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Should be fine, especially if you can park indoors overnight or if you need to leave the car for multiple days. Many years ago in Alaska I switched all lubricants in my 911 to synthetic, added a battery heater, and on the coldest days tried not to let the car sit and cold soak for more than 3 or 4 hours.
And never wash your car unless it can stay indoors about freezing for at least 24 hours. Ask me how I know.
I’d try to prep the X5 diesel for winter, block/battery heaters and diesel additives etc.... Blasting through the snow in my Touareg diesel is way more enjoyable for me than my 911. Our winters may not be quite as cold but starting my diesel up at -45 hasn't been a problem.
Keep the x5 and tow the Porsche to School. When winter hits plug the x5 in that will help with the Gelling and make sure you are getting winter Diesel. If you can’t plug in try to find a garage for rent. Here in Los Angeles they range from 150 to 400 a month depending. But back home in New Jersey they went for 80 to 200 a month depending. No vehicles is perfect for winter, but both of yours will make it fun.
If you don’t have a wall plug for the x5 go get an OEM one after market don’t work that well.
1997 dodge 3500 Cummins always started rough with non OEM plug in
what do you guys think about paint protection for winter? wrap the whole car vs. wrap the front + ceramic coat vs. wrap whole car and ceramic coat? The last option is obv best but holy crap the cost.
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Thank you all for responding to my thread! If anyone has any other info about protecting and maintaining a 991.1 Carrera S in the extremes of North Dakota, please let me know! I will keep the thread updated before I go and throughout the year!
Thank you LexVan!
I rebuilt my 2010 M3 almost from the frame up a few years ago, so replacing the battery will be easy. Appreciate all of your help!
My major is Commercial Aviation with the intention of flying corporate jets soon (already have 32 hours of Cessna Citation Jet 2).
And yes I have heated seats, almost never use them in San Diego. Might as well not have windows installed in the 911 in San Diego, never have them up while driving anyways haha
I am getting the car fully clear bra wrapped starting on Monday. I read the last part of your post titled "Car" and saw that your brakes were rusting from all the salt on the roads? What damage happened to your brake calipers that you were talking about?
I’d try to prep the X5 diesel for winter, block/battery heaters and diesel additives etc.... Blasting through the snow in my Touareg diesel is way more enjoyable for me than my 911. Our winters may not be quite as cold but starting my diesel up at -45 hasn't been a problem.
If I had a 991.2 GTS like you do, yeah I would just drive the X5 instead but I have a 2013 991.1 C2S, almost 7 years old, so its time to bring her to the snow and have some fun!
One of the issues I have in winter, is the window freezing up and not doing the little down/up dance when you open/close the car. I've been able to free it most of the time, running a plastic card (credit card - but something I dont care about as much) between the glass and the trim at the bottom of the window. Once the car warms up, the problem resolves itself, but can take a while.
One of the issues I have in winter, is the window freezing up and not doing the little down/up dance when you open/close the car. I've been able to free it most of the time, running a plastic card (credit card - but something I dont care about as much) between the glass and the trim at the bottom of the window. Once the car warms up, the problem resolves itself, but can take a while.
Very good point, my X5 door would always freeze shut haha. Thank you!
I'm a bit late to this thread, so my advice of wrapping at least the front is covered. A drive across Colorado or Nebraska will sandblast the front of your car. On very cold days the windows will sometimes stick so definitely coat the rubber seal with some Gummi Pflege or the like.
These cars are apparently tested in fairly extreme conditions, as my picture below from Chicago's Polar Vortex shows. I think it was -2. (I'll also fess up to not realizing the CD player is a DVD player. I'll further fess up to never having used it.)
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