Like the title says... what recommendations do you have for a newbie who wants to replace damaged Hakkapeliitta studless snowtires w/ a quality all season set that won't break my bank?

 

I run the goodyear assurance tripletred they have a 80k mile warranty. Considering my last two sets of tires were bald at around 10 to 15k miles, I have 12k on this set and the tires still look new with no noticeable wear. I will purchase them again.

 

I had some Winterforce tires on my older A6 Avant... Great in the snow!

 

I'm getting them installed tomorrow, but I bought some Kuhmo ecsta 4x's to throw on my allroad. They have good reviews from tirerack and seem to be a a good performance tire for the price and 40K warranty. I went with 245's and they're 133 per tire without installation. I would check out tirerack as they have pretty good reviews and information. I previously had the ecsta asx on my car which were good for the price, but nothing terrific. Had Michelin Pilot A/S sports on an a6 4.2 and those were very nice tires and great in both wet and dry, but pretty spendy.

Hope some of that helps some...