Daily Driver

[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!

[986 Girl]

LOL, my "other" car is an '87 e30 with more rust than you could even imagine. You're damn right I don't care about it as much as I do my Boxster. I paid $600 for the car.

Yeah, it's just a car, but it's also one of my most treasured posessions. I don't feel the need to drive it in the winter because I have other alternatives that wont damage the vehicle, just like I choose to drive with the top up in the rain. Hell, the interior is JUST an interior, it's not an investment...but why put it through **************** it doesn't need to go through? Besides, I beat on her during the summer at autocrosses, the least I can do is treat her a little nicer during the winter.

You can "test" a car in all the extremes, but that doesn't address the main issue. Salt is -bad- for the car, no matter how you cut it. I don't know about your Boxster, but mine wasn't built to withstand the chemical reactions of salt.

[thomschoon]

Originally Posted by racer_d

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

I agree, mine is a daily driver and treated as such, it is well taken care of but a couple rock nicks wont bring my world crashing down as a car is not an investment, it is a hole where we throw money hoping that the hole will get filled and we will be able someday to recover some of the cash.

[Bavarian Motorist]

It doesn't snow that badly in Jersey. You will be fine.


I DD mine btw but it's a 987

[Perfectlap]

^ what? when it comes to snow either way get it in a big way or we don't get it all. Last year we had 4 feet in two days.
see when it comes to traffic in Jersey we basically have more cars than people, and that's saying something because we are the most densely populated state in the country. toss in some snow and its just way too much evertyhing is already at capacity.

[unklekraker]

n4...that's a nice looking boxster! it's one of my favorite color..nice, very nice

pm me if you are interested to know local events in the bay area. We just did a PCH 1 overnight tour and most of the members are from Redwood City and Hayward

[986 Girl]

God I miss PCH... only times I ever drove on it when I lived in Cali was before I could even drive, and it was always in a regular sedan. I would KILL to get my Boxster out there!