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Good advice, thank you! I do not want to be on the CHP page under any circumstances!
I am just north of Sacramento and mostly go up 80 to Boreal (new snowboarder here).
My SUV died this summer, now my C4S gets to have some snow fun!
Good advice, thank you! I do not want to be on the CHP page under any circumstances!
I am just north of Sacramento and mostly go up 80 to Boreal (new snowboarder here).
My SUV died this summer, now my C4S gets to have some snow fun!
It's typically the snowboarders featured on their Facebook page. Can't stop on slopes; can't stay straight on the road. Just tell them you had the steering wheel heat on.
That's a much shorter drive than mine, and I think your average temps around Sacto will be lower than the Bay Area. So arguably you won't put as many miles/wear on winter tires as I would driving up to Boreal. Performance winters aren't as squishy as non-studded, so back home you won't feel like you're driving on sponges.
I'd hate to park in that, or any, Tahoe ski area lot...you'd look pretty cool though being the only non-Subaru/non-Toyota.
La Nina going to bring some dumpage?
Im not sure your climate but we have a cayenne coupe gts and it wont get up the driveway at a slight incline if we get much more than a few inches of snow with the all season tires on it.
I live in Anchorage, got our first snow yesterday. Tire shops are swamped, predictably. I had my Macan GTS last night and came REALLY close to hitting a cop car who was blocking the road at the bottom of a hill just around a blind corner. Could not slow down, had it side ways heading toward to the cop. Got it straightened out and ran over a curb, a median then another curb. Ended up in the grass, miraculously missed several traffic signs and no damage. I'd like to say it was my ability but there was a heavy dose of dumb luck.
Cop came over, 'Hey, going a little fast, weren't you? ' 'No, not really. It's really slippery and I did not expect to have the road blocked with no warning. No flares, no cones...'
Got the Pilot Alpins on today, different car. Highly recommend and no, I would not run studs or chains.
I have Pilot Alpins to go on the 911 4GTS as soon as things calm down.
Chains will ruin the finish on your wheels. And unless they're properly tight, they may impact the bodywork.
And when there's that much snow, there's usually salt on the roads also.
I was forced to purchase and use chains to go over Donner Pass on a cross-country (one-way) trip from the East Coast to Berkeley CA in my-then MINI Cooper S. The finish on the wheels was completely destroyed.
If you can afford a 992, I'd suggest that you can also afford a beater truck or car for the winter.
Snowboarder in the Colorado Rockies here. Get a good set of winter tires and wheels. Skip the days where snow is in the forecast. It's not worth the hassle in snow plus traffic even on a good pow day.
If you insist though Suncoast sells the chains but they are for 20/21 wheels. Limited to 30 mph.
All seasons are no good in the snow on hills. Don't waste your money. Even our AWD SUVs on all season can't make it up our road in the snow. They slide uncomfortably on the way down.
Last edited by dudeoverthere; Oct 30, 2024 at 08:14 PM.
I would just get snow tires, we live in park city UT, snow tires is all we need in this community. Ive put chains on at Donner pass in the past with a rental and its pain and time consuming. I would drive another car if I was expecting to go over a pass in a blizzard.
I live in Anchorage, got our first snow yesterday. Tire shops are swamped, predictably. I had my Macan GTS last night and came REALLY close to hitting a cop car who was blocking the road at the bottom of a hill just around a blind corner. Could not slow down, had it side ways heading toward to the cop. Got it straightened out and ran over a curb, a median then another curb. Ended up in the grass, miraculously missed several traffic signs and no damage. I'd like to say it was my ability but there was a heavy dose of dumb luck.
Cop came over, 'Hey, going a little fast, weren't you? ' 'No, not really. It's really slippery and I did not expect to have the road blocked with no warning. No flares, no cones...'
Got the Pilot Alpins on today, different car. Highly recommend and no, I would not run studs or chains.
I have Pilot Alpins to go on the 911 4GTS as soon as things calm down.
If it makes you feel any better, I also partially spun my new Bronco Raptor trying to make a turn at the bottom of a hill in Anchorage yesterday morning. It was E street where it goes downhill to Valley of the Moon park. I took that corner at a reasonably slow speed, but still almost spun out and came close to hitting a car heading towards me. I came back by later and they had the road shut down completely.
My 992 4S is safely garaged away at the moment, but I have a set of Pilot Alpins on their own wheels and I'll be changing over to them tomorrow in the garage. The 992 is short and light enough that jacking the car from the rear jack point will actually raise the front tire up enough to change that one at the same time.
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