ritzblitz

My first track day was in the rain-



I will one up you and say RA1s in the snow, my tire situation was bad, they were all I had mounted. Sideways on a straight flat road with minimal throttle input (no LSD). It was a little scary.

max_boost951

Not a daily driver and driven in the rain. I consider it an undercarriage wash!

dillon410021

I am with Dan. I will drive mine in the rain, snow, but these cars suck on straight ice just like every car does.

zerMATT951

I've got a MBC under the hood... considering moving it inside the car JUST to be able to dial it down for rainy days, or if the wife decides she wants to take it for a spin.

AaronR968

After I painted my wheels white, and have added a DD to my mix of cars, I try not to drive in the rain. Purly because I want to keep the wheels clean so I don't have to keep removing them to get rid of grime. It used to me my DD and I would drive it no matter what!

reno808

Cole

My 928S4 is sitting out in the HAIL right now..............Honsetly, I'm a bit nervous!!!

Butters944

Well considering I'm in Arizona, we never see snow! It rained quite a bit today, but my car sits outside anyway and isn't at all clean and has very much oxidized guards red paint... Lol so that's a Yes, I drive it in the rain :P

Shawn Stanford

If it's raining, I'll take the Cayenne; but that's because there's nothing more fun than tossing a 944 around (even if it's just the mile down the road to the grocery store), and rain kills that. Same with the snow: that's why I bought a Cayenne. But, I will take the 944 out for the occasional winter drive if the roads are dry.

I need to get the 928 moving again: it was intended to be the 'beater' Porsche. But, everytime I get a little money put aside to sink into it, one of the others pops up. This week it was $1,100 for the 944 (60k service, belt kit, two tires, hood struts).

This is a gorgeous picture. Can you post a high-rez version?

mclaudio

Driving in the rain: No, not in the streets.

Racing in the rain: Yes. Not my photo but I was in the same race...

odurandina

great post!


uhhh, James. it rains in north america.

just drove over 300 miles in semi~full torrent on monday as part of my trip to the midwest for work.

it rains in north america.

sorry sir.

kombatrok

All my cars are driven rain or shine... hell I daily drove my 64 ford one winter and handled the snow and ice better than most new cars.

I can't stand people who are afraid to or just won't drive their cars just because its wet out... it's a car, it was made to be driven.

James Chimney

Yes I know it rains, it had rained all week (why I started this post) I am leaving 5/20/11 for a 3 day Spring Tour with the Connecticut Vally Region Porsche Club to Mass. they have 46 Porsche's going and I know a lot of guys (mostly 911)) will not drive their cars in the rain, so I thought I would ask. and so far it seems all of us drive our cars no matter what the weather (most even in the snow, I haven't tried it yet) it will rain till Sunday but I will still be there.
James

Robin W.

My fiance is driving the '83 everyday and once with a massive dump of snow there was a short somewhere near the battery and a burt wire smell that went away in seconds (no blown fuses no other issues), today is our first rainy day and she said the same thing (possibly headlight related) again no blown fuses but a similar very brief burt wire smell. Where to start?? Is the headlight relay under the dash?

Xpit77

Vice grips to an older Porsche owner is the same as duct tape to Red Green.
Steve.