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Originally Posted by Dean
Chains are not recomended for most AWD cars as they have the potential to damage the differentials, as well as other clearance issues.
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That's the answer I was looking for Dean, not some smart ass comment about how I need driving lessons. The STi is the first AWD car I've owned since I was 16 when at the time I had a Subaru GL-10 with the pimp daddy kit car dash
So knowing how all of my previous 2wd cars handled on ice with snow tires and how the Z handled on ice with snow tires (I know big difference between the Z and STi) didn't give me a whole lot of faith in snow tire technology with regards to ice, regardless of the car. If your post would have said something about how AWD cars, especially Subes do very well on ice with snow tires and that chains aren't recommended for AWD cars... I would have been educated. I didn't need the " For somebody who grew up driving in snow you're a moron, here's how to do it. The Z is an older 300ZX not a 350 and it's a heavy car with the engine not over the drive tires. So you have to start out in 2nd gear and then shift very rapidly into 3rd when driving on snow/ice. The road I was traveling on was up hill so I had to keep up some momentum or I wouldn't have made it and I had to take a turn on the uphill side of the hill toward the top so I couldn't just come to a stop and then smoothly and slowly take the corner. I was going as slowly as I could and when I turned right the rear of the car started sliding out clockwise so I stayed on the gas and steered into the slide and it kept rotating so I gingerly applied a little more throttle to keep the car off of the left side curb and then like snap over-steer the car spun 180 into the curb on the right side. It was the iciest conditions I've ever seen, seriously like driving on an ice skating rink, the road was covered with a thick white solid sheet of ice, like someone had watered down the road and let it freeze. Not ideal conditions for a front engined rear drive 2wd car. I'm sorry for being "snippy" (sound very Brit).