They won't work. When the chains are nut busting tight, the part of the chain that goes from one runner to the other that sort of "cuts the corner" rubs on the shock and sway bar bracket.

 

That is when I would pack my things and move south I was born/raised in Illinois and after living in Houston for the past 14 years, I can honestly say I do NOT miss snow at all, ever.

But I will be thinking of all you eskimos on Saturday when its bright, sunny and WARM!

 

MI here, I keep it garaged in the winter, but if anyone knows MI's weather, it will go from sunny and warm to a snow storm in under 12 hrs. Either way, not checking the weather, i took it out on a sunny day, dry roads. Turns out after my 9 hour shift there was 2 inches on the ground and another 5 coming throughout the night. Highway traffic was moving at about 45ish because it was pure snow on the high way and I drove home in my stock perelli's with no problems what so ever, Just kept it in 5th to keep the rpm's low and didnt gas it around turns, It actually drove a lot better then i thought it would. If I was forced to drive it in the winter, Even without snow tires, I wouldthink just all season tires would be completly ok to drive in. Id imagine I could get some decent speed with some snow tires

 

Here'smy wife'sscenario.........She wake up at 5:30 am, heads out forher daily 35 mile, one way commute before the snow plow man has had time to clear the roads.She begins at 8000 feet above sea level forher eventual climb up to 10,200 feet. It is black out, snow is blowing sideways, visibility is 50 feet. Someone southbound passes you and for 5 seconds, you can't see the front of your car from all the powder snow kicked up by the passing car. After 25 minutes of this white knuckle driving, you reach a flat, wide part in the road that is called Hayden Meadows. It is open so the drifting now begins. This is a welcome sight because it means if you loose traction, you won't slide offinto the partially frozen river on one side or the mountain on the other. You see a two foot deep drift spreading across both lanes of the highway. You increase speed now to bust through the snow. But you can't because the drift is 50 feet wide. You hammer down just trying to reach the other side. Once you do, the belts start to slip because of the powdered snow that has now made it's way into the engine compartment. You continue on, your coffee growing cold because you don't dare take a single hand off the steering wheel. Another 5 miles passes like this and you now see the lights of your town. You have almost made it. But before you can shut down the car and wipe the cold sweat from your brow, you have to climb the one way street heading up to your work that is choked on both sides with parked cars, snow ghosts really because some haven't moved since last October before all of the 25 feet of snow began to fall. The one lane street is rutted badly. You see, it is spring time in the Rockies and it gets upto 40 during some days and refreezes at night. Your S197 has become a locomotive. You can now let go of the steering wheel because of the ruts and the GT takes you safely to work. You power down, only to find that the snow plow man hasn't done the parking lot yet. You make your way across 16 inches of fresh snow andtrudge your way into the office. You kick on the electric space heater located under your desk to dry out your feet. In 30 minutes, over 400 screaming kids and bitchy parents will come crashing through the front doors. Such is the life of a Middle School Principal in the Colorado Rockies.

 

damn^

for best snow use=
i just use et streets for tires with skinnys up front
and take out any weight of the car and shift at6k rpms every shift

 

I was in Yosemite in January this year and to my suprise I saw a yellow s197 coming down the road. He had chains, and I believe it was a v6.

 

Well, to clarify, it can't be done on my 18" OEM size GT tires. The V6 tires having more meat making the walls taller might accomodate chains.

 

I hope we are done with the snow here in Maryland. However over the past 3 or 4 winters I have driven the mustang in the snow and actually its pretty good. Anything less than6 inches in a piece of cake. I put about 200 lb of sand in the trunk (4 bags)and had no problems at all on stock tires.

 

We are getting some bare ground showing in places now. It's still bad where my wive works but that is quite a bit higher up and further north, closer to the ski lodges. They won't see spring this year. Maybe summer in July.

 

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