Chains for tires in winter
09-05-2013, 08:27 AM
#2
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Massachusetts
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Putting chains on a Mustang GT to drive in the snow is like putting a tow hitch on a Prius to pull your cabin cruiser, wrong tool for the job!
If you must drive in the snow, get yourself a second set of rims, mount winter tires, like Blizzaks, put 100lb of sand in trunk and hope for a mild winter.
If you must drive in the snow, get yourself a second set of rims, mount winter tires, like Blizzaks, put 100lb of sand in trunk and hope for a mild winter.
09-05-2013, 06:18 PM
#4
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Location: BC
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My other vehicle is a 2012 F150, i rearely use 4x4, and we all know how light pickup rear ends are... What i'm saying is tires are infinitely more important that FWD/AWD/4x4. I'd take a RWD with Blizzaks over a FWD/AWD/4x4 with **** bald tires.
09-05-2013, 07:16 PM
#6
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Panther - I drive year round here in SE Michigan and never needed chains - I'm not sure that your area in Iowa sees more snow than we do. I've been doing for years, with my 2006 (with a supercharger) and now the 2013 - nothing added to the trunk and on the Pirelli Pzero Nero and haven't been stuck yet.
09-05-2013, 08:37 PM
#7
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Saskatchewan
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Chains are usually bad news for cars with radial passenger tires. A better choice if you must are tire cables - not very durable but made for radial passenger tires - usually on sale at a Canadian Tire store.
If you have to drive the mustang in winter with inclement weather the best choice and safest by far are winter ice radial tires. I forget all the makes but Bridgestone Blizzacks are highly rate as are Toyo Observes. Special rubber compounds and some impregnated with ground up walnut shells. These really work well you would never go back to chains.
Chains are for trucks and bush pickups on winter mountain back roads. They are a mighty pain.
If you have to drive the mustang in winter with inclement weather the best choice and safest by far are winter ice radial tires. I forget all the makes but Bridgestone Blizzacks are highly rate as are Toyo Observes. Special rubber compounds and some impregnated with ground up walnut shells. These really work well you would never go back to chains.
Chains are for trucks and bush pickups on winter mountain back roads. They are a mighty pain.
09-06-2013, 07:25 AM
#9
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Utah
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I am in Utah and drive just fine in snow with the stock Pirellis. Granted, I'm getting some Blizzacks for this winter because it can be nerve racking at times. Was in Alaska for three years and never needed chains and the road surfaces there are solid ice. Snow/winter tires and learning to drive in winter are all you need.
09-06-2013, 08:16 AM
#10
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: DE
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+1 for Blizzaks. I have a separate set for my rear wheels. Fronts would add additional traction, but they are not as important in front. A must for the drive wheels. Worth every penny to have the confidence to drive in winter.