Driving in Snow

[CA_2022]

I am planning to drive my car from Bay Area to South Lake Tahoe was wondering how Lucid performs in snow storms especially with the low ground clearance, any risks of getting stuck in the snow ?

 

[idiot900]

Not necessarily worse than any car with the same ground clearance. AWD helps (and Lucid has a good system), but mostly it's tires that matter - summer tires are unsafe, all seasons are better, winters are best.

 

[borski]

Not necessarily worse than any car with the same ground clearance. AWD helps (and Lucid has a good system), but mostly it's tires that matter - summer tires are unsafe, all seasons are better, winters are best.

You’d be fine with snow tires. All seasons would be okay too. Get the snow socks.

 

[CA_2022]

Thank you both for your responses, yes I have the all weather and carrying snow socks.

 

[Cosmo Cruz]

heavyweight Merino wool or Alpaca wool blend.

 

[jedwin]

Get the snow socks.

Being retired, I can hunker down during the actual storms, and I don't ski, so I've been feeling fine about my Air Touring with jjust all-seasons. I've wondered how useful the socks would be.....can anyone speak from experience on them? Thanks.

 

[borski]

Being retired, I can hunker down during the actual storms, and I don't ski, so I've been feeling fine about my Air Touring with jjust all-seasons. I've wondered how useful the socks would be.....can anyone speak from experience on them? Thanks.

For light snow, no need.

If you’re driving to Tahoe (for example) and CHP is requiring tire chains, use the socks. (Or snow tires; snow tires don’t need chains/socks)

 

[jedwin]

Great, just knowing they actually do help in poor conditions is good to know. I won't be heading to the mountains in winter, but there may be a day when things are more dicey than I usually bother to go out in....