>Jim wrote:
>
>I'm taking my '90 Westy MV up to Tahoe for my first snow
>trip.  Any comments from experiences list members about chains
>vs. cables and any other 'driving in snowy conditions' tips?
>
>Jim Wheaton

Jim, I am just back from a skitrip and had to put on chains to drive up the
private drive way to the house (in Killington VT). I got the Diamond Tire
Chains from  http://www.tirechain.com/CarChains.htm and I can highly
recommend them: they are the ones which I am used from Germany, putting
them on is childsplay and fast. They are somewhat expensive, nevertheless I
think worth it. To consider is driving slowly and taking them off  if there
is no need for chains anymore. I put them on/off all the time driving back
and forth to the slopes and because it is 'fast' I didn't mind the hassle.

What was annoying was that friends who came with two chrysler minivans had
no problems going up this driveway even after I ripped up the snow. And I
think it's not my driving style but rather Jenny's behaviour...

        Karl.

Karl
'81 Westy "Jenny"
Wilmington, DE