Winter modes

[Kirk]

Originally Posted by roadracer311

It's 9:36 pm and 71 degrees in San Francisco tonight.
(not normal for this time of year though)

Yeah, what are these guys talking about? Winter??? I drove around most of today and until 9PM tonight with the top down here in Northern California. It's supposed to be up to 81 F tomorrow. Having previously lived in Wisconsin though I understand the concept of a beater car. I've got a 21 year old Honduh I drive as my beater and the Boxster sits cozy, warm, and dry in the garage at home when the weather is nasty.

Kirk

[Dave S.]

For me, the sporty vehicles go into storage for the winter. I live in the Colorado mountains @ 8700 ft. It takes 4 wheel drive and some ground clearance to get to my house from about mid-December through early March. In Spring when you can finally take them out again, its like getting a new car.
Dave S.

[Mike_Yi]

Snow tires and a hardtop.

Hopefully I'll do that soon. My jack needs a new seal so I can't change the tires. I have to put the hardtop back together after getting it repainted, so I can't do that yet either.

[blue2000s]

A sump of fresh Royal purple, a tank full of gasoline w/sta-bil, a battery tender jr on the disconnected battery, 45psi tires and a nice soft flannel cover is the hibernation ensemble for my Boxster. The AWD Eclipse and Impreza love the winder so I oblige.

[Allen K. Littlefield]

I will install the Stebro 2nd cat delete pipes in Dec. I purchased from Chris Chaudanova on this list. He is very easy to deal with and I would buy from him again. This will chuck about 25lbs from the cars butt, add some welcome sound and give an alleged 7-8 hp increase. Come spring I will add a 15lb Deka battery in place of my 50lb monster. I will drive it on a clear dry day in the winter, not snow or rain however. The best thing you can do for machinery is to use it and I don't think I could stand not driving it for 5 to 6 months.

AKL

[blue2000s]

Originally Posted by Allen K. Littlefield

The best thing you can do for machinery is to use it .

I'm in agreement with this up to the point of how the environment effects the machinery. I've seen some pictures of the under side of Boxsters that were used in the snow belt in the winter and it wasn't pretty.

Dry roads in winter where they salt will still have salt on the road that gets kicked up onto the car. All it takes is to introduce some water and the steel will begin to corrode.

[rick3000]

Do you have these pictures?
I have never seen any Boxster, anywhere with rust. Every Boxster made has been treated (galvanized?) so they cannot rust. They all came with a 10 year rust free guarantee. All you have to do is wash of the underside, and all the stuff stuck to the coating comes off.