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Here's the deal: gonna get mom's/granmother's old '68 Beetle going again to be used as a DD/primitive road going car. Car will be stock except for a slight lift for ground clearance. I'm looking for a VWish size tire (stock was 165/80/15) with a slightly aggressive tread pattern that doesn't feel "squishy" when driven on dry pavement. Basically I want an all-terrain tire like they used to make in smaller sizes but no longer do. I like a few snow tire patterns but they all have too much stippling. Something around 205(15)/75/15 should work....and of course I'd like them to be a as inexpensive and light as possible. Any suggestions?
 
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Yokohama "ice-guard" on the wife's Honda Fit. 175/65 (iirc) mounted on 15" steel wheels. They're awesome.
 
I've got General Altimax Arctic on my '87 325i and our '90 325iX and they're really great. The 185/70-14 is $55 each on TireRack, but I'm not sure what the 15" availability is.
 
A lot of the VW bus crowd likes the BF Goodrich All Terrains. Good road feel, not too noisy. Not exactly on the cheap end of the scale.
 
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