FBA

If you say so...and you can enjoy that. I'll use something else I don't bank on keeping long term...

worf928

It's not the body that's at issue. It's the exposed metal for fasteners, non-AL suspension bits, metal pipes and metal hose ends. Since cadmium is carcinogenic it can't be used for plating anymore (edit: It can still be used, but the process is too expensive for most stuff.) Today's zinc plating lasts about 1/4 as long and many, many bits aren't even zinc plated. For example look at the wheel hub flanges in the picture above.

In salted areas a car will 'last' 6 to 8 years before stuff is obviously very damaged due to corrosion. Best case it's just fasteners. Worse are suspension bits or hose pipes that dump their fluids on other expensive bits and kill them. I've lived here 25+ years and I've seen this happen on all my winter cars and have paid the repair bills. (I work on my Porsches not my winter beaters and so far, I've not made a Porsche a winter beater.)

Again, even with the super-resilient cadmium plating on older Porsches it is very easy to look at an older Porsche and determine if it has been driven more than a trivial number of times on salted roads. Cadmium dulls as it ages normally, but turns white when exposed to salty wetness.

Up here in Yankee Land once the salt's on the ground it stays until April showers. On dry roads the salt will get churned-up as you drive and coat the underside of the car. Add some moisture and the corrosion starts. Unless of course, you do a full under-carriage wash.

Tell me about it! I'm seriously regretting putting up DDG before Thanksgiving.

+1

The New 911

OK I will give you the bit about the Non Zinc Dipped bit's. But unless it's a car you are leasing or plan on only owning a short time. Say until the next model comes out... meh...

The New 911

I know, if you have potential vacation besides Christmas or NYE, or maybe so..., just open your wallet, call up one of the many Car Transferring Companies and have the car Hauled to an Arid place in the South West known for it's lack of snow and good road driving road's. Hell don't want to exclude the Flatland's of Florida and such. Make a few days or week of it. Hell you're not driving a Ferrari so you don't have to worry about depreciation due to mileage!

Hell some of the more lucky One's of Us who have Ordered a Bespoke Car or Porsche and went to Europe for Euro Delivery. How much different to that is this except you don't get Lodging or Lunch and or Dinner?

Sound's like a great Vacation to me.

worf928

Its going to be 70 degrees tomorrow. Global warming's awesome.

Of course, if I get DDG off the rack, we'll get a blizzard within 72 hours.

As I wrote above, DDG's a keeper.

Oh Hell dude. That's too much work.

This is the ticket: https://www.springmountainmotorsports.com

We've done this twice already and we're just about due for the third time.

BTDT.