I use a set of tire chains (steel links not cables) on my Honda Accord and I have found their effectiveness to be very impressive on icy or deep snow (14 inches of snow). I have gone through ditches and even through piled up snow by the plow to get around stuck 4x4 trucks. Last winter I employed a hydraulic floor jack to put the chains on, first one front wheel and then the other. The jack cut my tire chain installation time down from 45 minutes for both to just 15 minutes for both. I'll do the same thing this year.
i live in canada and ive never known anyone who has ever needed or even used snow chains.. unless youre going to the middle of the forest i just dont see the need
Yeah in Canada, I’d imagine you want snow tires as it snows a ton, chains are good for areas where it can snow but won’t be for long but still want safety.
Cool video! I have a 4x4 (AWD) with summer tires: based on your experience, would you strongly suggest to mount the tire chains on all wheels or not ? Thanks
Never had to use them… I live in Alabama… If it snows here, everybody is amazed and taking pictures, we get the day off work, the highways are backed up bumper to bumper with abandoned vehicles, emergency services are put on hold, everybody’s power goes out, trees fall down everywhere, and the stores run out of milk and toilet paper…
People don’t think we get snow here but we get snow in California mountains. BEAUTIFUL. Many go skiing to mammoth mountain. We needed chains to get up there this past week hence why I’m here 😂. Only bad thing about our yearly snow falls are mountains get crowded bc it’s foreign to us😂...even though we get snow every winter 🤦🏻♀️😂 Good thing about our snow falls are they’re bearable...not like upper USA freezing winters 🥶
I live in California and I like to do this little thing called vacationing… it’s where you drive your car to snowy places. Like right now, I’m watching this from a magical land called or-e-gon. From my second house.
@@chitralbikersclub9030 I do agree with the previous commenter said - it's not straight forward than some people make out to overcome fear of driving. Be cautious and seek advice from others. I looked round a few sites and discovered plenty of good help by searching google on sites like Roys Quick Fix. Good luck and hope you are successful!
@@IntelligentAtheism BOTH tires. Assymetrical traction is very dangerous on icy roads and your car will pull hard to one side. Make sure both drive wheels are chained
Bought my first chains some years ago in Aldi for £20 . While waiting to pay an old man behind me said . “ take my advice and put them on and take them off a few times in good weather, don’t let first time be at side of road in a blizzard,after 1 mile get out and check/ tighten them , and don’t drive like you have chains on drive like you don’t” . The put them on and off I good weather was best advice
After you buy this, go home and do a test install on your car first, easier to learn at home then late at night in the dark in rain and freezing out.........trust me, it's not that hard
On first time chains actually needed in 3 inch snow I struggled on flat road till I reached petrol station on put them on forecourt. It drew lot of attention a crowd gathered. It snowed for 8 more hours till 8 inches which is rare for U.K. was only cab working in Leeds . They lasted about 100 miles untill disintegrated beyond use . Best £20 I ever spent earned £300
*Says 4wd would have trouble* *Quotes an All Wheel Drive vehicle* I drove through a foot of snow in a bad snow storm in my REAL 4wd. Passed by a tacoma stuck in the ditch.
Hi Awesome content Need advise My need is - when i drive in snow conditions, i need to tie snow chains on my tyres! When i tie snow chains, the chains touch the shower metal part! Also due to this less space between tyre and shocker i cant even upgrade my tyre size! If I increase tyre then i cant tie the chains at all! Do recommend what else can be done???
Lived in SoCal all my life and always heard about snow chains but didn’t know how they looked like. I was imagining like actual wheel chains like in a bulldozer or tank...
Seat is owned by VW and shares the same mechanicals as Audi A4 and VW Passat , and others. badge engineering really, to ensure high sales in countries like Spain etc
@@nikolanikola8543What is 'unreliable' about the quttro system? Iv'e had three Audi's including an old B7 saloon 3.2 V6 from 2005, quattro system worked perfectly. Matter of fact all three cars only required general maintenance during the years I had them.
I drive a Subaru Forester and the dealer says NOT to use chains. But, being from here, I bought a pair for that vehicle. Mostly I just stay home in ice.
Studded tyres only make sense if you're driving on really icy and snow-covered roads. It isn't advisable to drive them on tarmac once the snow melts. So, depends on where you live and how much snow you're dealing with. If it's small stretches of snow every now and again, snow chains make more sense.
Moscow, Russia. Usually, the snow starts melting at the end of March and melts until the middle of the April. In the year 2014, we had a nice blizzard here on May, 7th. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gFrjd_vGPNQ.html
I still am German in driving. To drive please with must stay among and within panzer tracks from last of the world war that way you most never be lost.
@@martytdd1606 Audi designs high performance cars, but they are talking about long term reliability. A Subaru will generally outlast an Audi by a large margin (and most other German cars), even if both cars are well maintained throughout their life time. But a subaru is much cheaper for maintenance in general, plus other Japanese car brands(like Toyota, Lexus.) can run for a long time even when they have been poorly maintained (Subaru needs to be maintained though). An Audi (and other german brands like BMW, Mercedes, etc.) will not only be more expensive to maintain, and so much more expensive to fix if something breaks, they will ALSO not run for very long if they are poorly maintained.
