Tim Wasmer

I have read around and can't find if anyone with this setup is doing it.

Or they have killed themselves in a horrible snowball crash and can't post.

With Snow Tires is it doable or being done?

Ok, fire away

knfeparty

Regardless of if you get to where you are going, it will be fun. Up until you hit something.

BruceP

No PSM here, and I drive it all winter on snow tires. Contrary to what you might think, you really have to be an idiot to get the car sideways and not be able to collect it back up again. It's great in the snow. Invest in the tires and enjoy yourself.

Tim Wasmer

No issues getting started from a stop etc.?

BruceP

Nope. The sole limiting factor is ground clearance. I leave it at home if the snow or slush is really deep. You may find yourself replacing the occasional brake duct. Chump change.

Torontoworker

My limiting factor is salt. Bad for people - bad for cars! FYI: My PSM is my right foot.

BruceP

I know, it's disgusting. But my '00 has been winter driven in Toronto by all of its owners since new. Last week, when I had my indie do a PPI-style inspection for me, the body came back absolutely clean and rust free. This despite the fact that it's parked underground, which is supposed to accelerate corrosion.

Porsche really got this right. Honestly, I wouldn't worry about it unless you think your car is going to be a collectible.

Tim Wasmer

Anyone have pictures

Bruce, no it will not be a collectible. But my wife has been insisting it be a C4. And they are not that easy to find. At a decent price

BruceP

I don't have a picture of mine in the snow, but there are lots here who have some great ones.

I do have a picture of it dripping filthy slush in the parking lot after driving to work. I don't post this, however, out of respect for the board's policy on images of violence.

Torontoworker

Now that's funny right there Bruce!

No, I just hate the stuff they use around here and as my car came from Vegas and it's underside is a clean as the day it came out of Nevada - I don't want to spoil it. The other thing is ground clearance and the freaking winter potholes we get and the fact I already have a front wheel drive 'beater' for the winter along with the Mazda 5 to use and have no reason to drive the P car past mid Nov.

sbpsu354

In Colorado, the state seems to like to use a combination of gravel and magnesium chloride. The mag choride is supposed to keep the water and slush from freezing, but this doesn't work. It actually serves to make the road greasy and corrodes your brake lines. The gravel is a rather efficient means to remove any of that unwanted paint on your car.

I'd bet ground clearance will be more of an issue than anything else in the 911.

Tim Wasmer

You can email it to me with the black bars across its headlights to protect its identity

Tim Wasmer

SB, you also forgot they use the gravel so as to keep the windshield companies in business

BruceP

I get that. I was the same way with my previous car because I'd owned it since new.

For some reason, I suddenly kind of fell into the "everyday sports car" culture of Porsche. It was even easier because mine had led a bit of a hard life when I bought it, so I wasn't as tempted to preserve it. For me, it's ended up being a fun way to own one. But I will confess this: Every couple of years I pay my indie to remove all the panels and fasteners under the car and steam clean the whole undercarriage.

To the OP, one thing I forgot: my broken-record warning to keep the rads clean. My car's previous owners didn't do that, and although the body is great, the crap that collected around the rads soaked up brine from the road and held it there. The result was a pair of brand new radiators last year.

Barn996

This is the worst my Porsche has looked, covered with salt,sand,dirt....but driving it in the winter to ski was icing on the cake.