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Nokian WRG5 or Nokian One for summer?

Just got new tires in for the spring/summer season. I ordered Nokian One at my local Kaltire and had them installed yesterday, but I checked and they seemed to have put in WRG5s instead. Both are priced similarly (around ~80CAD difference total for 4 tires). Should I bother going back to correct it or just stick with these?

I live in Alberta Canada where we get heavy snow during winters. However, I already have a dedicated set of winter tires so I’m not sure if having all-weather tires (WRG5) would really be necessary in my case. I’m using them on an old Mazda and drive it daily. Spring/Summer temps go to about 17-35 Celsius from May to September.

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u/84746 — 5 days ago

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Creaking sound from the rear in low speeds | Mazda 3 2010

I need help figuring out what this sound is. A little bit hard to hear from the video but it sounds a lot like creaking from the rear. I am going around 20km/hr in a parking lot here. It happens the most when I’m going under 50km/hr and rarely happens when I’m going into higher speeds (80+km/hr). Any help is appreciated! Thanks

From what I’ve tested:
-I can’t replicate the sound by just repeatedly pushing the rear suspension up and down.
-seems to happen the most when going slow over uneven ground
-sound happens whether I go straight or turning
-sound doesn’t seem specific to one side, but I could be wrong with this.

u/84746 — 5 days ago