I plan on using the stock wheels with either a set of conti extreme contacts or a dedicated winter set. I want something good in the snow as I think we're gonna get hit hard this upcoming winter. The conti extremes are rated good for the snow...but still worry me a bit being an all-season. I'm starting to lean towards a dedicated snow. I still have a few more weeks to decide. I thought about getting a wheel set as well, but I'd rather upgrade to a nice set of ralliart wheels or similar for the summer now.

 

The tirerack web page specifically states "R speed rated" as the speed rating.

 

On the comparison lists and summary page.

But if you look on the specs page, (http://www.tirerack.com/tires/Spec.j...del=AVS+Winter) it's listed as "235/45R17 94H".

If you look up most tires on their specs pages, they're listed as, say, "235/45HR17". In this format, the "H" is the speed rating (210kph), and the "R" mean "radial" construction, not "R" speed rating (170kph). The new format rating, e.g., "94H", is also listed. (http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tirete...eral/speed.htm)

I'm guessing that the site data 'bot takes the older data from the tire spec (HR,VR, etc). The AVS Winter specs aren't in that format.

Pages that deal with a lot of bulk data often have a glitch here and there. (In any two lines of code, there's a bug in one of them.)

AVS Winter has a load rating of 94, and a speed rating of "H".

And, yes, they're radial tires.