6:40pm last night me and my son hop in our Porsche and proceed to back out of the garage until I see large snow flakes cascading on the windshield. Then back in the garage I go. As we sat there I was overcome by emotions thinking this might be the last drive until April. I looked back at my little man and he says, "So, this is it, the Porsche is done for winter?" I said yes and he started balling his eyes out!

I gave him a hug and said,"screw that! we're getting snow tires!" Putting aside the fact I speak like this to my seven year old, we were on tirerack later that night looking at new rims and tires.

I just bought my 1999 996 two months back. Previously driven all kinds of German and Japanese cars, but none of them give me the same thrill as my Porsche. And apparently my little man has been overcome by the same feeling. Living the dream!

 

Great story. You'll love driving the car in snow with winter tires.

 

My boys loved riding in my SC Porsche when they were younger and could fit(in the back seats). They still love seeing my C2 with 4 snows and especially when we meet at the ski slopes. you and your son have the right idea.

 

+996 I drive all of mine throughout the year (well, just got the 928, so technically haven't yet but I will this winter). I don't understand the trepidation of driving a Porsche in the snow (or damn, some people won't even drive them in the rain).
They were engineered to be driven in Germany, folks. If you are, for some reason, worried about tarnishing your car's condition for posterity, don't bother.
Most cars that you see in pristine condition in museums and at concours events have been fully restored. So, even if a car has been babied and pampered throughout its life, it will likely still get a full resto before it turns into a museum piece. The most interesting museum cars are those that weren't garage queens - they were either raced or are very high mileage cars. People just find that "hard life" provenance a helluva lot more interesting than "this car was owned by a doting owner in the suburbs who only drove it a few thousand miles every year in nice weather".

 

I am with those who drive these cars year around. It is a rear engined car. It has all of that weight over the back tires giving it traction. The C4s and 4s are great but the C2s do fine as well. Put winter tires on these cars and they are 300 HP snow beasts. The only thing that will stop them is their low clearance causing them to bottom out on unplowed snow. But if the road is plowed and you have winter tires, they are unstoppable.

And the metal is galvanized. They are not going to rust. Just use a hose and wash the salt off your car periodically during the winter. The Germans drive these cars year around. They totally don't get the American weekend summer driver mentality.

 

The Europeans are known for driving their vehicles of choice all year, actually enjoying and using them. Likewise, we are polishers and detail them inside and out. Driving in rain or snow is a sin. I say to each his/her own. Do what you are comfortable doing. By the way, I just checked/filled my Blizzaks at 36psi all around on my 17" twists, and filled my C2 with 93 octane for $3.35 gal.

 

I am also looking forward to winter driving this season as soon as the wheels and rubber arrive in early December. I only drove a few hundred miles last winter and will not repeat that again! The car is too much of an investment to sit for months...... Drive, rinse, repeat.

.....and filled my C2 with 93 octane for $3.35 gal. .......Barn996, take a drive across the border into NH and get 93 octane for $3.24 and have fun along the way!

 

Who wouldn't enjoy driving in the snow ? Even that person with no insurance, bald tires and a texting while driving addiction thinks its a blast. I can hear him now giggling from the Jaegermeister jello shots as he slides uncontrollably ever so slowly into that work of art Ferdinand created just for you.

 

Unfortunately he drives in all weather conditions!

 

Up to now I was driving my 964 with snows. Just recently swapped cars around and just acquired snows for the 996 which I plan on driving all winter.

Can't wait to see how she handles in the snow.

 

Thinking of using the 18" TTs as my winter rims and finding a nice set of 997 or better rims for summer.

As for driving in winter, I will but only around town and every empty snow covered parking lot I can find!

 

Looks like Santa delivered Christmas a little early for the little one!

 

is it strange that my 996 IS my winter car?

just got her out of summer storage a couple of weeks ago.

 

Not strange at all. My 911 is simply my car. That isn't related to weather. If I need to drive somewhere, I'm taking the 911!

 

I needed to see this this morning. A senior member of our office (who has a pristine garage queen 996) saw mine in the parking lot full of plowed off snow and ice thinking I'm bats*** crazy for getting all that salt and sand all over my car while driving with all the idiots on snowpacked roads. He's the type that will never understand. Cheers for winter driving