I would consider driving my 928's in the winter with proper rubber if we didn't turn the road ways into a giant salt lick. No way I'm going to cover all my suspension bits with that corrosive crap. Better to just park them for 3-4 months.

Besides, anyone who has driven a Quattro with snow tires will understand there are more exciting vehicles out there for the slippery days

 

I hear you loud and clear... I did not think that I would develop the attachment that I have and feel guilty for doing this... but I have no choice... the agreement with the other half is as such. So its much better to feel guilty 10% or the time, than a day without driving my 928

As to the comment with regards to the tires, I will respectfully disagree... yes it is the tires but its also the car. A couple of years ago I was forced to drive my old 993 for a month every day... With Nokian's on, who they are great winter tires, it was downright scary in the snow. A Carrera 4 would certainly offer better traction, but the car in inherently unbalanced and I reserve my on limit tail taming for the track... I had a couple of very scary moments driving in similar conditions. Comparing the 2, the 928 is more user friendly in these conditions and better footed for sure, at least comparing the 2.
I also find that my E320 is a bit less footed in similar conditions, but indeed my old C230 4Matic was by far the best. Both Mercs are shod with the same model Blizzak's. The all wheel drive of the Merc made it a snow plow, hills, decents, ice , anything I could throw the car at it would take it without even the traction control coming on. Amazing system.

 

Well then what you need is a Saab Sonnet IV! The horsepower of a Harley with twice the weight, and about 65% of that is in the front! Put your foot in it and steer until the snow gets too deep to plow, and salt? Who cares? I had one for a few years when I lived in Ithaca, NY (salt?- good grief, a big salt mine right outside of town, we swam in the stuff) - what a blast in the snow and slush. Not a fast blast maybe, but fun, and pop-up headlights to boot... Prolly some videos on youtube of ice-racing in Scandinavia with these things: great big ol' spikes on the tires, looked like ice-racing bike wheels. Wild.

 

Brave man! With such a perfect car!
I do drive mine in every condition, but last year we had a lot of snow and one day I could not get it uphill on the driveway... 1984 S2 no ABS nor traction control.
The range rover plowed through it easily, uphill, downhill (hdc), pulls straight. Although when stopping the two and a half ton and four wheel drive don't help...
928 does feel safe with strong winds though. Just be easy on the throttle when not going straight ahead.
Leo 928 1984 S2 5 spd euro

 

I heard you have a flap on the back of that big turbo so it is more like a hovercraft on the ice

 

Hey Danny, I just moved to Vancouver from la and brought up my 997. Unfortunatley I got some water spots during the trip that I can't get out with a car wash. Can you recommend a good detainer? Someone who's safe and really knows what they are doing regarding paint correction?

thanks

mike

 

Mike,
Danny's friend Theo can sort you out!

 

Hello Mike,

Not a regular in this forum, but I just happened to bump on this thread.... Unfortunately I'm not in Vancouver anymore. I have now moved to Edmonton far away from my good friend Danny.

Definitely a very late response, but water spots, depending on how severe they are, can be very hard to remove.

One of the most basic remedies is white vinegar. In some cases it worked extremely well, safe and effectively. There are also dedicated water spot removers, very simple as well as safe to use on car's paint.

Here is a good article on water spots written by Mike Philips, a very well known car detailing expert.

Again sorry for such a late reply. Just thought that it might be helpful. I would be interested to find out if you were able to get them out.

Also if you ever need some solid advice on proper car care, Autogeekonline.net is a great and solid source of information and products.

Here is the link for the water spots article. A search on that forum for sure will bring up even more on that topic.

http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/...ter-spots.html

Regards
Theo

 

hi Theo.....do you do detailing in Edmonton? or better still come down to Calgary?

 

Hello Malcolm,

When Danny told me for the first time in Vancouver I was supper excited with the idea of coming to Calgary. Now that I'm only a couple of hours away it sounds even better.

I would love to come down to Calgary for a weekend and give some tlc to a car. Probably best when the weather gets a bit better, unless we are talking about a nice big heated garage. Generally speaking detailing requires a bit of warm temperatures, or a temperature controlled environment.

Anyway... A lot to talk about I guess but here is a write up that I did on a 944 back in Vancouver, so you could have an idea of what I can do.

Thank you for reaching out. Looking forward to meet you in person.

http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/...roduction.html

Theo.

 

xcellent Theo......I can send PM so you have my email & phone.

cheers

oops.....cant send PM, email:

malcolmbennett33ATgmailDOTcom

 

Anyone else see the front fender flares? Color matched perfectly.

 

Years ago I was skiing at Squaw Valley with a southern CA college friend who had one of those German Ford Capris. Pretty nice car in it's day.

I had spent my formative years driving in Germany. My buddy from SoCal had not. Anyway, driving back from a day on the slopes and then apres ski, the roads were covered in glare ice and treacherous.

Sensing my friend's trepidation, I repeated a manta from the passenger's seat: "stay off the brakes - steer into the skid, stay off the brakes - steer into the skid, stay off the brakes - steer into the skid, stay off the brakes - steer into the skid."

Of course, as soon as the car got a little sideways, he nailed the brakes and planted us in the snowbank.

I took over driving duties, got us out of the snow bank and drove the rest of the way back to the hotel, catching each slide with a little opposite lock - piece of cake. I think that was the day my friend realized that he didn't know how to drive....

 

Nice to know that these things can do more than get stuck leaving a snowwy driveway, and fishtail wildly back in. I too soon hope to winter drive my 928... as soon as I get some propper tires.