I've read a couple dozen posts on snow-chains and everyone seems to agree that purchasing snow tires and crappy rims is the best way to go.

I live in the SF Bay Area and love heading up to Tahoe to ski and snowboard a few times each season. The problem is, I live in an apartment and there is no where to store an extra set of tires when they're not in use. (Plus getting them for a few trips to Tahoe each season seems like a waste of money.)

Has anyone tried "snow cables"? They seem to be less likely to mess up the wheel wells than big a$$ snow chains.

Any advice is greatly appreciated.

 

here's the one from nissan:
http://www.nissan.co.jp/OPTIONAL-PAR...35/sk_087.html



sorry.... i can't comment on the performance of these things with summer tires as i've never used them before.

 

Saw these from Costco
http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product...opnav=&browse=

 

have you seen the ones from nissan for sale in the US?
i was planning on using something from suregrip chains