Spring Irony

Seems kind of ironic that here ir is March and I have only now thought about having my chain adapter installed on my car.

To be specific my vehicle is a 2003 Saturn Vue and need a special set of chains (they are called 'Spiders'). They attach to the wheel via a metal plate that is mounted to the wheel lugs and the chains snap and lock into these adapters and circle the wheel like your hand would grab a hockey puck around its perimeter.

Now we don't see snow really around here (a few flakes and some small storms), just not enough to justify the use of the chains. We have them to use in case we want to drive over the mountains during the winter months. This weekend my wife is going to a conference over on the Oregon coast (Cannon Beach) and will been to travel over the coast range. The weather reports are predicting rain and it could turn to ice/snow easily. Wo to play it safe I am running out today and getting the adapters installer on the Vue. She will probably not need them, but it is cheap insurance.

The really ironic part of the whole thing is that we moved out here from Colorado! We actually purchased the Vue from a dealer in Fort Collins when we were living out there. We never used chains and actually didn't even own then until we moved here. Now the State Patrol is really strict out here with regards to the chain law, so we went ahead and got the chains. Just seems ironic that we lived for over 15 years in Colorado and never used chains, and have been here in Oregon only 4 years and now have chains for both vehicles and have actually used them.

Just a little bit ironic.

Enjoy.