Have Job offer, moving soon, have SNOW questions.

[golfgal]

Originally Posted by Tom63376

Once a week shoveling would be easy. I grew up in Maine and 25 years ago I used to shovel 14 inches
to get my car out.. Great exercise..

We will get those larger snowfalls once or twice a year too. One year we had 22" on Tuesday, 24" on Thursday of the same week-that was fun. Around here it is more the timing of the storm vs the amount of snow that cause problems. A couple years ago we got 3 smaller snowfalls, I think they were all about 4" but they hit right at rush hour. Had those come even 2 hours later, they wouldn't have caused any issues. If we get 20" of snow starting at say 6 PM falling until say 3 AM, most of the major roads would probably be cleared by 8 AM and the secondary roads by noon or so.

[MSMCGirl]

Originally Posted by Tom63376

MSMCGirl:

What model of Michelin tires did you get? Michelin X-Ice? Did they work well on the ice
at night? If my Infiniti has trouble, I will need to get some snow tires but based on golfgal,
I will try out my 1st snow storm before forking out $600 for winter tires..

Denver has the ugliest 4 inch mushy snow storms and they just wait for it to melt away instead
of plowing it away and somehow I manage with my stock tires.. (At 25mph)

I bought a used Toyota Highlander which came from Florida....so I bought Michelin LTX M/S2 tires at Costco for better traction in the winter (vs the "touring" tires it came with). They are EXCELLENT! Really good grip in the winter.

I would count on more ice here than mush. It's not the snow here that's the problem, it's the ice. I'm pretty sure it gets a lot colder in Minnesota than in Denver and things don't melt as much. Major hwys are usually pretty clean and very well salted, but side streets - and especially corners - can get pretty icy, even after being plowed. I agree with the other recommendation to get something with at least FWD....or wait it out but at the VERY least get some good tires by mid November.

[mmhl]

There are certainly storms where you will will be shoveling 8-12 inches of snow, but they are only once in awhile. I personally prefer those over when we get in the "alberta clipper" mode- we'll get maybe 3 inhes every other day. Sandbags in the back of your car was excellent advice.