Careful with where you park your Porsche in the Winter - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

Porschekid · 02-28-2005, 06:50 AM

This could happen...

BTW: I found these, thankfully it's not my car or anything.

Brucelee · 02-28-2005, 07:30 AM

That is SO SAD!

Who would have thought?

wetstuff · 02-28-2005, 07:38 AM

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

BuffaloBoxster · 02-28-2005, 09:56 AM

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.

YellowJacket · 02-28-2005, 10:05 AM

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!!

Pilot2519j · 02-28-2005, 10:14 AM

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.

Perfectlap · 02-28-2005, 10:18 AM

this is why insurance exists. Nothing $15,000 claim can't fix

jwocky · 02-28-2005, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Pilot2519j

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.

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!

YellowJacket · 02-28-2005, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by jwocky

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!

I agree with both of you. Mine is covered in snow and road-salt as we speak

scotia_steve74 · 03-01-2005, 11:42 AM

Ouch!!!!!!

Lux · 03-01-2005, 02:21 PM

Figures...911 owner.

I kid, I kid!!!

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rmf986 · 03-02-2005, 04:32 AM

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"