On 2011-04-18 03:44:43 -0400, AD > said:

> On Apr 15, 7:15*pm, D. LaCourse > wrote:
>> On 2011-04-15 05:00:00 -0400, AD > said:
>>
>>> I've noticed none of the tires offered on tirerack are factory
>>> studded.
>>
>>> Is that tirerack specific or you could not get factory studded tires
>>> in the US of A?
>>
>>> A ploy to keep hakkapeliitta 7 out of the US is suspected
>>
>> Every snow tire I have ever bought with studs, the tire dealer
>> installed the studs. *When I bought Hakkas back in the 80s (before
>> anyone knew about them), they arrived at my home with a box full of
>> studs. *A local dealer installed them for me. *He asked if I lived on
> a
>> mountain. *When I replied no, he said, "You can now!" *I used studded
>> Hakkas back in the 80s for TSD rallies when there was snow/ice on the
>> roads, and ice racing on Newfound Lake in NH. *Great tires.
>>
> I know. I run summer hakkas on my car
> since in the bundocks I live in there is no direzza z1 star spec,
> re-11s or ad08s.
> Heck, there is not even ecsta xs sold around here
>
> Btw Hakka is their summer tire line.
> hakkapeliitta is their winter tire line and the lesser all season
> trash known as W+ (and sold as the winter tire here)
> is just nokian W+ :-)
>
> I wonder how uniformly you could stud tires at home. I could be
> mistaken but I suspect stud retention
> wouldn't be all that good.