Do your tires have the snowflake/mountain symbol?  I think California requires it for winter mountain driving on all four wheels.

---- Rick Cooper <rickdcooper@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> Planning a trip next month down the I-5 from BC to CA and there may be snow
> on the pass between OR and CA.  I picked up a set of four good used BF
> Goodrich All-Terrain 8.5x27R14 tires as part of another deal and put these
> on my '87 Westie.  The handling is fine but the road noise is a good deal
> more than I like.  Would it be safe to use a pair of my previous 195/70R14s
> on the front and leave the All-Terrains on the back?  I'm no tire expert
> and am not really sure about the difference between these tires.
>
> Thanks, Rick

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David McNeely