Almost time for a drive!

[bmx672]

From Northern Il...
Daylight savings this weekend... 50+ degrees is near! It's time to prep the Boxster for my first spring drive!!!! CANT WAIT!
What I love about winter... I get that new car feeling every year!

[cvhs18472]

Originally Posted by bmx672

From Northern Il...
Daylight savings this weekend... 50+ degrees is near! It's time to prep the Boxster for my first spring drive!!!! CANT WAIT!
What I love about winter... I get that new car feeling every year!

Lucky you. I still have 1 1/2' of snow blocking the back garage. It will be a couple of weeks yet. Ed

[eightsandaces]

1.5' blocking...I have to laugh, me and the shepherd went past a bank over six feet high yesterday, that's on my street!

I need a clutch job, I wanted to do it myself but that's not physically possible. I am going to start shopping prices soon, I hope my regular mechanic's son can do it, I'm looking to stay under $1,500 if possible.

[Mark_T]

No sign of spring here yet. Frigid temperatures, howling winds, deep snow drifts... and when I go outside it's even worse!

[jmatta]

I'm also in northern Illinois; it will be two months before the Box leaves the garage. We're getting a lot of rain today, but it's snowing 30 miles north in Wisconsin!

[Stroked & Blown]

I am chomping at the bit to get my box out of the garage.
I have to keep telling myself to wait until the street sweepers come through. LOTS of sand on the sides of the roads.

[laphan]

Originally Posted by eightsandaces

1.5' blocking...I have to laugh, me and the shepherd went past a bank over six feet high yesterday, that's on my street!

I need a clutch job, I wanted to do it myself but that's not physically possible. I am going to start shopping prices soon, I hope my regular mechanic's son can do it, I'm looking to stay under $1,500 if possible.

Mine is still sitting in my mechanic's garage, couldn't drive it back yet due to weather.

You can definitely do clutch work for under $1500 if you don't need to replace the flywheel.
Just replaced mine last week. Here is the parts cost break down:
clutch kit is $626
These parts are not needed if you don't have any leaks but they are cheap and you are already there anyway:
RMS $20
IMS seal $6
trans input seal $12.50
total parts $664.50

The mechanic charged me $780 for labor (including LN IMS upgrade), I think it should be 1-2 hrs less if you don't do anything to your IMS.

[PhilNotHill]

It was sunny and 61F in Basalt (19 miles down valley from Aspen, elv. 6200 ft.) so the wife put the top down and had a wonderful lunch at Cuvee' Bistro and then went for a drive to Reudi Reservior (which is the headwaters of the Frying Pan River...home of the best Gold Medal trout fishing in Colorado). Picture was taken in fall. It is frozen over now.

We did see a herd of Rocky Mountain Big Horn sheep (about 20). Life is good.

[PhilNotHill]

Big Horn sheep on the way to Reudi on a previous trip.

[eltren]

Just remember this: Any one of us could fail to open our eyes tomorrow.



To illustrate: My dad's wife, a 43 year-old in fine health, non-drinker, non-smoker,
non-anything if ya ask me, gets the flu. The flu sets her up for pneumonia.
Now the woman is a nurse, mind you, so as it happens, she is exposed to some antibiotic resistant crud. No prob right? There's all kinds of great antibiotics today, and if all else fails, there's always penicillin.

Nooot.

The modern antibiotics were useless, she was allergic to penicillin,
and my 12 year-old sister is an orphan. True story, as of last week.

Therefore I encourage you, so long as you can safely do so:

DRIVE IT.

Except when it's been too icy or there's too much fresh snow, I've driven mine all winter here in the mid-atlantic. It's been a mild winter, but that's not the point.

Have you seen "Benjamin Button"?

"Ya never know what's comin' for ya."

[PhilNotHill]

Originally Posted by eltren

Just remember this: Any one of us could fail to open our eyes tomorrow.



To illustrate: My dad's wife, a 43 year-old in fine health, non-drinker, non-smoker,
non-anything if ya ask me, gets the flu. The flu sets her up for pneumonia.
Now the woman is a nurse, mind you, so as it happens, she is exposed to some antibiotic resistant crud. No prob right? There's all kinds of great antibiotics today, and if all else fails, there's always penicillin.

Nooot.

The modern antibiotics were useless, she was allergic to penicillin,
and my 12 year-old sister is an orphan. True story, as of last week.

Therefore I encourage you, so long as you can safely do so:

DRIVE IT.

Except when it's been too icy or there's too much fresh snow, I've driven mine all winter here in the mid-atlantic. It's been a mild winter, but that's not the point.

Have you seen "Benjamin Button"?

"Ya never know what's comin' for ya."

Exactly.

We stopped at a stoplight and a woman hit us doing 50 mph. Knocked us into the intersection. Totaled Ruby. We could have been killed instead of minor injuries.

Moral to the story: Life is short. EVERYTHING can change in an instant. Really.

Ruby. I miss her. Drive it.

[WhipE350]

Yup...I had stage 3 cancer in 00-01', surgery, 3 months chemo. 10 years later I still have the same saying "Every day is a good day even the bad ones".

Phil, stop showing pictures of Ruby, I want those rims!!