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Old 11-30-2007, 09:08 AM   #1
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Exactly same for me....Usually only a Friday driver to work (only 6 miles each way) and then a very light amount of weekend driving if the weather is perfect. Remember, everything gets washed Saturday morning!

After cleaning out the throttle body and improving my gas mileage and idle substantially (went from ~13MPG to ~20+), the gas seems to stay in the tank better too.

Oh, and there really is not "winterization" down here so as long as the weather is good then we go! The top doesn't come down usually unless above 70 though otherwise it just looks like I will freeze.

PS - I actually do grin when I realize that when I leave my lab, my Box is waiting for me instead of my Tahoe.
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Old 11-30-2007, 09:19 AM   #2
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How come you guys won't drive in the rain?
My Goodyear F1's will handle any amount of rain, they're the best yet.
In fact driving the car on a miserable day is the only bright spot. Well that and the indoor karting track they opened nearby. You can only spend so much time at they gym and malls.
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Old 11-30-2007, 01:50 PM   #3
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How come you guys won't drive in the rain?
My Goodyear F1's will handle any amount of rain, they're the best yet.
In fact driving the car on a miserable day is the only bright spot. Well that and the indoor karting track they opened nearby. You can only spend so much time at they gym and malls.

We don't drive in the rain because we don't know how.

Last year we only got 3 inches in Los Angeles. That meant 5 or 6 days of precipitation, the othe 359 were just fine. Just not enough practice on slick roads.
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Old 11-30-2007, 02:03 PM   #4
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Lol, mines sort of a heres how it goes with my cars.

Mon- Cayenne
Tues- wranlger
Wen-S600 ( or whenever i want to feel like a business man )
Thus-cayenne
Fri boxster or wrangler
Sat morning till about 5ish boxster after that S600
Sun morning till about 5ish cayenne

Lol, thats somtimes how it is or i just out my hand in the key collection and drive that. This is one reason my cars dont have high miles

Oh yeah somtimes Gf takes my car, but thankfully she doesn't know how to drive Stick
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Old 11-30-2007, 02:16 PM   #5
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I'm a self-employed guy, my office is right here in my home. Once you guys are off the roads in your offices and cubes, I tear it up late morning and afternoon. She gets tucked away at rush hour
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Old 11-30-2007, 02:42 PM   #6
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I guess part of the fun of having a '97 is I drive it in rain, snow, everything! (who cares? It's 11 years old!) I bought it to drive and it goes out in any weather. I only park it when the snow's so deep that it bottoms out! I do keep the car VERY clean and take special precautions in the Winter. But heck it's paid for and a blast in all weather conditions. If you stay within the envelope, a Boxster can be a fine ride in most any weather situation. It would probably be different if I had a new one though!
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Old 11-30-2007, 03:08 PM   #7
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That was my original plan when I bought my 99 last year as well, then I figured I would need winter tires, then to make it easier to mount / dismount another set of wheels, then a hardtop ( not needed but it would help ) so I figured I would just be better off buying another car.

So far it was a good decision, especially since my Boxster is black. It's nice to have a beater to take the dog to the vet or take to the bars downtown when you have to park in the street.

Usually the snow removal up here is pretty good but I would hate to subject my poor Boxster to all that salt and all the crazy minivan driving soccer moms when the weather gets bad...

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Old 11-30-2007, 02:15 PM   #8
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How come you guys won't drive in the rain?
My Goodyear F1's will handle any amount of rain, they're the best yet.
In fact driving the car on a miserable day is the only bright spot. Well that and the indoor karting track they opened nearby. You can only spend so much time at they gym and malls.
If you had the potholes that fill like ponds and the poor drainage nightmares down here, (not to mention the stupidity of most drivers in the rain), you would understand it clearly. My Tahoe is extremely more useful than my Box in the rain, not to mention fun as all heck to splash the heck out of the puddles.

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