larpy

I got home from work today and looked up on my lift to see my 993 sitting in the same spot for over a month. I have not started it for weeks but I do have a charger on it. The rear tires are is probably getting flat spots on them and the car is covered in dust because I did not cover her after I did the last front end underside detail (I never cover unless I wash first). I have no new gifts to put on it and it is snowing. I hope she starts the next time I get in her. I guess I could do an oil change? The worst part is I am out of Xenit so cleaning is also out of the question. DAMN it hate winter!!!!!!

BSL

Every morning my car sighs as I walk past to go to work. It is very tough on me too to only be able to look at her and stroke her hips as I walk by...

porschemikeandnancy

You are far too **** to own this car. The bodies have been 100% galvenized steel since the mid 70's. They simply do not rust.

Just drive it. (I'd recommend at least a set of rear winter contact snow tires - with studs if your state allows them. With 4 such tires on your car, you will enjoy driving it year round and it will never get stuck in snow - unless you get it stuck (high up) with all 4 wheels off the ground on a mound of snow.

boulderbobo

Hmmmmm....

larpy

Ooops, I forgot those belong to you

larpy

I am ****, but it has such low miles I do not want to trash it. A garage queen in the winter and driven in the summer

AOW162435

When is the last time you lifted the lower corners of the rubber trim around your windshield and rear window?


Andreas

pcarhombre

I was so moved by this thread, I went down to the carriage house and said goodnight to my baby. More snow on the way. Yuck!!! At this point the stage 2s will devolve into coffee cans before I get them on

cdmdriver

That is so sad. I just got finished taking my car on a little spin along the coast with the top down. I, however,was concerned if I should leave the top down in the garage over night, or put the top up to avoid any creases in the canvas.

Sorry, I could not resist, it was 75 today, but it has been cool at night.

porschemikeandnancy

Andreas:

Mine is a cab. When I bought the car three years ago, there was, indeed, a small rust spot just ahead of the windshield gasket on top of the cowl. However, after a small bit of sanding, the rust was strictly on the surface - and did not go down "into the metal". More a "paint bubble" than a rust spot.

A little touch up paint and the clearcoat and you can't tell there was ever a paint bubble there.

The galvanized steel just does not rust. I recall reading about a 911 "body in white" which sat outside the Porsche R&D facility for over 20 years and it did not have a spec of rust on it.

Now, having lived mostly in the Northeast, every one of my pre-mid-70's cars rusted like it was on steroids. The early 70's Japanese and American cars in the Boston/S. New Hampshire area - would have rust bubbles on the bottom of the rear fenders after maybe 3 years (from new) tops.

goofballdeluxe

75 and sunny here in Southern California for a week so far. Solves this problem easily!

NP993

It really does rust. I have seen countless 911's that were galvanized and zinc-dipped that had major rust problems, including SC's, 3.2's, and 964's. Galvanized cars have a *higher resistance* to corrosion -- but oh yes, they most certainly do corrode.

I'm not **** about my car -- it has over 100K on it, and I enjoy driving it as much as possible -- but one thing I won't do is take it through the salt. Dry roads in winter are a different story, but no snow/slush for me.

DougM

It is currently snowing here and once we get a little more, I can't wait to take it to a large parking lot and have some drifting fun

Arena993

Doug:

How's it going? I knew the snow was coming and I took mine out for an hour or so yesterday. If it's dry in the winter I am going to drive it. As for today, sitting in the garage on the charger. A good spot for drifting is Epiphany church on Old Harrods Creek Road not to far from you. Not that I have ever done such a thing (in the 993 at least). My CLK 430 is a little fun in the white stuff.

Mike

911Jetta

I don't have a picture of that shell, but these were stilling outside at Zuffenhausen last summer...