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Seattle snowmageddon
For the folks in the Seattle area, how are your Qs doing out there?
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Handled it just fine for me, it rarely slipped as long as I wasn't on pure ice. Looks like stock tires aren't bad for winter driving and weight of the car helps it. Heated seats/wheel/massage is a plus in slower commutes :) I was also pleasently surprised to see adaptive cruise didn't shutdown immediately, although camers quickly became useless with all the mud.
My previous car (also an AWD SUV with M+S tires) didn't handle snow well until I switch tires to Michelin M+S ones and its radar sensor got blocked very quickly in snow. |
Did just fine in Madison Park getting through my icy alleyway and down a pretty steep hill to a main road. Coming back up the hill was no problem. On stock tires with 25k miles...will pickup a dedicated set of snow tires next winter for sure.
Can we use chains with the internal clearances? Or any specific brand? Just about to RTFM but asking anyways. |
Up near Cougar Mountain here ... got a couple steep hills near home but been OK. Slid a couple times even on very slight braking. Like @jonfran21 I'm looking for snow chains for future snowmageddon ... Been having trouble find ones for my tire size: 285/45R20. The hills around my home are just too steep. Without good ground-contact traction, AWD and the AW-Breaking may not be sufficient. If no luck finding chains, I may bite the bullet and get the OEM snow wheels & tires.
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Originally Posted by jonfran21
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Did just fine in Madison Park getting through my icy alleyway and down a pretty steep hill to a main road. Coming back up the hill was no problem. On stock tires with 25k miles...will pickup a dedicated set of snow tires next winter for sure.
Can we use chains with the internal clearances? Or any specific brand? Just about to RTFM but asking anyways. |
my oem goodyear eagle sport with 28k+ miles did fine last couple days driving in lowlands and steep hills with snow and ice. however, i plan to buy dedicated winters for next winter, just for peace of mind.
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Originally Posted by SarhoshAmiral
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I am planning to get Autosocks for next time, even though I know it won't snow again for 5 years if I purchase them :)
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Do you guys even own shovels? I mean, thats not a lot of snow, but if unprepared, thats a nightmare
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I picked up a set of autosocks in case I have to drive on the pass ($500 fine if you don’t have them) but the Nokian Hakkapeliitta R2s have been amazing. I drove to Crystal Mountain on Friday evening in the chaos with no problem. Then last night around 7:30pm I drove home. Snow, Ice and so forth with ZERO problems. My car looks like hell from all the road grime, snow and built up ice but it will get a nice bath in a week or two. The fact that they think Autosocks will perform better than my Hakkas is crazy. I was driving up large hills on a sheet of ice and not a bit of a slipping. I actually tried to get it to break loose and it was tough. |
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