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(12-03-2010, 07:57 AM)srg Wrote: i'm looking to get a set of winters installed on the Focus hopefully this weekend. i called a bunch of places and a few of them offered me the Barum Polaris 2 tire. as far as i know, they are made by continental, so they should be decent? i'll be spending just under $400 taxes in with installation/balancing for the rubber only. anyone have any experience using these tires or heard of this brand? are they any good?

Like you said, Barum is a Continental company, like Gislaved or General. They're a European arm of Continental, and a little more economical than Gislaved. Anything I've ever seen has been they are a good snow tire, but not the ultimate, like a Nokian or Gislaved. I'd compare them to the BF Goodrich of the Continental world. Good, but not the best. Definitely comparable to Goodyear Nordics, or the Hankook I-Pike W409s I'm running.

For $400 taxes in, it's hard to go wrong...