State11
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I am interested in how those who live in snow areas have fared thus far. I live in Tahoe and have had my R1T since August. I got mine out of the shop with 21's with the hope that Rivian would offer 20's in the gear shop or someone would make snow tires for the 21's. So here is how my snow experience has been in the biggest winter to date for the region. When the 20's became available in the gear shop, I bought them immediately.
Before they arrived, I drove over Mt Rose in snow on the 21's. The conditions weren't too bad and it performed fine. I then installed the 20's with the At's before what I didn't know at the time was the next in a never ending series of storms. Some of the dumps over the holidays were no joke and I was very impressed at how the AT's handled very deep snow (2-3 feet). It was amazing at going forward and stopping. Once the roads got cleared a bit, I was a little unnerved by cornering on ice. Our drive way is on a pretty steep street (we are a corner house, so now have a gigantic mound of snow on that corner). I grew up in the central part of NC where if we ever got snow....it was mostly ice, so my tolerance for slipping is not good. I previously had a Discovery with Blizzaks, which was amazing.
So, I found a set of nokian hakkapeliitta lt3's and got them installed on the 20's. The first day, I intentionally parked partially in a snow bank to take the kids sledding and was stuck when I got back. After digging out, they performed pretty well. But I have had some challenging situations with some of the wet storms that end up with snow on top of ice and ice in general. They also don't seem to perform as well as the Pirelli's did in deep, deep snow. And then today, I cut the sidewall of a rear tire and flatted due to me being an idiot. So, I'll be back on the Pirellis for the end of the season to compare,
So, what has been everyone else's experience?.
Before they arrived, I drove over Mt Rose in snow on the 21's. The conditions weren't too bad and it performed fine. I then installed the 20's with the At's before what I didn't know at the time was the next in a never ending series of storms. Some of the dumps over the holidays were no joke and I was very impressed at how the AT's handled very deep snow (2-3 feet). It was amazing at going forward and stopping. Once the roads got cleared a bit, I was a little unnerved by cornering on ice. Our drive way is on a pretty steep street (we are a corner house, so now have a gigantic mound of snow on that corner). I grew up in the central part of NC where if we ever got snow....it was mostly ice, so my tolerance for slipping is not good. I previously had a Discovery with Blizzaks, which was amazing.
So, I found a set of nokian hakkapeliitta lt3's and got them installed on the 20's. The first day, I intentionally parked partially in a snow bank to take the kids sledding and was stuck when I got back. After digging out, they performed pretty well. But I have had some challenging situations with some of the wet storms that end up with snow on top of ice and ice in general. They also don't seem to perform as well as the Pirelli's did in deep, deep snow. And then today, I cut the sidewall of a rear tire and flatted due to me being an idiot. So, I'll be back on the Pirellis for the end of the season to compare,
So, what has been everyone else's experience?.
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