At least no big snow storm coming this week, so you have some time.

 

Cross post from vwvortex about damage done with snow chains.

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=4171973

 

For what it's worth, I have Nokian Hakka 4s on my 2009 A3 and it's as if it's vacuumed to the ground IF the snow is packed or even icy. But if there is a 5" or more snowfall, I'm missing my Tacoma 4X4. It does not do so well in heavy snow, Quattro or not.