1. I live in the sierra foothills and go up to tahoe 1-2x per week, any conditions.

2. The Most Hated drivers are flatlanders who have no clue... they litter the road, drive too slow or too fast, slide into others, stop the chain control line to ask the inspectors dumb questions.... ("I'm just going to Tahoe", etc)

3. Chains are a joke. Chains are general not needed (if people had proper tires), but are there to make people drive slow. Why? See #2.

4. Nothing worse than seeing people driving around tahoe on barely wet and slushy roads with chains...displaying to the world their total ignorance about chains- either they don't know how to get them off, or didn't want to pay, or figure it is a good idea...

5. Summer tires will not have the right grip if you do take the chains off. Even wet or dry roads, if the temps are too cold those summer compounds may not be safe.

6. Chains on all week, or even for a short period of time, can break or come loose- SIGNIFICANT PAINT DAMAGE will ensue. ONE chain break and ONE revolution of the wheel can result in a complete fender repaint, and destruction of the fender liner. Or damage the rim itself depending on the rim design and chain installaton.

I need new geolanders on the front of my mountain beater- one side jsut at the wear bars the other past... when I was up there in chain control they were very, shall we say "challenging". But I grew up driving 2WD cars in snow 4 months of the year, and there was no 'chain control'... experience can make all the difference. If you were a skilled snow driver, maybe you could do it- otherwise it is a recipe for disaster.