Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 09:46:10 -0500 From: Four Weis <mweinopsamcom> Subject: Re: Snow chains on on Aero
I meant to say 9-5 Aero instead of Viggen. Same concept, buy an older car for the times and places where you don't want your new car scratched, banged, or coated with salt. Saabs don't hold their re-sale value, so older models are really a bargain. Four Weis wrote: > Go to tirerack.com and order a set of dedicated snow tires already mounted and > balanced on steel rims for use in the winter. Save your alloys and high > performance tires for the dry roads. Or buy an old Saab Classic for use in > the snow and keep the salt off your Viggen. A 1990 900 can be had for around > $2,000 or less. The 900 Classics are great in the snow and if someone slides > into you in the snow, then at least your Viggen is intact. The older cars are > great for when you have to park where people love to bang or scratch nice cars > they cannot afford. > > seangod wrote: > > > You'll need some 16" wheels and new tires. I have a Viggen and there > > are no chains you can safely apply without doing damage to either the > > body of the car or the expensive wheels we have on our cars. The > > Spyder Spikes really are not a good solution either. You're not going > > to enjoy putting them on. Sorry. > > > > I gave up on using the Viggen to get me up the hill (even though it's > > conquered Pike's Peak... well, with some additional hp and 4-wheel > > drive). I just bought a Freelander to go skiing in. It really is too > > bad Saab does not make an AWD vehicle... Perhaps the 9-X next year, > > but I'm not buying one. It's just not big enough. > > > > On Mon, 25 Mar 2002 15:46:57 -0000, "Jim" <jimnopsamil.thanks> wrote: > > > > >My new 9-5 Aero Wagon has 17" alloys. The handbook says that snow chains > > >cannot > > >be used with 17" wheels.. > > > > > >What do other Aero owners do? > > > > > >Thanks > > > > > >
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