Crazy to want to use 997 4S for snowboarding trips?
10-14-2010, 07:09 PM
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Porsche has outstanding roof rack options, and I think it's a great idea to use a C4 for ski trips, just get proper tires as others have said. I've taken my previous 996s to many cross country trips (which have identical roof rack options), including bike and ski trips (though I haven't taken a picture with a snow board on the car);
The racks are very well designed and sturdy.
The racks are very well designed and sturdy.
10-15-2010, 02:42 AM
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Use my C4S in the snow all the time. Have a 18 inch wheel/Michelin PA 2 set up. I can certainly understand why one would be hesitant to drive their P-cars in bad weather considering how some others drive their cars.
10-15-2010, 10:12 AM
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Were you driving the car on remote control in the second pic?
Just put a brick on the accelerator for a few minutes, took a bunch of pictures and stayed out of the way..... or Photoshop.
Just put a brick on the accelerator for a few minutes, took a bunch of pictures and stayed out of the way..... or Photoshop.
10-15-2010, 10:25 AM
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I think using a C4/S as a ski car is a terrific idea. If i had the means - and lived where they didn't salt the roads to within an inch of their life - I would be strapping my boards to the roof every weekend. I only wish they made the Targa 4/S roof-rack friendly.
Not to go O/T, but I love that photo of that roof-boxed Gallardo. If i'm not mistaken, it's owned by Jon Olsson, Swedish pro skier and lambo collector - and I believe that's actually his "beater" lambo, as he also has a Murcielago, ostensibly for powder days :-)
http://www.m5board.com/vbulletin/att...w=1232&bih=587
I wonder if he has trouble meeting women?
Not to go O/T, but I love that photo of that roof-boxed Gallardo. If i'm not mistaken, it's owned by Jon Olsson, Swedish pro skier and lambo collector - and I believe that's actually his "beater" lambo, as he also has a Murcielago, ostensibly for powder days :-)
http://www.m5board.com/vbulletin/att...w=1232&bih=587
I wonder if he has trouble meeting women?
10-15-2010, 11:17 AM
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Travelling to vermont from NYC every weekend in winter I would have to disagree for several reasons.
Ride height often the roads dont get cleared so quickly much less the mountain parking lots and access roads. Often theres a lot of crud in between the tire grooves- that front lip is expensive to replace.
Then theres the crud on your shoes and ski boots (w kids) your interior will take a beating.
Salters and sander will plaster your front end if your stuck behind them
Then there are the other idiots on the road who have little snow driving experience- sheet metal repair on porsches isnt cheap
Personally i bought the winter package with my carrera- its a ford explorer
Ride height often the roads dont get cleared so quickly much less the mountain parking lots and access roads. Often theres a lot of crud in between the tire grooves- that front lip is expensive to replace.
Then theres the crud on your shoes and ski boots (w kids) your interior will take a beating.
Salters and sander will plaster your front end if your stuck behind them
Then there are the other idiots on the road who have little snow driving experience- sheet metal repair on porsches isnt cheap
Personally i bought the winter package with my carrera- its a ford explorer
10-15-2010, 12:02 PM
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Sorry but could not resist.
I'm very open to trying this out with the p-car but if needed, I do have the wife's trusty Yukon Denali to fall back on. Also, being in the PNW, I haven't seen any use of salt yet and rarely any sand either. If I lived on your coast, I'd garage it as well more than likely.
10-15-2010, 12:31 PM
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Peterm is right on all counts, but if your wife already has the Denali and road salt isn't an issue, why not go for it? Life is too short to have TWO purely practical cars :-)
Disclaimer: I don't own a porsche [yet] but hope to some day, so I am not speaking as an owner , just as a rabid enthusiast who knows what they *would* do, given the opportunity.
Disclaimer: I don't own a porsche [yet] but hope to some day, so I am not speaking as an owner , just as a rabid enthusiast who knows what they *would* do, given the opportunity.
10-15-2010, 02:43 PM
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Travelling to vermont from NYC every weekend in winter I would have to disagree for several reasons.
Ride height often the roads dont get cleared so quickly much less the mountain parking lots and access roads. Often theres a lot of crud in between the tire grooves- that front lip is expensive to replace.
Then theres the crud on your shoes and ski boots (w kids) your interior will take a beating.
Salters and sander will plaster your front end if your stuck behind them
Then there are the other idiots on the road who have little snow driving experience- sheet metal repair on porsches isnt cheap
Personally i bought the winter package with my carrera- its a ford explorer
Ride height often the roads dont get cleared so quickly much less the mountain parking lots and access roads. Often theres a lot of crud in between the tire grooves- that front lip is expensive to replace.
Then theres the crud on your shoes and ski boots (w kids) your interior will take a beating.
Salters and sander will plaster your front end if your stuck behind them
Then there are the other idiots on the road who have little snow driving experience- sheet metal repair on porsches isnt cheap
Personally i bought the winter package with my carrera- its a ford explorer
10-15-2010, 04:53 PM
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Travelling to vermont from NYC every weekend in winter I would have to disagree for several reasons.
Ride height often the roads dont get cleared so quickly much less the mountain parking lots and access roads. Often theres a lot of crud in between the tire grooves- that front lip is expensive to replace.
Then theres the crud on your shoes and ski boots (w kids) your interior will take a beating.
Salters and sander will plaster your front end if your stuck behind them
Then there are the other idiots on the road who have little snow driving experience- sheet metal repair on porsches isnt cheap
Personally i bought the winter package with my carrera- its a ford explorer
Ride height often the roads dont get cleared so quickly much less the mountain parking lots and access roads. Often theres a lot of crud in between the tire grooves- that front lip is expensive to replace.
Then theres the crud on your shoes and ski boots (w kids) your interior will take a beating.
Salters and sander will plaster your front end if your stuck behind them
Then there are the other idiots on the road who have little snow driving experience- sheet metal repair on porsches isnt cheap
Personally i bought the winter package with my carrera- its a ford explorer
