I am going snowboarding the coming monday.
I am running KDW2 with low tread in the front. Would chain help?

The road i am going up on is not in a bad condition right now, requires no chain at the moment, but i am scared something will happen.

Anyone have any idea? I am driving a 2005 sti.

 

you won't need chains unless there are chain requirements. They plow the roads pretty well. I would get a set a chains since you have summer only tires.

 

Werd put some chains/cables in the back for piece of mind. It's not bad up there right now but that can change in a hurry. Especially with the current weater pattern.

 

I'll take another position and tell you that you should not go to the mountains on those tires at this time of year, if they were all seasons I'd agree with the go for it gang- but summer tires could lead to really bad results.

And putting chains on is a total pain in the a$$, you need to carry them by law, but you never want to have to use them.

Sure the freeway might be clear, but that says nothing about the streets once you are up there, between the resorts or in town.

I've been in a situation up there where the roads getting there were fine, but getting to my friends house put me on a snow-packed/ice covered street and with summer tires on it was pretty close to impossible to drive on the street.

I was lucky and got stopped by a snowbank after doing a 7 mph 180 in the middle of the street (even at a crawl, I had absolutely NO braking or steering input whatsoever), if I had encountered another car or a rock instead of that snowbank it would have cost me dearly.

Its up to you, but the consequences of -total loss of control- of a 3000 lb vehicle is not something most of us want to trifle with.

Oh, and to put my driving skills on ice in perspective, I grew up in Montana driving on snow and ice, I competed in the Alcan Winter Rally in 2000 and drove the entire length of the Alaska Pipeline in February, I also did timing and scoring for the 2004 Alcan winter rally, and have competed several times in the Thunderbird Rally and other snow/ice driving challenges- I've logged over a thousand miles above the Arctic circle in winter, and I think I can say with some confidence that I know a little bit about driving on snow and ice.

 

Thanks for the advice everyone!
I think if i see the condition getting a little worse, i will go ahead and put on the chain.

Currently, i don't have any other choice. Plus, I just $100 buying the S class chain, cause regular chains won't clear our car i guess.

 

i thot chains would messs up the drivetrain?

 

Should be fine if hes going over snow

 

I think the DCCD will adjust OK, although I'm pretty sure that the owners manual probably tells you not to put chains on the Sti-

and of course with the chains on you gotta keep things real slow....

 

i dont think theres been any snowing at all

 

then why would he put chains on...

 

The manual says no chain because of clearance issues with most chains.
You have to get the specific S Classs Chain.
Well, i will only put the chain on if i see signs of snow. Otherwise i will just take it really nice and slow.

 

Clearance with what?

and whats s-class? Just get some cobra cables, they are low profile

 

monday looks like a clear day, chains shouldn't be needed

 

be careful up there

 

i got my suby dangling off a cliff tryin to drive it in the snow with kdw's.. they accelerate and turn OKAY.... but they dont stop