RE: AAAcKkkK!! Chains on a quattro!

[Jean DeVour <JDevour@wk.com>]

I live in the Portland area where we are lucky to get more than a week
or 2 of snow a year (We didn't get any last year.) My first impulse was
to get chains just in case, but the recent threads make me wonder.  
Should I get snow tires for my A4 Q in the off chance we get a cold
snap?  It will be wet regardless.  Anyone else in the Portland/Seattle
area have any suggestions? 

	-----Original Message-----
	From:	waves@epix.net [SMTP:waves@epix.net]
	Sent:	Thursday, December 11, 1997 4:41 AM
	To:	quattro@coimbra.ans.net
	Subject:	AAAcKkkK!! Chains on a quattro!

	Sell em!!! Sell em now!!  Let's put it this way, if you put a
good set of
	performance winter snow tires on your quattro, and perhaps even
stud them,
	there is no way you should need chains. I've seen several of our
customers
	us 'em on their 2wd cars and once in awhile one will let loose
and smash the
	hell out of a fender.

	I could see carrying the chains around in the car just in case,
but if you
	get stuck in a quattro, the snows either too deep (chains or
not) or you
	just shouldn't have been out driving. 

	I'm kinda sorta doing my own tire test. I bought a new set of
Blizzaks for
	the wifes 5kq and a set of hakkapalitas (sp??) for my 4kq. Last
night, in
	the miserable weather, both tires worked very well.... so far.
I'm dying for
	a good snowfall now!



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