B-ran

Well I didn't plan on staying in Wisconsin this long, but decided to stay to spend time with the family through the holidays. But I do get to have a little snow fun though until I move back to California, and with the right shoes on her she's a blast in the snow, it's just the other drivers you need to watch out for!

B-ran

Sadly I have not figured out yet how to make the photos upload in the right orientation

WalterRohrl

You just need to spin the car another 90 degrees :-)


The 996 is a great snow car, have fun with it!

kmagnuss

Man I really really don't like snow. You just reminded me of why I moved away from Michigan.
We had a low of 65 last night... had to light a fire in the house. Brrrr.

vitaminC

Those tires have some impressive grip!

I spent one winter in Michigan; that was enough 'real winter' to last a lifetime.

Arch1t3ct

That looks like a lot of fun, the trees covered in snow like that are beautiful.

Mike Murphy

Awesome pictures. It's hard to keep such a capable snow machine in the garage all winter long.

After 18 hours of almost continuous snow in the Chicago west burbs, I was pulling the kids around in the sled yesterday, got the snow blower out, the PowerWheels Jeep, even the mountain bike and used it to pull the kids.

The only thing missing is the 996. I'm in the hunt for one now.

tekkie

haha i considered doing this yesterday as we got about a foot of snow but that was to much for me lol

love the 2nd photo

Barn996

Nice to see another Porsche enjoying the snow. Thanks for the pics.

B-ran

We got a good amount yesterday, and the day before. Not quite a foot, but more than enough. Of course my baby brother (he's thirteen) and I had to go pretend to be rally racers in the safe confines of empty roads that were yet to be plowed. I am quite surprised at how well the car handles the snow and slush, though I do need to get some weight in the frunk to help with the massive understeer in the snow.

TonyTwoBags

Easily the biggest surprise I've had with the 996, both in snow and on dry roads. Mechanical grip beyond anything else I've driven.

B-ran

Agreed! It makes the E36 M3 I had many years ago seem skittish. Two months ago when I was chasing my brother through the Blue Ridge parkway, he was in his 07 Cayman S, I was surprised, though also apprehensive from an earlier incident where I had to hit the brakes in the middles of a tight corner and I felt the rear end go all wonky as the weight shifted (a little poo came out then), but all in all chassing him at go to jail speeds through tightening sweepers (and he is a much faster driver than I) taught me quite a bit. Of course the first time he took off and I was trying to play catch up through a sweeper I was yelling to myself in the corner "don't lift, don't lift, don't lift!"

TonyTwoBags

I can see the nerves acting up when following a faster driver in a newer Cayman S

Haven't had much in the way of lift-off oversteer, personally. My learning points have been to really chuck the front end in tight switchbacks (the rear will follow). And more focus than a f/r car when the back starts to move - if you're not on top of the oversteer early it can get weird fast!

B-ran

Come spring I'm thinking I'll probably want to try to some DE events. It certainly has been a little bit of a learning experience coming from my 01 Boxster S, where the weight balance just inspires confidence like no other and I could chuck it into any corner knowing it would forgive me if I was driving like an ape. But the 911's unique handling and all that weight over the back end do make for a hell of a good drive, especially coming out of the corners where you can put the power down so much better than any other car I've driven. Another unique thing compared to the Boxster is just how communicative the steering is, and I thought the Box had some talkative steering, but in the 996 I feel everything even more pronounced.

TonyTwoBags

DE event will be good to learn the boundaries. Put some good oil in it before and throw your regular blend back in after if it still has miles left. They're too much car imo to really push on public roads. I have enough fun at 8/10ths in the canyons to scratch the itch. I did a DE right after getting IMS work done and had a blast. Learned some good pointers on corner approach/exit throttle, etc. Definitely feel more safe knowing what not to do.. which can be summed up as: don't initiate high speed turn entries with sharp inputs.