Snow tires? looking for a 13" LRR option.
 

My old pair of 155/80 R13 Michelin snow tires are almost wore out and winter is almost here!
Michelin no longer seems to make 155/80 R13 snow tires, at least not that I can find, they do make an X-ice snow tire that is LRR but in a wider size, so is that my best option?
I'm open to any brand as long as they are LRR and are studless.

still not the right size, but the nokian hakkapeliitta R comes in 155 70 13

If you can, please post links to web sites that sell tires you mention.

nokian hakkapeliitta R 155/70 13
 

I just happened to be looking for these Nokian tires the other day. This is what I found.

Nokian Hakkapeliitta R 155/70R13 75R BSW free shipping - tires-easy.com

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A 155/70R13 tire is going to be way to small for a replacement, 5.7% smaller. You would need to go with a 175/70R13 to be close. I think the Hakkkapeliitta R is probably one of the best LLR snow tires out there, but they are expensive. Nokian makes the Hakka 7 in your stock size and is still LLR, but it may no be as low.

LRR seems counter-intuitive for a snow tire. The reason you have specific "snow" tires is that they have a higher coefficient of friction in wet/snowy conditions.

I'd rather be safe in winter driving conditions than gain 3% in FE but that's just me.

Tons of people roll around without even swithcing to snow tires. Its not unsafe, you just have to drive knowing how your car will react in a given situation (again something most people don't know).

I rolled with Hankook I pikes on the civic for a couple years. (even left them on durring the summer) They have awesome traction (FWD civic could drag it self through hood deep snow). I also got 55mpg all summer with them.

I had nokiens on the jetta, and Michelin x ices on the escort. It felt like the civic had more traction and could handle more snow even with less ground clearance.

I've been looking at getting a CRX... apparently they had 175/70/13's stock.

These are stock for that car but will replace your 155/80's just fine. I ran both size tires on my Rabbit and didn't notice a difference in speed or mpg.

Michelin*X-Ice Xi2

Tire Rack: $290 for a set after mail in rebate. ($90 per)
Discount Tire: $428 for a set, reg price. ($107 per)

http://www.discounttire.com/dtcs/fin...&fcb=&sw=false

Uffda, new tires are 'spensive. Wish some would pop up on CL.

I'm pretty good at driving in the winter with regular tires but I figure that snow tires are cheap insurance, more so with winding hilly roads that we have around here.
I am also responsible for plowing out the long driveway at work and keeping the heat on at work and it's on a road that can take a day or more to get cleared so I often get out there with the last half mile being unplowed.

The better snow tires are silica rubber, a LRR compound that has amazing grip, I have my near wore out snow tires on my car right now because my summer tires are out of balance and I haven't noticed my mileage drop.