Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2014 19:20:31 -0500
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From: Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject: Re: I rather drive the Vanagon (snow tires)
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Jim, My impressions are only informed by my visits there and what I am told by folks who live there. I have visited in every month of the year in at least some years of the last decade, and in every winter of that time. Perhaps having been there for several weeks during a couple of severe winters (2007-2008 and 2008-2009) sways my impressions some. But, it can and does snow there during any month October-April by official NWS records, and in each of those months substantial quantities have fallen and accumulated at times. Some winters during the past decade have included over 90 inches for the season. That's enough for me to consider it a snowy place, especially compared to my present home where a typical winter accumulates a total of 15" or so, with the ground open most of the time.
Beyond that, I do not expect to confine myself to the Spokane River corridor when I live there. Mountains prevail within an hours drive of the city.
If by 3-4 weeks you mean snow falls on perhaps 21-28 days during the winter, I believe that is a bit on the low side, though on some of the snowy days there may not be a lot of snow. If you mean the snow season is only 3-4 weeks in length, then that is completely erroneous.
mcneely
---- Jim Arnott <jrasite@eoni.com> wrote:
> Four or five months?????? Who told you that?
>
> I live in the heart of the Blue Mountains and four or five weeks is more like it. Last winter was four or five days. I have a set (4) of studded Hakka 10s. They go on in mid-December and they usually come off the first week of February. Mind you, my commute is 15 miles over a state highway with no shoulder to speak of (10’ drop off to swamp) and frequent 50 mph side winds. At 0500 in the AM. If my commute was at a more reasonable time of day or if I didn’t have to cross an ice covered bridge at the windiest point of the commute, the Hakkapeliitta CS tires that I run the rest of the time would be just fine.
>
> Spokane is 100 miles north and 2k feet lower altitude.
>
> My advise is pick up a set of studded tires to run when it’s going to be really snotty and run your all seasons the rest of the time. Else, pick up a set of Hakkas and run them year round.
>
> http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/page_1172_1408/nokian-tire-185r-14-hakkapeliitta-c.html
>
> Jim
>
> "If you look around the room, and you're the smartest person in the room, then you're in the wrong room."
> -- Lorne Michaels
>
> On Jun 15, 2014, at 11:14 AM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET> wrote:
>
> > I will be moving to Spokane, WA, where snow is just a fact of life for 4-5 months. Should I put snow tires on the rear only, or on both front and rear of my Vanagon? I realize that some people just park it for the winter, too.
> >
> > David McNeely
>
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David McNeely
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