akw

I had winter tires put on at autowerks this morning - along with my fancy B&M sport shifter and rennline pedals.

Now my shifting times will be so much faster as I drive 20 km through the snow (that we will eventually get)

WOOT WOOT

justinsrx7

I drove the RX-7 today becuase the exhaust came apart on the A4 and it sounds like a truck. It was a bit hairy driving home tonight. It was snowing up here.

PbPedis

S4 has snows and is ready for anything Mother Nature cares to throw at it. 997TT is almost ready for hibernation...will likely change the oil this weekend or next.

Christien

You've got an AWD 997 and you're putting it away for winter? You're crazy! Drive that thing all year!

That building in your avatar looks familiar - is it Pall Mall St?

PbPedis

Can't bear to subject it to all the salt. It's my baby!

Yes, it is Pall Mall. Good memory!

peritus

Yesterday, Autowerks, Snows and an A6 2.7T ready for anything Mother Nature has. I can't wait for it to snow.

If only Audi made a plow for the A6.. I could work to clear my neighbour's driveways on weekends for extra cash!

Christien

Aren't modern Porsches more or less the same as any other car wrt salt? Just wash it once a week and drive it?

But before we all put them away, Apex is at mosport on thursday, and rumour has it 6th gear is putting together a day on friday...

Dale Gribble

how long do you want to keep it? yes they're galvanized but stones and debris will pot the undercarriage overtime making it more succeptible to rust. also things like sway bars/links etc will start to rust.

on the whole the car will survive and probably last longer than the average person would want to keep it, but if its a 10 year car for you i don't think its worth risking.

PbPedis

I don't tend to keep my cars for long, some for less than 2 years. My 997 C2S was gone in 18 months, and I had a C5 Vette and B5 S4 that were both gone in a little over a year. Although right now I plan on keeping this one for a while, things always change as there is always something new I want to try. Nonetheless, I still can't bear to drive it in the winter. I rarely drive it in the rain! Yes, I know I'm just babying it for the next guy, but that doesn't bother me. Anyway, several times every winter, I'll come across a huge chunk of hardened snow in the middle of the road. There's no way the Porsche will clear that.

The V8 S4 with snows is a lot of fun in the winter and tides me over until the Porsche can come out to play again.

sjanes

snows went on the family cars last night and will come off again on Thurs/Fri. Hopfully I don't have to put them back on again for over a month.

b5audia4

Put on the snows last wk on the 944.

imcarthur

You take the on & off? That's a lot of work. Why?

Ian

911 Rod

I know how you guys worry, but I'm okay.
Not a single snow flake from Seagrave to Newmarket.
Talk about hype!

justinsrx7

I woke up to about an inch of snow again this morning. Pfaff is picking up the Audi today for service so I am back in the RX-7 cause I won't drive the P-car when it is wet and snowy. Not that it can't handle it, but it's an old car and the less wet it gets, the less chance it has of rusting.

harrisonrick

got my 92 mercury sable out and she's purring like a kitten.