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Originally Posted by Ubermensch
I'm considering a job in the area (Natick) and was amazed at the a)traffic and b)carelessness of the drivers in the city. I wondering whether its possible to have a nice car and keep it that way living in the city or whether I should just get a beater and wait until I can afford a weekend only car...
Shawn
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Natick or similar suburbs will be fine, especially with a C4! If it snows a lot, just wait for the plows as opposed to plowing it yourself using your spoiler.
Last year, I drove my Boxster S when the roads were clear of salt. I drove my other vehicle (Pathfinder) when the roads were too messy. To me, salt is worse than snow. I just hate the idea of salt getting up into who knows where.
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Agree! NO matter what you do to clean the undercarriage after a drive on wet/salty roads, your car will see some trace of rust building-up slowly with time. Every summer I would try to treat any trace of rust with sanding/chemical treatment/painting on the undercarriage frame, but again the rust would come back. At the time, of course I owed lesser quality cars but still try to take good care of all of them. Salt is a lilent killer for metal frame, springs etc... I think, it is best to keep your P-car in the garage and wait until all salts are clear from the roadways if you want to keep your car rust-free for a long time. But Fall and Springtime weathers are the best there.
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From: Laguna Niguel, CA
Originally Posted by vjd3
I've lived here the last six winters, and we've never gotten real snow more than four or five times; last winter it only snowed once. Winter before, four storms, three really big ones. It's not as bad as people think it is here. It ain't Buffalo.
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I'm thinking about selling off the P-car, getting a bike for the good weather, and using wife's 4Runner for bad weather....Cash from the P-car would get her something else. The 4runner can take a beating and I won't care....I'm just spoiled with southeaster weather/cars.
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Originally Posted by Ubermensch
I'm thinking about selling off the P-car, getting a bike for the good weather, and using wife's 4Runner for bad weather....Cash from the P-car would get her something else. The 4runner can take a beating and I won't care....I'm just spoiled with southeaster weather/cars.
