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I've always (well, when I had a car and drove) used snow tires in the winter. I lived in southern California for a few years (I'm from Michigan originally and most recently), and I thought the rules they had about using chains were hilarious. They'd get just a touch of snow in the mountains and flip out, stop traffic and make everyone get chains. My brother had the same problem when he lived in lake tahoe - people just couldn't accept that it was possible for him to drive his front wheel drive car in the snow. Granted, there have been times when I've been stuck when all wheel drive would have helped, but it was never often enough to justify having a truck year-round. Now the one time I was moving back from California going through the rockies in a snow storm with all of my worldly possessions in my hatch-back, I was afraid. I had the pedal to the floor and was doing all of about 40. Semis were passing me. However, I've learned from that - when I'm driving in the mountains and it starts snowing, I fucking stop at the next exit with a hotel.