Leaving Colorado

[Pragmatic]

All tires or only rears. You never want more traction up front than in the rear. Standard recommendation for snow tires is on the rear for RWD and on all tires for FWD or AWD.

 

[segbrk]

All tires or only rears. You never want more traction up front than in the rear. Standard recommendation for snow tires is on the rear for RWD and on all tires for FWD or AWD.

Huh, I always heard front tires on FWD cars, but the Lucid manual agrees with you.

 

[borski]

Huh, I always heard front tires on FWD cars, but the Lucid manual agrees with you.

Only rears. People say front because they're idiots. I laugh every year in/out of Tahoe watching people install them on their fronts only to get pulled over three minutes later by CHP to be told to put them on their rears, lol. There's always a line of like 10 cars.

From the manual, for others:

 

[segbrk]

Only rears. People say front because they're idiots. I laugh every year in/out of Tahoe watching people install them on their fronts only to get pulled over three minutes later by CHP to be told to put them on their rears, lol. There's always a line of like 10 cars.

From the manual, for others:
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Glad I’ve only ever driven AWD or RWD, I’ve been spared the embarrassment. That said, even living on a mountain in Colorado for 6 years, I have used chains exactly once. As Lucid says, snow tires are usually all you need.

 

[DLeary]

Has anyone looked into Konig Summit chains?

 

[Buffalo Bob]

Only rears. People say front because they're idiots. I laugh every year in/out of Tahoe watching people install them on their fronts only to get pulled over three minutes later by CHP to be told to put them on their rears, lol. There's always a line of like 10 cars.

From the manual, for others:
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[jedwin]

Works fine on 19s with socks. Source: I just did it.


Both CO and CA are great; just quite different. My wife used to live in CO, now we live in CA. I like both, but I prefer ocean to mountains.

Ooh, I really like this option. I live on the coast of Maine, where of course we do get snow (not much these days) and ice (a tad more than in the past), but I'm retired and I can almost always just hunker down when conditions are poor, and the road crews are incredible so that all highways and nearly all main surface roads are clear and easy the day after the storms. So I've been kind of thinking that popping for snow tires could be overkill for me.

How extensively have you used these? Just as a chain-alternative as on the trip to Tahoe, or for days at a time or longer? (Wondering about durability, obviously.)

At this price, wouldn't added traction up front come in handy at times too, when it's less about climbing and more about staying secure in steering on slippery roads?

 

[borski]

Ooh, I really like this option. I live on the coast of Maine, where of course we do get snow (not much these days) and ice (a tad more than in the past), but I'm retired and I can almost always just hunker down when conditions are poor, and the road crews are incredible so that all highways and nearly all main surface roads are clear and easy the day after the storms. So I've been kind of thinking that popping for snow tires could be overkill for me.

How extensively have you used these? Just as a chain-alternative as on the trip to Tahoe, or for days at a time or longer? (Wondering about durability, obviously.)

At this price, wouldn't added traction up front come in handy at times too, when it's less about climbing and more about staying secure in steering on slippery roads?

Haven’t used them extensively.

Yes, front is OK too, but rear is required. If you have FWD, only fronts are fine.

 

[Buffalo Bob]

Only rears. People say front because they're idiots. I laugh every year in/out of Tahoe watching people install them on their fronts only to get pulled over three minutes later by CHP to be told to put them on their rears, lol. There's always a line of like 10 cars.

From the manual, for others:
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It's interesting that, contrary to the above, the snow socks on the Lucid Store appear with a photo of them installed on the FRONT tires, with nothing mentioned about rear installation. The store also recommends installation over 19" tires with either all-season or winter tires. Not sure why someone would need both winter tires and snow socks.

 

[Pragmatic]

Same reason someone would need chains and snow tires - conditions call for it.

 

[borski]

It's interesting that, contrary to the above, the snow socks on the Lucid Store appear with a photo of them installed on the FRONT tires, with nothing mentioned about rear installation. The store also recommends installation over 19" tires with either all-season or winter tires. Not sure why someone would need both winter tires and snow socks.

I know. And that picture only exists in the rewards store. Infuriating lol.

 

[Volund]

Hey, gang.

Looks like I'm going to be moving from Colorado back to California. So someone in the area needs to represent in Boulder soon.

Bittersweet, since I really like it here. But the wife got a new job that requires her to be back in the office, so it's back to San Francisco in a few short weeks.

If anyone in the area is interested in a meetup or drive somewhere between now and July 14th (not the holiday weekend of the 4th) I'd be happy to participate.

Oh, and I'll be selling my Pirelli Sottozero snow tires, if especially any of the newer owners in the area who haven't gone through winter yet would like to purchase them. DM me for details. They only have about 4k miles on them. I'll give you a good deal.

I'll be posting a classified listing later in the week, otherwise.

And I hope to post some tales from the road as I make the trek from here to San Francisco starting somewhere around July 20th. Still planning it out, but I'm thinking I can leave midday on the first day and spend a night in Grand Junction. Then drive a full second day to Elko, UT, or maybe even as far as Reno. Then finish up on the third day. Should be a fun ride.

Good luck! If you come through SLC or closer, we can get a snack together

 

[HariK]

I guess this thread should be renamed to driving in snow.

 

[Neurio]

Good luck! If you come through SLC or closer, we can get a snack together

He moved months ago.

 

[hmp10]

All tires or only rears. You never want more traction up front than in the rear. Standard recommendation for snow tires is on the rear for RWD and on all tires for FWD or AWD.

I lived in Vermont for four years, the Berkshire Mountains of Massachusetts for four years, Connecticut for eight years, and northern Indiana for two years. During that time I had RWD, FWD, and AWD vehicles and did the semi-annual tire swap ritual. This is the first time I've heard of putting snow tires on only one axle.

It's not just about propulsive traction. It's also about braking, and all cars these days have four-wheel braking. Why would you want to have reduced braking traction on two of your wheels for driving in snow?