mulcy Posted October 7, 2010 Report Share Posted October 7, 2010 Looking for a set of snow tires to get me to Tahoe this winter without needing chains. Ideally local, but that may be a stretch since I'm in sunny norcal. Anybody? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PyROTech Posted October 7, 2010 Report Share Posted October 7, 2010 dont know the area, but some areas require chains regardless of snow tires. That is usually on trucks, and when a warning has been issued on roads with grade during the winter season. It would also help if you listed your size requirements, assuming either your doing them on existing wheels or standard winter steel that you already own. Then you may choose studded depending if your gonna carry 4 on the roof or trunk and they arent restricted. You could also check these type of items if its deep snow you are concerned about. http://www.flextrax.com/ Not as aggressive as chains and not for ice, but you avoid any laws in regards to chains on certain roads and speed restrictions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keep Calm Chive On Posted October 7, 2010 Report Share Posted October 7, 2010 2 year old steelies 15" from tire rack, no blems at all (4 wheels total) 2 of them have Blizzack Revo1 (195/65/R15) 2 have blizzak WS60s (195/65/R15) 1 Blizzak Revo1 (not mounted but same condition & mileage as the 2 mounted) I have 3 blizzack revo 1's but one had to be replaced. As they no longer sold Revo1's I got their replacement. The WS60's have almost no tread wear because my car sits in a garage during winter. The Revo1's have 95% left on them. The bad part is that im in NY. Also if you have AWD, the tires are close but i still dont recomend having 2 different "sets" front & rear. If your interested I will get an idea of what I might want for them although it wont be a steal of a deal because I dropped some $$$ to have them. it would help to know what vehicle we are talking about. FWD / AWD 302 Brakes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mulcy Posted October 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2010 S70 T5, FWD. 195/65/15 would be ideal (like Kevin's) but I'd be open to a set on stock wheels. I can get a set of blizack ws60s for 550 shipped from tire rack, so I'm looking for a pretty good deal and that's really my upper limit on price. Technically I'm supposed to use chains since I'm FWD but chains suck, I can fake the rule out with an AWD badge, and with a good set of snows I'll be 10x safer than all the SUVs going 60 on summer rubber that have never driven in snow before in their lives (fyi, drive to Tahoe early in the ski season and you'll routinely see half a dozen SUVs stuck in snow banks. AWD/4wd allows them to break the laws of physics). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keep Calm Chive On Posted October 8, 2010 Report Share Posted October 8, 2010 is that 550 with wheels? I got steelies because they were obviously the cheaper route & also with salt & shit, no cares of them if they get some rust brewin. they are clean as anything though but either way no worries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanky Posted October 9, 2010 Report Share Posted October 9, 2010 Looking for a set of snow tires to get me to Tahoe this winter without needing chains. Ideally local, but that may be a stretch since I'm in sunny norcal. Anybody? As already stated, if the snow is heavy/or icy, chains will be mandatory to get up/down from Tahoe. If you want cheap snowtires stop in Reno before you hit the lake and hit the Tire Rack Distribution center here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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