The Jag manual says no winter chains on the car. WTH? Surely you can run chains on this car, the clearances on the back don't seem extreme.

I went up to 245 from 235 (17" stock wheels) and don't see a problem. Why am I asking? I recently moved and my commute takes me over a 1000ft mountain pass from sea level. Wet snow shuts this highway down once in a while.

I'm not about to just go pop a grand on wheels and dedicated snowies. $40-$50 chains for the once in a blue moon snowfall seem appropriate.

 

Jaguar has a snow traction system available for its current models. You may want to check with your dealer for S-Type applications. The XF system might work though.

Mike

 

Jag's spike spiders cost more than snow tires sadly.

Did some looking around and decided I'll try and find a set of these:

http://www.scc-chain.com/Traction%20Pages/Trac_SZ6.html