10-16-2018, 12:30 PM
Anyone have experience with all season runflats in the snow?
I've got the OEM Pirelli Cinturato P7 All Season Runflats and am not interested in replacing the rubber or buying winter wheels for snow tires. That said, we're going to start our family adventures into the mountains this winter and I'm wondering if chains are necessary. The snow ratings aren't great on the tires, so I'm wondering how they'll work on a few inches of fresh powder and/or compact snow.
For context, chains are often recommended if people don't have AWD because the mountain passes are ~4,000 ft and often crews cannot keep up with the rate of snowfall. Note that AS are considered "traction tires" so the only situation where chains are required for us is the bottom scenario. I guess it doesn't hurt to always carry them, but I'm curious about personal experience.
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I've got the OEM Pirelli Cinturato P7 All Season Runflats and am not interested in replacing the rubber or buying winter wheels for snow tires. That said, we're going to start our family adventures into the mountains this winter and I'm wondering if chains are necessary. The snow ratings aren't great on the tires, so I'm wondering how they'll work on a few inches of fresh powder and/or compact snow.
For context, chains are often recommended if people don't have AWD because the mountain passes are ~4,000 ft and often crews cannot keep up with the rate of snowfall. Note that AS are considered "traction tires" so the only situation where chains are required for us is the bottom scenario. I guess it doesn't hurt to always carry them, but I'm curious about personal experience.
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"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth