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Had a good time in the NC mountains today...... could have done without the 2.5 hour trip on gravel roads but the scenery was great. Rt 90 from Blowing Rock NC to Rt 181 is not for the faint at heart. But it was fun sliding the *** end out around the gravel switch backs.
Last edited by CSK 911 C4S; 11-05-2016 at 11:46 PM.
Wow, sounds (and looks) like you had a blast. I get chips on my non-metallic black just driving by a gravel road. These things are rock magnets. Your GTSM should clean up well.
We truly took our time. There was 3 cars. A3 Quattro, New Chevy Camero SS, and my C4S.
We were very well spaced out and not going over 25 mph at any one time.... mostly 10mph since the roads were truly jeep type of roads. The magnetic shocks were really doing their thing and I'm really surprised I didn't pop a tire. No rocks on hood, windshield or even the sides of the car but I could really hear them in the wheel wells.
We truly didn't mean to travel so far on gravel roads but once your so far in..... the best way to go is forward and not back track. Some pick-ups and Jeeps that were on the same roads would pull over for us to pass and I know they were laughing their asses off seeing what we were driving.
After finding pavement again we finished with a nice spirited drive on Rt 181, Rt 221 and the Blue-Ridge Parkway to blow the dust off and headed over to Boone, NC to find a car wash....... I'm surprised how well the manual car wash worked and car looked great again before heading back to the Inn.
Gravel roads are notorious for destroying front condenser cooling fans. The gravel gets thrown into the slats in front of each front wheel and make their way into the fan motor housing. If you are going to be riding on gravel on a regular basis, suggest you mod the slats with a screen or a mesh.
I just heard of some cool gravel forest roads here in Georgia when we were up in the mountains the other day, but I'm going to take our Cayenne next time, instead of the C2S.
Gravel roads are notorious for destroying front condenser cooling fans. The gravel gets thrown into the slats in front of each front wheel and make their way into the fan motor housing. If you are going to be riding on gravel on a regular basis, suggest you mod the slats with a screen or a mesh.
No cooling problems yet. I'm glad I did the bumper screens and sometime this week I'm going to pull the wheel liners and look for stones and probably head over to Lowes and see what kind of screen I can get my hands on to do exactly what you suggest.
BTW if anyone passing Linville, NC or Blowing Rock, NC you have to drive Rt 221 that connects the two...... wow what a fantastic road. I drive it 3 times today heading home.
No cooling problems yet. I'm glad I did the bumper screens and sometime this week I'm going to pull the wheel liners and look for stones and probably head over to Lowes and see what kind of screen I can get my hands on to do exactly what you suggest.
BTW if anyone passing Linville, NC or Blowing Rock, NC you have to drive Rt 221 that connects the two...... wow what a fantastic road. I drive it 3 times today heading home.
When you pull the wheels and the slats, rotate the fans manually and see if you feel any binding or hear anything resembling a binding of the motor. That would mean the gravel has already entered. Alternatively, you could bring to the dealer and see if any codes are thrown. I drove on a track for three days with one fan and didn't notice any excess temps.
11-05-2016, 07:11 PM
Riding Dirty..... C4S Rally Edition ;)
