Andrew,
Just a suggestion. If you just want a good snow tire there is a very good
one called a Blizzak by Bridgstone. They work very well for us in
Minnesota.
Todd
69 MGC
-----Original Message-----
From: Scott McKorkle <bmc@aa.net>
To: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Andrew Errington <ame@synaptics.com>
Cc: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Monday, December 21, 1998 4:51 PM
Subject: Re: Snow chains
>Yes, but you also have salt! I would guess that California is much like
>Washington state in that we don't have much in the way of snow removal
>equipment and less in the way of de-icers. Studs and chains are legal
>here. Studs are overkill for Andrew's requirements, but it is probably a
>good idea to have a set of chains in the trunk for mountain driving.
>
>Andrew, go to a good auto parts store. Chains are sold according to tire
>size. If you run radials, make sure you get cable chains (regular tire
>chains eat up radials). Installing them is pretty easy, but practice once
>or twice in your garage. It gets a lot trickier installing them on the
>side of the road, at night, in a blizzard.
>
>Trevor is correct in that, in most cases, they aren't necessary. But they
>are life-savers in those rare instances where you can't get traction and
>parking on the side of the road isn't an option.
>
>Regards,
>Scott McKorkle
>1978 MGB
>
>----------
>>
>> I live in Canada, where winter is inevitable, snow is
>> measured by the meter, and chains and studs are illegal
>> because of the damage they do to roads. You can drive. ;>
>>
>> --
>> Trevor Boicey, P. Eng.
>> Ottawa, Canada, tboicey@brit.ca
>> ICQ #17432933 http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/
>
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