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Re: First snow drive, expectations?
Posted by Hans (more from Hans) on Sat, 19 Dec 2009 11:41:09
In Reply to: First snow drive, expectations?, Erik, Sat, 19 Dec 2009 10:58:26
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Here's 2 cents from an avid skier with ~25 years snow driving in 99s/900s, including countless trips to snowy WA and BC mountain roads similar to CA passes:
Unless you have snow tires, you are going to have a very hard time in the snow. A Saab 900 with summer tires will get you nowhere except into trouble (or stuck), fast. Saabs are not magically able to overcome the lack of traction from improper tires. Chains will help you in the most extreme conditions but you cannot drive fast on them and they are a pain to put on. If you get into one of those precip transitions on a pass where there's wet ice, you're done, even with chains unless you're creeping along.
Personally, I'd rent a car. Cheaper and easier than a set of snows, no salt worries, and no fear of stuffing your very nice SPG into a snowbank, or worse.
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Posts in this Thread:
- First snow drive, expectations?, Erik, Sat, 19 Dec 2009 10:58:26
- that car is too clean..., saab86, Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:27:17
- Thanks guys..., Erik, Sat, 19 Dec 2009 14:35:34
- Re: First snow drive, expectations?, James, Sat, 19 Dec 2009 13:22:44
- Re: First snow drive, expectations?, Hans, Sat, 19 Dec 2009 11:41:09 <-- Viewing This Message
- Enjoy, np
, Sat, 19 Dec 2009 11:36:42 - Re: First snow drive, expectations?, Simon S, Sat, 19 Dec 2009 11:22:27
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