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Wrapped Up In Chains
December 1, 2005
It's hard to imagine that anyone would miss chaining up, but there you go.
I got through last year's epic winter in a Toyota Corolla, using chains practically the entire time. It got to the point where I could get them on in about three minutes.
All this is in light of the fact that it is snowing right now (Thursday morning) and there is a Winter Storm Warning in effect until Friday morning.
Mammoth ought to maybe have a chain-up contest, but probably the only ones who would enter are knucklehead locals like me who didn't get around to all-wheel drive until lately, and tourists.
That'd be cool, though, because many of us have noticed that tourists don't really know which tires to chain up, front or rear, and a surprising number of them get it wrong. So a contest would be fun that way, too.
You can see 'em down on 203 at the 395, chaining up. Some get it right, some get it wrong.
Sometimes, even the four-wheel drive people do it, and I figure it's to impress the wife or the kids. Unless it's really snowing hard, all the CHP asks is that four-wheel drive people with snow tires have chains in the vehicle. Most of the time, it doesn't mean they actually have to use them.
Anyway, so now I've got a Subie and it drives like a dream in the snow.
Matter of fact, I think I'll just go out and drive around in the glop.
Because I can, that's why.
With no chains.
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