w4lks0ftly
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@Couvi, those look great! Don't know what you're saying about posting better pics. 
Glad you're enjoying them and can't wait to hear the longer-term impressions.
@shortribs, thanks for that additional link from Tyre Reviews. Very glad we are enjoying equanimity on this thread between those choosing P-metric and those choosing LT for their different use cases. Seems like more users and version experiences can only improve the conversation. I'm keenly interested to see if noteworthy differences emerge. In particular, I haven't found any discussion by Nokian about differences in compound between the two versions, and that's a point of curiosity for me. Looking at the photo, I believe the Tyre Reviews guy is running an LT275/65R18 for his long-term test, which is identical to what I have on Pearl.
On my side, they continue to perform beautifully. Having a bit more snow, cold, and highway time, impressions remain unchanged. Took them up toward Hagerman Pass (turned around at the Windsor Lake trailhead) through about 14" of mashed potatoes in 40ºF temps a couple weeks ago. To my mind, these are some of the worst traction conditions possible - too deep to dig all the way down to solid ground and too warm for the snow to offer much grip. I did end up having to lock the center diff as things got laterally squidgy, but the tires tracked impressively well and had remarkable bite when crawling back up from the drifted ditch we accidentally detoured into!
The past few mornings have been 1ºF with a mix of packed snow/ice/bare pavement while driving the kids to school, and I've never lost traction unintentionally... Feeling out the edges of lateral grip in a range of temps over the past few weeks puts these one step behind dedicated snows but way ahead of every other all-weather I've experienced. On a serious note, the tires saved my butt two days ago when I was under-caffeinated and came up on a stopped vehicle faster than I should on snow; ABS didn't even activate.
I still haven't gotten to put them through their paces in Moab, but hopefully soon.
Glad you're enjoying them and can't wait to hear the longer-term impressions.@shortribs, thanks for that additional link from Tyre Reviews. Very glad we are enjoying equanimity on this thread between those choosing P-metric and those choosing LT for their different use cases. Seems like more users and version experiences can only improve the conversation. I'm keenly interested to see if noteworthy differences emerge. In particular, I haven't found any discussion by Nokian about differences in compound between the two versions, and that's a point of curiosity for me. Looking at the photo, I believe the Tyre Reviews guy is running an LT275/65R18 for his long-term test, which is identical to what I have on Pearl.
On my side, they continue to perform beautifully. Having a bit more snow, cold, and highway time, impressions remain unchanged. Took them up toward Hagerman Pass (turned around at the Windsor Lake trailhead) through about 14" of mashed potatoes in 40ºF temps a couple weeks ago. To my mind, these are some of the worst traction conditions possible - too deep to dig all the way down to solid ground and too warm for the snow to offer much grip. I did end up having to lock the center diff as things got laterally squidgy, but the tires tracked impressively well and had remarkable bite when crawling back up from the drifted ditch we accidentally detoured into!
The past few mornings have been 1ºF with a mix of packed snow/ice/bare pavement while driving the kids to school, and I've never lost traction unintentionally...
Feeling out the edges of lateral grip in a range of temps over the past few weeks puts these one step behind dedicated snows but way ahead of every other all-weather I've experienced. On a serious note, the tires saved my butt two days ago when I was under-caffeinated and came up on a stopped vehicle faster than I should on snow; ABS didn't even activate.I still haven't gotten to put them through their paces in Moab, but hopefully soon.
