Careful with where you park your Porsche in the Winter
This could happen... :(
http://img189.exs.cx/img189/8229/200...orsche18qc.jpg http://img189.exs.cx/img189/2236/200...orsche24tt.jpg http://img181.exs.cx/img181/1760/200...orsche36jj.jpg http://img181.exs.cx/img181/2252/200...orsche46yg.jpg http://img181.exs.cx/img181/9627/200...orsche53js.jpg BTW: I found these, thankfully it's not my car or anything. |
That is SO SAD!
Who would have thought? :barf: |
Holy s___t. I'd bet he could feel it before he saw it...
Add: "Red Pine" trees to the list. Their limbs shoot out laterally and in freezing rain/wet snow will drop limbs of 3" caliper. I got one that grazed a horse trailer last week. Jim |
Rochester, NY car. I can sympathize, being from Buffalo. Honestly, anyone who would drive such a fine car in the winters here should have their heads examined.
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Haha, I wish my problems were that I owned that car and had to deal with the reapairs. :)
Joking, of course. That is awful that happened to a fellow P-car owner!! |
You have to pretty lame
Either the owner of the car is a new homeowner in Rochester and was not aware of the sliding ice from the roof or he suffered a total mental meltdown to take the chance to park there. All of us are aware of the environmental impacts of the places where we park our cars. Under trees in the summer sap, under bridge overpass bird crap etc.
He should have parked like I do inside my garage. I do use my car daily in the winter too. We only go around this earth once and my simple principle is " I buy it, I use it." Surely I am not taking my Porsche when I die. Therefore I use it everyday, every weather, every season after all that was the reason I bought which is to use it. :) |
this is why insurance exists. Nothing $15,000 claim can't fix :)
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That's the motto with which I drive my car too. Too many garage queens around IMO. These cars are some of the finest sports cars money can buy so get out there and drive it! |
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Ouch!
It makes me want to cry!
BTW, I'm not embarrassed to say that mine is currently covered and in the garage. However, I take it out every chance I get in the winter, provided the roads are dry. I'll even drive it with the top down when it's below 45. She's just too precious to expose her to rain and snow, though. P Walsh 01 Boxster Meridian & Black |
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Neither does ice damage. |
Word :) I want my grandson to be able to enjoy my car.
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I understand why some people choose to drive their Boxster only on sunny 75 degree days, and so i'm not arguing with their logic. My logic is simply that I bought this car to be driven. When I've driven it into the ground (which I'm guessing won't be for many years), I'll buy another car to drive. If we were talking CGT, 360, or something like that, it'd be a different story, but a Boxster is not exactly an exotic or a collector's car or something. |
It's the poor mans exotic :) You never know they could become collectables in 50 years or so.
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Those pictures make me sad. :(
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I can appreciate that people drive them year round, that's OK with me (especially in a warmer climate). If you're going to trade the car every few years for a newer one, what's the sense in not driving it? Mine's here for keeps, so I'm doing what I can to preserve it. Besides, it's not much fun driving a high performance car in six inches of snow anyways, that's what my Jetta's for. But for this guy, hey if you've got the cash to buy a 996 and let it sit out in a snowstorm and drive it through western New York's salty slush and not care, more power to ya. |
Ouch!!!!!!
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Figures...911 owner. :D
I kid, I kid!!! - |
Just FYI Porsche has a 10 year Limited Corrosion Warranty (mostly covers the body panels). If I'm not mistaken Porsche has been using Galvanized steel for the body sinc the late 70's or early 80's. That's why you don't see even the most run down looking 944 with body rust. The battery tray is a different story, though.
I drove daily, a 91 S2 for three years and the previos owner used it as daily also (in PA). The only rust i had was the heat shield on the exhaust. I drive the Box daily and don't fear the snow or salt down here in NoVa. But if I lived in Buffalo again (I lived on Grand Island) like BuffaloBoxster i would put it away for the winter. That place just gets too much snow. I think Buffalo coined the phrase "Winter Beater" |
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