Cold Weather Question

[desinor at sympatico.ca (Jean-Claude Desinor)]

   Naaaah, not stupid, just have not had a chance to acquire experience. 
I for one found out the hard way, my Rabbit took me on a spin on my 
first winter FWD outing :-)
   And the first snowstorm of the season still is "unexpected" by a 
large number of motorists here who should know better and have their 
snow tires installed weeks earlier.
   But in May you should be OK. Especially in BC. If there is a fluke 
snowstorm, you can probably get a cab for a lot cheaper than a set of 
new tires.

	Jean-Claude

Marc Getty a ?crit :
> Mk1/2 Mark wrote:
> 
>>Silly American...  ;)   Using only two snow tires
>>is a tad dangerous - just like Anson flogging poor
>>Victor at the track w/ slicks on the fronts only.
>>You'll be off the road going backwards, often...
>>
>>Seriously though, I wouldn't attempt to drive
>>through the B.C. interior/north without a full set -
>>I couldn't believe how many crazy steep drop-offs there
>>were without any barriers of any kind...
> 
> 
> Jean-Claude Desinor concurred:
> 
>>You will need *4* snow tires.
>>*NO* snow tires is a very bad idea, but having only 2
>>snow tires is worse. This will cause you to spin.
>>Try Googling "you need 4 snow tires". Here is one of the
>>hits: <http://www.snowtire.info/> Be careful out there :-)
> 
> 
> 
> Ok Ok, I'm just a stupid American! I'll either take Mk1 Mark up on his offer
> to borrow a set (unlikely because I would feel REAL guilty putting 12,000
> miles on them and then returning them, plus it would add 1 to 3 days to my
> trip to go see him), or I'll buy a set in BC if it looks like they will be
> needed.
> 
> After all, it will be May when I get there. Unless there if a fluke storm,
> all of the roads should be clear. Even if there is a fluke storm, I can
> always wait it out, or buy a set of snows.
> 
> -Marc
> 
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