Put some winters on the Boxster for Tahoe runs and other trips to Yosemite, Sierras, Oregon, Nevada. 215 width front, 235 width rear, on 18x8 BBS SR all around. Summers are 20x10 rear on 285 width, for comparison. The tire is Pirelli Scottozero 3.
It snows in Germany, right? Rear engine RWD is actually a good snow car. If you try to leave coastal California, there’s mountains on all sides. Caltrans puts up chain control stops and won’t let you continue on the highway unless you have them. In this situation, you don’t want to buy the cheap ones at the gas station. The good ones go on easily. Yes, they go on the drive wheels only.
Wouldnt winters suffice alone? We are talking apples to oranges with quattro but I certainly dont see many audi quattros with snows and chains. And ya, all highways in mountains are straight line. C’mon now
No lock to lock turns on a highway. You move the wheel maybe 15 degrees off center in chain control passes. It’s usually a 3 mile to 9 mile stretch where the elevation goes to 8000 feet and it’s constantly snowing.
OK so get 4 snow chains? You know the car has surprisingly accommodating yet limited storage space for a case of 2 chains I don’t need except the most biblical of winter weather emergencies?
In the case of California, yes - biblical downpour of snow AND within 5 miles of a major ski resort AND with summer tires, then you’ll need some chains on a Quattro.
total folio post. Did you really post up a pic of the Bay Area to refute saki’s post?! I lived up in the hills on Bear Creek for a spell… While the roads are windy AF and frequently damp, Hell has frozen over if you need chains on skyline. Tahoe and surrounding; sure for about 90hours total out of the year. Living up by June Lake; yeah, you’ll probably want blizzaks on a set of winters cos you’ll be on packed snow for about a month or two. Everywhere else in Cali Central Valley and south? Yer an idiot if you think you need chains. What you really need a driver’s course.
It’s funny cos people not from SoCal wouldn’t survive the traffic there and people in SoCal wouldn’t survive real weather…