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Old 03-04-2017, 07:52 PM   #1
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Ciao : I dont get the point.. how turning an engine using the powertrain would be safer than using normal explosion in combustion chamber ? I even think that warming up the engine as soon as possible would even be better ?
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Ciao : I dont get the point.. how turning an engine using the powertrain would be safer than using normal explosion in combustion chamber ? I even think that warming up the engine as soon as possible would even be better ?
The point is simply that it is an option to circulate oil in the cylinders before firing up an engine that has been stored for months with dry cylinders.The point is not about safety as much as it is about best practices in taking a Boxster out of a long winter storage. Warming up the engine is always suggested year-round.
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Since I live in California, my spring checklist is as follows:

-Apply another coat of Zaino Bros. to finish
-Put top down
-Fill with gas
-Drive it like I have been doing all winter (or better described as a slightly cooler time of year
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Since I live in California, my spring checklist is as follows:

-Apply another coat of Zaino Bros. to finish
-Put top down
-Fill with gas
-Drive it like I have been doing all winter (or better described as a slightly cooler time of year
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Please don't rub it in. We will have a high today of maybe 8C or about 46F but it is expected to drop and by Thursday it will be -16C or 3F. With snow over the next day or so. Throw in all the sand, salt & dirt from the last 4 months and it is not fit for man nor Boxster.
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Please don't rub it in. We will have a high today of maybe 8C or about 46F but it is expected to drop and by Thursday it will be -16C or 3F. With snow over the next day or so. Throw in all the sand, salt & dirt from the last 4 months and it is not fit for man nor Boxster.
I was in Winnipeg the other week when things got a little warm. Add some rain to melt the snow and things were a mess. Brutal on cars. If I'd live there I'd have to have an appropriate winter beater and I'd have serious Porsche withdrawals.

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I was in Winnipeg the other week when things got a little warm. Add some rain to melt the snow and things were a mess. Brutal on cars. If I'd live there I'd have to have an appropriate winter beater and I'd have serious Porsche withdrawals.

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Okay, many Winnipegers head down to the Phoenix area in mid winter to defrost. What the heck were you doing up here in the Great White North, in the cold and dark, by choice?

My Boxster goes to bed in October and sleeps till late March or early April.
I wish I could do the same thing.

BTW, my sister had a trailer in a park in Mesa for 6 years. Health issues have forced her to sell but her and my Bro-in-law loved it down there spending close to 6 months a year.
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