Rallye WRC Monte Carlo 2019

[MOSSY]

At Marseille airport i rent through Sixt in 2017 an Opel Mokka with winter tyres

What about chains? I thought it was mandatory to have snow chains in the vehicle if you were in the mountains I was going to just to get a small car with chains. Is the Opel Mokka 4 wheel drive

[JTGANG]

What about chains? I thought it was mandatory to have snow chains in the vehicle if you were in the mountains I was going to just to get a small car with chains. Is the Opel Mokka 4 wheel drive

No it is front wheel drive....Is not mandatory at the airport of Marseille ...Do not take chains......Huge mistake ....Imagine going from each stage to another or to Gap and have every time to stop in the cold to put it/out the chains....Impossible....i think the extra cost for winter tyres at Sitx was 88e

[Mirek]

Chains are really mandatory at some roads. There is a traffic sign showing where they are mandatory. For sure You will encounter such roads when You visit RMC.


You can buy the chains for around 20 Euro so it might be easier to buy them than to try to rent them.

[tommeke_B]

When we were visiting the Turini some years ago police were stopping all cars to ask if they had snow chains. Without them you weren't allowed to continue, and had to turn back.

[skarderud]

Do you need to have snowchains if you have decent wintertyres?
Summertires and "allyear" uselessshittires i understand, but with Nokian hakkapeliita to?

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[Mirek]

If it's mandatory it's mandatory. In France winter tyres are not mandatory but chains are (on certain roads). Don't ask me why.

Secondly yes, You need them in the mountains from time to time. Driving from a tight hairpin in a steep uphill with FWD can make You stuck very easily. Also don't forget that there is a lot of traffic on these roads which means that plenty of times what You could get through, if You were alone there, is undriveable because the traffic is too slow or because You must stop in uphills because of others. That's why in all Alpine countries chains are mandatory on some roads (in Austria they use digital traffic signs and activate them only when the weather requires so). Don't know how is that in France but in Austria if You have 4x4 You can go without chains I think.

[stefanvv]

Don't know how is that in France but in Austria if You have 4x4 You can go without chains I think.

It would make sense AWD to be allowed without chains. I don't have problems at least with my Quattro to climb alpine roads on slush and ice!

EDIT: with allseason crappy tyres

[skarderud]

Here in Norway we never use snowchains, but it's mandatory to have real wintertyres of course.
Is studded alloved in the alps? Thru germany?

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[pucky54]

Here in Norway we never use snowchains, but it's mandatory to have real wintertyres of course.
Is studded alloved in the alps? Thru germany?

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Studs are forbidden in Germany!

[Franky]

Is studded alloved in the alps? Thru germany?

Those bastards, the studs, are only allowed in the north. Nowhere else