@thismyusername Those chains are a really cool invention. I always wondered why there were chains hanging under school buses and researched it. What a brilliant idea!
@cengland0 I was there too. My nephew was born in January 1989 and I was there in Orlando visiting from Ohio. Entertaining to witness the apocalypse. It was funny to see everyone freaking out over a few flakes. I also lived through the Blizzard of 1978 in Ohio. Snow drifts up to the second story of our house. Now there’s some snow!
All seasons that need to get rotated. Haven’t driven this car in the snow yet, though. Might grab some chains (for the first time ever) but I’m not planning on driving up to the mountain, and I’m not stupid enough to get on the freeway if it does happen to snow around here.
No. I think I’ll just avoid putting them on this year, as they are rather heavy and awkward to get around in. Fortunately, the truck has all-weather tires.
Added thought: Why do people talk about their vehicles as though they were their own bodies? “I’ll be a bit late tomorrow because I have to go in for an oil change and to have my tires rotated.” My response has always been a sympathetic look and : “That sounds painful.”
Done. I maintain 5 cars. I have snow tires mounted on wheels for each car, and I swap them out each winter and spring. Fortunately, I have a nice dry shop, wheeled floor jack and air tools, so it’s not too bad. I started using studless snow tires about 10 years ago and I’ll never go back. They work great for the conditions we get here (foothills of the Coast Range in OR).
The combination of learning how to drive in the Midwest, good all-season tires (Michelin Pilot Sport A/S 3 Plus), and Subaru AWD means the marginal benefit given by non-stud winter tires isn’t worth the cost for me. As long as I have clearance and it isn’t pure ice on top, I can get around with no problem here in Portland, OR and the surrounding areas (including Mt. Hood). I’ve never used chains.
Side note: it drives me insane when people put on studded tires the day it’s legal to do so, regardless of whether we’ve had snow anywhere. There’s no big driving benefit over modern studless winter tires, and ODOT estimates studs do $50 million in damage to roads a year. Yet I hear them driving around in the city all the time.
@aetris That’s for sure. In some blizzard sometime or other (too many to remember) I was driving 1000 miles home and all these 4wd idiots were passing me. Really fast. Fools apparently didn’t realize 4wd doesn’t work on sheets of ice. The median strip was littered with those idiots.
My solution for this is the same as for Dayloght Saving Time: move to Arizona. (Not really, as long as accidents are avoided, it can be fun driving in the snow.)
Speaking of chains… I ran across these (well ones similar to these) on reddit a while back… what a great idea for large trucks, etc.
@thismyusername As a native Angeleno, I literally could not figure out what this was supposed to do until the guy started talking about it.
@thismyusername Those chains are a really cool invention. I always wondered why there were chains hanging under school buses and researched it. What a brilliant idea!
@thismyusername When I was growing up our school buses had something very similar to those. Never got it until I saw this video
@thismyusername Ooooohhhhhh… so that’s what they do?!!
@thismyusername thats an awesome idea!
SoCal, so we have pre-summer, actual summer, cooler-summer, and not-quite-summer because it stayed under 60 degrees during the day.
Very occasionally, some wet substance falls from the sky. It’s very foreign to us.
/s
@narfcake it’s been in the mid 80’s so of course I put my snow tires on.
@Ignorant Hah!
I will admit that I’ll be changing out the summer tires this weekend. And by summer, I mean “slicks”. On my truck. With a 4-cylinder.
I believe the 0-60 time is measured on a sundial.
@narfcake
@mflassy
/youtube Mitsubishi catvertising
@narfcake You forgot the blazingly hot inferno season… that one, unfortunately, melts your tires.
Last year, it snowed in every state (including Hawaii) except for Florida – where I live.
The last time it snowed here was 1989. I remember it very well. It shut the entire city down.
@cengland0 I was there too. My nephew was born in January 1989 and I was there in Orlando visiting from Ohio. Entertaining to witness the apocalypse. It was funny to see everyone freaking out over a few flakes. I also lived through the Blizzard of 1978 in Ohio. Snow drifts up to the second story of our house. Now there’s some snow!
All seasons that need to get rotated. Haven’t driven this car in the snow yet, though. Might grab some chains (for the first time ever) but I’m not planning on driving up to the mountain, and I’m not stupid enough to get on the freeway if it does happen to snow around here.
I’m ok with decent all seasons; the monster in law is still running summer tires though…
If you forget to put your summer tires on in spring, you don’t have to remember to put your snow tires on in fall.
@NapkinEater If you forget to change tires in spring, you won’t have winter tires in the fall. The compounds wear poorly in heat.
I just sold my very broken car for 550 bucks.
Put the Blizzak snow tires on last weekend, good thing cause we got got hit with snow… western NY state
If I ever need snow tires, hell has frozen over and climate change reversed its trending
/
The next ‘Mini Ice Age.’
Wheeeeeeeeee
No. I think I’ll just avoid putting them on this year, as they are rather heavy and awkward to get around in. Fortunately, the truck has all-weather tires.
Added thought: Why do people talk about their vehicles as though they were their own bodies? “I’ll be a bit late tomorrow because I have to go in for an oil change and to have my tires rotated.” My response has always been a sympathetic look and : “That sounds painful.”
Done. I maintain 5 cars. I have snow tires mounted on wheels for each car, and I swap them out each winter and spring. Fortunately, I have a nice dry shop, wheeled floor jack and air tools, so it’s not too bad. I started using studless snow tires about 10 years ago and I’ll never go back. They work great for the conditions we get here (foothills of the Coast Range in OR).
I don’t drive in the snow. I have and can, but I can’t deal with all the idiots on the road who don’t seem to understand weather (snow/rain).
The first thing I tell a new boss is that if it snows, I will be at home if they want me.
The combination of learning how to drive in the Midwest, good all-season tires (Michelin Pilot Sport A/S 3 Plus), and Subaru AWD means the marginal benefit given by non-stud winter tires isn’t worth the cost for me. As long as I have clearance and it isn’t pure ice on top, I can get around with no problem here in Portland, OR and the surrounding areas (including Mt. Hood). I’ve never used chains.
Side note: it drives me insane when people put on studded tires the day it’s legal to do so, regardless of whether we’ve had snow anywhere. There’s no big driving benefit over modern studless winter tires, and ODOT estimates studs do $50 million in damage to roads a year. Yet I hear them driving around in the city all the time.
@Kabn Look at that pavement fly! – Homer
Meh…just pull the lever and engage 4wd…
That, 10,000 lbs, and commercial all season tires work well. And common sense!
The common sense part really needs to come first.
Around here, 10,000 lbs, four-wheel-drive, and all-season tires don’t always come with it.
@aetris That’s for sure. In some blizzard sometime or other (too many to remember) I was driving 1000 miles home and all these 4wd idiots were passing me. Really fast. Fools apparently didn’t realize 4wd doesn’t work on sheets of ice. The median strip was littered with those idiots.
I live in vermont… I’ve had winter tires twice…
Where’s the option for “Too poor to afford more than one set of tires”?
This is still something people do?
@wmbarr It is if you care about the fact that everything making your car go, stop, and turn relies on those rubbers.
/youtube all season vs winter tires
/youtube summer vs winter tires
My solution for this is the same as for Dayloght Saving Time: move to Arizona. (Not really, as long as accidents are avoided, it can be fun driving in the snow.)
@DVDBZN or playing bumper pull