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The real deals in Fl are the east-west mid florida back farm country roads from Vero Beach/Fort Pierce to Sarasota circa 180 miles. Get a group of 4-5 P Cars and have autobahn fun with zero worries. Been doing this for 15 years and never a problem esp at 4 am to 8 am. The big two lane roads may not be curvy but are wide and fast paced.
NYC. TTS. Switched to winter tires last weekend. This will be my 2nd winter with the car. Will definitely drive this winter - but only when roads are dry as it is logistically not possible for me to clean the car myself.
Driving mine throughout the winter up here in Montreal... With the road conditions however... Feels more like driving a slalom course! lol Put some Michelin Alpines on it and so far so good. Was drying an R8 Spyder with winters before recently picking up the Turbo! Loving it! Must say though... I have an Audi SQ5 for those really deep snow days!
Still waiting to get mine, end of March delivery.
Using my Cayenne Turbo in the meantime.
I just drove it from Colorado to Las Vegas in the mountains on I-70 and I-15.
It phenomenally capable. Loads of power unabated by altitude, very comfortable
with the air suspension, very surefooted in snow or slush and great handling with PDCC.
If the roads are dry, I'll drive mine to work. Just live 8ish miles away anyway.
But, leased a Subie Forester for grocery / nursery / crappy weather runs. Nice little car with great ground clearance ... unlike my '15 TT. Which becomes a snow plow if snow is over 4" high. Which often happens here in CT-Land of New England.
Winter driving with a Porsche of any type requires winter specific tires if you want to be somewhat safe out there. I have done this with 911s with 2WD years ago ... several times. Kinda like VW Bugs, eh?
As much as I miss driving my car daily, I must admit that leaving it in the garage on snowy, crappy road days does not make me sad. Driving the Subie, or Ram 4WD truck (has a BIG red plow, too) makes more sense to me.
Of course, if I lived in Phoenix ... well, never mind.
So I got the Mich Alpins P4s put on my '15TTS today and after driving on the Zeros for the last 10 days with 40 degree temps I can say its the only way to go. Its like a totally different car - super responsive. The zeros in that cold weather was like driving on bricks but this is amazing. Once summer hits, the summer tires will go back on however.
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