Subaru 2.5i at snow?
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Subaru 2.5i at snow?
does anybody know if i need to put chains on my wheels when i go to Lake Tahoe tomorrow? or can i just go without putting them on? i won't be driving fast though.
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do you have "m+s" on the side of your tires? if so you probably will not need chains, although I believe the letter of the law says you are supposed to be carrying chains regardless.
If your tires do not have m+s you may or may not get through
If your tires do not have m+s you may or may not get through
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Yep you are supposed to have them even if you don't need to put them on
CVC 27460. Any passenger vehicle or motor truck having an unladen weight of 6,500 pounds or less and operated and equipped with four-wheel drive and with snow-tread tires on all four drive wheels may be operated upon any portion of a highway without tire traction devices, notwithstanding the fact that the highway is signed for the requirement of those devices and provided that tire traction devices for at least one set of drive wheels are carried in or upon the vehicle. The snow tread tires shall meet the requirements specified in Section 27459 of this code, and such vehicle shall not, when so operated, tow another vehicle except as may be necessary to move a disabled vehicle from the roadway.
No person shall use those tires on four-wheel drive vehicles in place of tire traction devices whenever weather and roadway conditions at the time are such that the stopping, tractive and cornering abilities of the tires are not adequate or whenever the Department of Transportation or local authorities, in their respective jurisdictions, place signs prohibiting their operation unless equipped with tire traction devices.
CVC 27460. Any passenger vehicle or motor truck having an unladen weight of 6,500 pounds or less and operated and equipped with four-wheel drive and with snow-tread tires on all four drive wheels may be operated upon any portion of a highway without tire traction devices, notwithstanding the fact that the highway is signed for the requirement of those devices and provided that tire traction devices for at least one set of drive wheels are carried in or upon the vehicle. The snow tread tires shall meet the requirements specified in Section 27459 of this code, and such vehicle shall not, when so operated, tow another vehicle except as may be necessary to move a disabled vehicle from the roadway.
No person shall use those tires on four-wheel drive vehicles in place of tire traction devices whenever weather and roadway conditions at the time are such that the stopping, tractive and cornering abilities of the tires are not adequate or whenever the Department of Transportation or local authorities, in their respective jurisdictions, place signs prohibiting their operation unless equipped with tire traction devices.
yea you are fine dude. While that may be the vehicle code i've never been asked to put them on and I've made a lot of trips to tahoe over the years. If it's really bad the road get closed, and in less extreme cases chp's+plows leading. Never been asked to put chains on awd. You don't want summer tires like stock 06-07 sti tires otherwise you are good to go, but having decent all season M+S or preferably some real snow tires would always be better.
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