Efficacy of snow chains.

"Berang" (berang) 01/27/2016 at 03:47 • Filed to: citroen 2cv, snow tires, snow chains

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Snow tires are ok. But snow chains are the magic that allow a car with 30 odd horsepower and tires thinner than a slice of New York style pizza, to destroy six inches of unplowed snow.

KatzManDu > Berang 01/27/2016 at 06:08

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FWD helps, too :D

French car in Italy. What could go wrong?

vondon302 > Berang 01/27/2016 at 06:27

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Thinner tires work better in the snow just an fyi.

torque > Berang 01/27/2016 at 08:46

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Star for 2CV out playing in the snow :)

Flavien Vidal > Berang 01/28/2016 at 09:10

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Well, thin tires and extremely light weight vehicles are really the best in the snow... :)

Add the FWD setup and you’re good to go to plow throw small relatively small amount of very light snow like on this video. Then, when it comes to heavier snow, going slightly OVER the bumper, nothing beats a 500HP Audi S4 lol! And I’m not even a 4WD guy :)

Berang > Flavien Vidal 01/28/2016 at 09:24

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This is what I tell people. But big secret: Americans freak out when there’s more than an inch of snow on the ground, and swear they need the biggest 4x4 they can buy to get through it.

That S4 has nothing on this old Tercel though:

http://oppositelock.kinja.com/hour-tercel-sn…

Flavien Vidal > Berang 01/28/2016 at 09:27

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Nah, their Corvettes are the best in the snow, but they have noooo idea about it :)

PS: 4x4 or not, they still get stucked miserably as most have not understood the concept of snow tires :)

Jonee > Berang 01/28/2016 at 21:49

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That’s awesome. It’s like a frolicking dog.