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Date:         Mon, 8 Jan 2001 12:32:17 -0500
Reply-To:     Karl Ploessl <ploessl@SUNMAC.SPECT.UPENN.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Karl Ploessl <ploessl@SUNMAC.SPECT.UPENN.EDU>
Subject:      Re: chains vs. cables?
Comments: To: Jim Wheaton <jim@MUSCLEFISH.COM>
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>Jim wrote: > >I'm taking my '90 Westy MV up to Tahoe for my first snow >trip. Any comments from experiences list members about chains >vs. cables and any other 'driving in snowy conditions' tips? > >Jim Wheaton

Jim, I am just back from a skitrip and had to put on chains to drive up the private drive way to the house (in Killington VT). I got the Diamond Tire Chains from http://www.tirechain.com/CarChains.htm and I can highly recommend them: they are the ones which I am used from Germany, putting them on is childsplay and fast. They are somewhat expensive, nevertheless I think worth it. To consider is driving slowly and taking them off if there is no need for chains anymore. I put them on/off all the time driving back and forth to the slopes and because it is 'fast' I didn't mind the hassle.

What was annoying was that friends who came with two chrysler minivans had no problems going up this driveway even after I ripped up the snow. And I think it's not my driving style but rather Jenny's behaviour...

Karl.

Karl '81 Westy "Jenny" Wilmington, DE


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