not the XL but would be just fine running on my syncro westy? Here's the link to the ones I'm thinking about.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/172301604862?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

[baltik]

I use a 215/65/r16 rotiiva on a heavy syncro westy, Only 1k miles so far but I am happy with them in terms of noise and on road performance (no meaningful offroad or snow experience yet)

[fuscavw]

[Steve M.]

[Skidub]

Bumping 'fuscavw's' post...I too found some CLK's and I am looking to fit them with the Rotiiva 215/70/r16 on my tin top Syncro. Any other performance feedback or confirmation that the 100T load rating is suitable would be much appreciated.

fuscavw, did you order your set? Like 'em?
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[vanagonjr]

Any feedback from people using this tire?

I am thinking of 215/65R16 102T XL (up to 190 km/h, max load 850 kg)
on 16" rims, of course.

Mainly street driving, some added traction on occasional dirt roads. Don't envision any snow driving, so that's a minor concern.
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[Steve M.]

[Steve Arndt]

I have 16K miles on my Rotiivas. They are below 60% now. Worthless on snow and ice at this point. I rotated them three times in that period. My syncro seems to eat tires for lunch. 90% in town driving is hard on them I guess. That was with a 5 tire rotation for most of that 16k miles too. Not sure what tires I will go with next. Maybe 216/65 BFG.

[Steve M.]

[vanagonjr]

Hmmm the tread wear comments on Nokian's site wear great or terrible, with one in between. So it's hard to tell what to expect, now.

Thanks for the feedback.
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[Steve M.]

[RGS Paul]

We've been running them the last two years on our Syncro in a 215/65-R16 size. Initially I special ordered them through Van-Cafe, now stock items from them. We have used them everywhere in the Southwest in all seasons from the snowy mountains of Utah and Colorado to Death Valley. Absolutely love them. The one test they still have to pass is deep snow, we have never had a reasonable foot or so to drive through in the last two years.

We like them so much we are planning to get another pair on my wife's Jeep.

Paul
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[Steve Arndt]

Should I pursue the warranty they have? They have a 60,000 mile warranty.

I love how quiet they are, the stability compared to BFG AT, and the packed snow and ice performance also compared to BFG.