Daily Driver

[porscheracer]

I live in NYC and use my Box S as a dailey driver....However, in heavy snow the Box will rest in the garage cuz of low profile tires.
I still have recurring nightmares with my old and gone 996 Cab being stuck on lower east side cuz of tiny slope & slush..I had to get help from a local bum to push my car up...

[denverpete]

I use mine (mostly) as a daily driver throughout the year except for heavy snow days. You can easily pick up some rims and snows for under $1000.00 off of Ebay. They make a tremendous difference.

I will note that I have stopped taking it to work immediately prior and following a snow storm. I simply don't want to deal with the mix of slush and sand being thrown onto the car during the storm - nor the sand getting kicked up onto it after. A few hood dings and I'm done with that!

[n4ally2]

I just bought my boxster and live in CA. I don't get snow in my area, but do get a lot of rain in the winter. I notice my tires are summer tires. Does it make sense to switch my summer tires in the winter for all season tires? What do you all suggest?

[unklekraker]

n4ally2, on where we at, just get a all season tires..we don't need an special tires unless you are looking for a performance tires...

BTW..Welcome to the forum and post up a pix if you can

[Perfectlap]

six months on snows tires (Pirelli Snowsport) and six months on summer tires
(debating between Goodyears and Michelins).
I mount the snows as close to thanksgiving as possible.

I'm contemplating buying a set of Carrera replicas for the snow tires, those wheels can be had for less than $900. A good deal. Snow tires cost about $800.
This saves the hassle and cost of mounting the tires onto the same wheels.
Just switch wheels in the garage with the impact gun and proper jack. 15 minutes.

On snow tires the Boxster does very well on the road. I throw a couple of dumbell plates in the rear trunk for some added stability. But its risky because the danger is from you crashing but other morons on summer tires crashing into you. Some jerk smashed into the back car and ruined my bike rack, of course he forgot to leave a note...

Without the snow tires you have no chance. All season tires in this part of the country are useless in snow. And the weather around here is very unpredictable.
I may be driving in the rain NYC where is a few degrees warmer than New Jersey, and I've had instances where the it went from rain to snow in less than half a mile and the car was absolutely undriveable. Like I was in a drift racing competition -- no amount of throttle and steering would get it to go straight, while the SUVs sailed past 50mph. I Had to dump it until the snowstorm had passed two days later.


hardtops are nice, well worth the $1500.

[docdyh]

Took the Box out this past Saturday..raining when i left for the evening then got a couple inches of snow...the Box was slipping all over the place. Have Pirellis factory tires on it...not a fun night and don't plan on doing that again...

[racer_d]

I love how people fear the salt with the P-Car, but have no problems with the "other car" that gets subjected to the same crappy weather or worse and "that" car likely never gets the same care and maintenance as a Pcar would.

Porsche designed and tests their cars for year round use. They test in the artic circle and the sahara desert. Death valley. Tropical climates. The Alps. Porsches are fantastically tested and designed cars.

In the end, they are just a car. heck, I have seen parked on the streets of DC, 1960's vintage 911/912s. Sure they are rusty. Sure they aren't perfect. But they are 40+years old and still being driven. That is what a Porsche can be. Not many 1960s vettes, Ferraris etc on local city streets, but you will always find a few Porsches.

The Boxster is, in the end, just a car. Buy it. Drive it.

For your climate, the bigger limits will be depth of snow/rain. More than about 5-6" of snow and the Box will get stuck. Get a second set of rims with Snows. Consider sourcing a used hardtop and go for it!