I took my '88 S4 to my office in downtown Atlanta yesterday morning, oblivious to the impending winter storm.

Driving it up and down the icy Atlanta hills and home, I find I'm passing thousands of cars and trucks that are abandoned or in a ditch. I'm reminded how this car has never let me down in the winter, even when I lived in Chicago and northern Ohio.

Is it the best vehicle for snow? No. But I guess it is better than all those other cars and SUVs that are in the ditch.

 

They go great in the snow. Put some Blizzaks on it and be amazed.

 

Makes me think about the snow chains you always see in PET.

 

I'll have to check out the Blizzaks. It might make sense to have a set on for the winter months if this global cooling trend keeps up. I've never used snow chains, but imagine they would be handy for those of us in the north and places like Norway.

The problem with Atlanta is all the hills and the roads seem designed/sloped for rain runoff and speed, not flat or for snow driving. Of course, there is the aspect of drivers not being familiar with snow too.

Most of the highways and major roads here were turned into parking lots by jack-knifed tractor trailers affecting all lanes. Progress could be made on the back roads, as long as your tires weren't bald.

 

Even if you have decent All Weather tires on your 928 and are not intimidated by the snow, you should do well. Being from Chicago you probably aren't afraid to drive in the snow. A lot of the Southern drivers aren't used to it.

I learned this in Jan of I think 2007. Driving up 85 from northern GA after an ice storm, cars in front of me (and behind me) were just spinning off the road. I was in my Mercury Sable with AW tires and had no problems what so ever.

 

All-conquering, all terrain, Blizzak'd go-anywhere 928 excellence notwithstanding, had I been in Atlanta the last couple of days my 928 would have been in a garage. With another car between the garage door and the street so the snownoobs would hit the buffer car first as they slide through the yard.

20 years in upstate NY = enough sense to know when not to go out.


Easy for me to pontificate from here, with 20/20 hindsight.

 

I agree. I hadn't lived in Atlanta long enough to fully appreciate that a dusting of snow can equal a state of emergency here.

In my mind Tuesday morning I'm thinking ' chance of snow '. I didn't think anything of it. In northern Ohio, that is basically the daily forecast 6 mo out of the year.

 

All season tires are great if you don't get snow. They blow *** in the snow compared to a snow tire. Now that being said they are better than summer tires which would be like driving on hockey pucks.

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Ice and snow tires sure do give you better grip, especially ones designed for below 40 deg F, however IMO it's the driver behind the wheel that makes all the difference on who's going into the ditch

 

That is true unless you are on gumballs then you can't beat simple physics.

 

I wouldn't be worried about myself. I would be worried about "miss bald tires" out of control coming at me.

 

Get out those old stock 16" rims and have them fitted with snow tires!

 

I checked tire rack and it appears Blizzaks are 18" and up. Are there good 16" winters?

 

The right tires are everything in the winter. I'd rather have 2WD and winter tires than 4WD and summer tires...

 

Knowing how to drive......priceless