Nice! I'm glad you found a good set. I was looking at Nokians all year long, but have debated some long-term life goals and didn't feel like investing in a brand new set of winter tires. So I settled on used Hankook iPikes 245/45R18 for my STI wheels. Very good condition, they were on a Suzuki Kazashi driven by an older woman that traded it in for an Outback. I haven't put them on yet because someone needed to borrow my STI wheels, so for now I'm borrowing these wheels:
Recent cruise to Eklutna with STI wheels.
Yeah, snow tires on the dry/wet road are no bueno. They truly come to life on ice and in the snow. Night and day difference. I've never been bothered much by road noise.