Show us your LITS (LandCruisers in the snow)

[little_banana]

You could get lucky and the weather might be fine, but there are so many areas it could get bad I also couldn’t recommend making that drive in December with any of the stock LC tires. I wouldn’t do it without some at least 3 peak rated.

I've been searching this all over the internet forums. Most people said watch out for big snow storms before heading out, I25 gets treated pretty quickly if anything.
Was thinking getting some chains as back up, but somehow the owners manual doesn't recommend putting on chains.
I see you are from CO, are you planning to get chains, if so, any recommendations?

 

[LCColorado]

I've been searching this all over the internet forums. Most people said watch out for big snow storms before heading out, I25 gets treated pretty quickly if anything.
Was thinking getting some chains as back up, but somehow the owners manual doesn't recommend putting on chains.
I see you are from CO, are you planning to get chains, if so, any recommendations?

No on the chains, I put a set of KO3’s on the LC and Blizzacks will be going on our other car.

 

[PMP50]

Drove in the snow today, about 5 inches of snow and slush. The most important thing is that the LC did great even with the OEM Michelin tires. It went through the slush while changing lanes as if the slush was not even there. Very stable and no slipping.

My only complaint is the safety warnings. Once the cameras and sensors get blocked with snow, which took about 5 minutes, the car just cycled through all the warnings on the dash which is incredibly distracting. You would think once it tells you once and all the amber lights go on saying that the safety features are disabled it would stop cycling through the warnings telling you to clean off the sensors. I ended up turning everything off but it still kept one warning up on the dash, but at least stopped cycling through all of them.

How has everyone else’s experience been driving in the snow now that we finally got a good snow in Colorado?

 

[BossEvelope]

My only complaint is the safety warnings

Do you think the parking sensor mute button would help stop all the warnings? It’s to the left of the steering wheel next to the fuel cap and fog light switches.

 

[PMP50]

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Do you think the parking sensor mute button would help stop all the warnings? It’s to the left of the steering wheel next to the fuel cap and fog light switches.

It stopped one of the warnings but not the rest. I have turned everything off, so it does not scroll through all the warning which was the most distracting but one still comes up.

 

[little_banana]

Drove in the snow today, about 5 inches of snow and slush. The most important thing is that the LC did great even with the OEM Michelin tires. It went through the slush while changing lanes as if the slush was not even there. Very stable and no slipping.

My only complaint is the safety warnings. Once the cameras and sensors get blocked with snow, which took about 5 minutes, the car just cycled through all the warnings on the dash which is incredibly distracting. You would think once it tells you once and all the amber lights go on saying that the safety features are disabled it would stop cycling through the warnings telling you to clean off the sensors. I ended up turning everything off but it still kept one warning up on the dash, but at least stopped cycling through all of them.

How has everyone else’s experience been driving in the snow now that we finally got a good snow in Colorado?

Glad to hear the stock tires performed well. I have a trip coming up in December from Dallas to Denver. Was debating if I should upgrade the stock tires, but your words gave me a little confidence.
I also heard good things about the stock Toyo at3 tires on GX550.
Either that or KO3s are on my list .

 

[PMP50]

Glad to hear the stock tires performed well. I have a trip coming up in December from Dallas to Denver. Was debating if I should upgrade the stock tires, but your words gave me a little confidence.
I also heard good things about the stock Toyo at3 tires on GX550.
Either that or KO3s are on my list .

The reality is that we are all scared of the stock tires but really have almost "0" reviews and experience with them. But at least in my short experience they worked very well.

 

[NoMe cruiser]

The parking support brake slammed on when I drove through a semi deep mud puddle yesterday. I assume water splashed on the sensor and I hope that it doesn’t do that above 8mph. No snow yet in Maine but I got my blizzaks on.

 

[little_banana]

The reality is that we are all scared of the stock tires but really have almost "0" reviews and experience with them. But at least in my short experience they worked very well.

Agree 100%. Most people just swap out stock tires without driving much. I was pretty surprised to see that stock tires are M+S rated.