Porsches in the winter
#93
I'm not worried about value or depreciation. That only matters if I plan to sell a vehicle.
I bought it as a toy; an evening and weekend sunny day driver. Why would I drive it in the winter when I have a daily driver that is probably far more reliable and infinitely better in a snow storm.
I wonder how many of these winter drivers actually use it as their primary vehicle while having another vehicle at their disposal? I'm talking about those who actually take theirs out in the biggest of snowstorms, not some dry road event. LOL
The fact is I can't, but I can judge what condition a used car is in. Plus you'd think a low mileage car will normally have most of its miles put on in the summer, not in the winter. Now if it has been though some of those TO winter drives to those meets, I'm not too worried based on what some in TO call winter driving. LOL
I've spend quite a bit of time underneath it. I like what I see.
I bought it as a toy; an evening and weekend sunny day driver. Why would I drive it in the winter when I have a daily driver that is probably far more reliable and infinitely better in a snow storm.
I wonder how many of these winter drivers actually use it as their primary vehicle while having another vehicle at their disposal? I'm talking about those who actually take theirs out in the biggest of snowstorms, not some dry road event. LOL
The fact is I can't, but I can judge what condition a used car is in. Plus you'd think a low mileage car will normally have most of its miles put on in the summer, not in the winter. Now if it has been though some of those TO winter drives to those meets, I'm not too worried based on what some in TO call winter driving. LOL
I've spend quite a bit of time underneath it. I like what I see.
I have two other vehicles at my disposal, a BMW 545i and a Subaru Impreza Outback Sport. I rarely drive the Subaru in the WINTER. Or however you want to define winter now (to me, it's roughly the entire period between 22 December and 21 March, not just the days when we have snow on the road)
And yes, you are right, most people would not be so stupid to drive the Porsche knowing that there is not enough ground clearance after a major snow storm. That's just common sense. But why wouldn't you be able to drive it otherwise? At least inside the GTA, we have a half decent snow clearing system. As a result, I reserve my Subaru for those rare days when I am concerned that there is not enough ground clearance because snow has yet to be cleared. As a result, it has under 40,000km even though it's almost 8 yrs old.
And by the way, if you are really interested in a 4wd vehicle, get a real 4wd. Take a look at this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t09ExAUgtyE Your CR-V is pretty much a fwd car.
And some have said as well. Driving a rwd car in the snow can be challenging if you don't know what you are doing. If I were you, after looking so hard for your nice little toy, I wouldn't want to risk damaging it because of driver's error. Even a little ding on the bumper can lower the value of the car. And even if you don't care about the value of it, I bet it still sucks to have to pay to fix the damage.
By the way, speaking of low mileage car. Of the three cars, my Subaru has the lowest milage.
#94
#95
YIKES!!! What did I start???
Found a nice place on Laird that does touchfree hand washing. I just came out and a newish black carrera covertible was pulling in to get cleaned. And the rims are safe!
Almost finshed redoing the garage. Will post when finished...
Retrofishy
Found a nice place on Laird that does touchfree hand washing. I just came out and a newish black carrera covertible was pulling in to get cleaned. And the rims are safe!
Almost finshed redoing the garage. Will post when finished...
Retrofishy
#96
YIKES!!! What did I start???
Found a nice place on Laird that does touchfree hand washing. I just came out and a newish black carrera covertible was pulling in to get cleaned. And the rims are safe!
Almost finshed redoing the garage. Will post when finished...
Retrofishy
Found a nice place on Laird that does touchfree hand washing. I just came out and a newish black carrera covertible was pulling in to get cleaned. And the rims are safe!
Almost finshed redoing the garage. Will post when finished...
Retrofishy
#97
I have a couple of coin-op washes where I go to blast off all the muck in winter then I bring it into my garage and wash it with Optimum No Rinse; great stuff and you only need one pail of warm water to do the whole car and no water mess on the floor. Do post some pics of your garage when you're done...here's a pic of where I keep my "winter beater".
#98
I did that this weekend. My hands were frozen after the 10 minutes it took to get it nce and clean. Of course, by the time i tried to dry it, the water in spots had frozen. I guess cleaning the car when its -10c. And of course, it snowed today, so it will be dirty by the time I get home. Ill post some pics out in the element when I can.
Btw, nice garage.
Btw, nice garage.
I have a couple of coin-op washes where I go to blast off all the muck in winter then I bring it into my garage and wash it with Optimum No Rinse; great stuff and you only need one pail of warm water to do the whole car and no water mess on the floor. Do post some pics of your garage when you're done...here's a pic of where I keep my "winter beater".
#100
Second winter with the floor and it's great.
Link to the vendor (no affiliation): http://fastflor.com/
#105
Are those the sport edition wheels? I have a similar set on my Mazdaspeed 3 - they have held up pretty well over the last 2 years - the center cap hole seems to be susceptible to a little bit of bubbling on the finish - I was advised to rinse/wipe them off periodically.
Do you have any spacers on those ones?b
Also, anyone know what the ideal offset for the 996 C4S is (is it 50 upfront and 40 in the rear)?
As for resale values of past comments - yeah, driving the car year round might affect resale a bit - but did you buy the car for the next person?? Personally, I'd rather buy a car from someone who has taken care of it for the past 200,000km vs the guy who neglected it for only 20,000km.
Cheers!
Oh yeah, the "S" stands for SWEEEEEEEEEEET