I can't stand it anymore!
01-03-2010, 09:31 PM
#16
I hear all of you that are stuck in the cold weather states with our cars all wrapped up due to salt and poor road conditions. I couldn't take it anymore either. My 911's would be parked from October to March...
After a dozen years of storing my Porsches for the winter I couldn't take it anymore and last year I went out and traded my daily driver Honda Si on a used base Boxster for winter duty. I spent a decent amount on N rated snow tires and rims and now I drive a Porsche all year 'round. Yeah, I get a lot of goofy looks on the freeway driving a Boxster in the winter and people think I'm nuts, but these cars don't rust and they are a hoot in the snow hangin' the back end out on the snow covered backroads.
After a dozen years of storing my Porsches for the winter I couldn't take it anymore and last year I went out and traded my daily driver Honda Si on a used base Boxster for winter duty. I spent a decent amount on N rated snow tires and rims and now I drive a Porsche all year 'round. Yeah, I get a lot of goofy looks on the freeway driving a Boxster in the winter and people think I'm nuts, but these cars don't rust and they are a hoot in the snow hangin' the back end out on the snow covered backroads.
01-03-2010, 11:39 PM
#18
Track Day
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If you don't like Colorado weather, wait 10 minutes......
Born and raised in La Junta, now thankfully in Meridian, Idaho (same weather though, just different state).
Mike Holbrook
79 SC Targa
Born and raised in La Junta, now thankfully in Meridian, Idaho (same weather though, just different state).
Mike Holbrook
79 SC Targa
01-03-2010, 11:56 PM
#19
Burning Brakes
Thread Starter
Mike,
Wait 10 minutes or move 5 miles. That's exactly what happened. It was 48 dry and clear, I worked out for an hour and by the tthe time I went upstairs to get in the car, it was too late. Apparently it had been snowing for a while. Forecast for the next few days doesn't look good either.
Wait 10 minutes or move 5 miles. That's exactly what happened. It was 48 dry and clear, I worked out for an hour and by the tthe time I went upstairs to get in the car, it was too late. Apparently it had been snowing for a while. Forecast for the next few days doesn't look good either.
01-04-2010, 04:32 AM
#20
Three Wheelin'
Hahahaha! You should know better. When I was going to CU, it could be a nice fall day and the next day we would have snow.
01-04-2010, 09:31 AM
#21
Rennlist Member
I lived in Colorado Springs for 10years and drove my 400+ hp 930 Turbo during the winter when the roads were dry, as I do not believe it parking a car for months at a time. Colorado has the gentlest winter known, seriously, if you especially compare to MI, NY or worse eastern Canada.
Yasin
Yasin
01-09-2010, 06:46 PM
#22
Burning Brakes
Thread Starter
Finally, 43 degrees and clear, after having -5 yesterday it felt like 70 today. Shorts, flip flops and a nice drive...I feel better now.
01-09-2010, 09:02 PM
#23
Three Wheelin'
01-10-2010, 08:25 PM
#28
How about this for painful....I just bought an '87 turbo that's due to arrive from the West Coast over the next 10 days. It's 18 degrees here in NJ....there is a chance I won't get the car out on the road for a month!
01-10-2010, 08:47 PM
#29
Rennlist Member
A balmy 37 degrees here in mid GA.
Best,
Doyle
01-10-2010, 10:08 PM
#30
Three Wheelin'
Its funny but I don't really miss my P-car at all. It is away in the basement of an office building under cover for the winter. When I take it out, it will be like I just got her for the first time again and I love that. In the winter, my vice is snowmobiling. It's like my summer Porsche addiction...it's all I want to do.
