Winter Time - Car Sleeping
 

Well folks it was a great summer of driving without too many issues again this year which makes it a very happy and successful one. Sadly, its that day where I had to put my car to sleep for the winter... wrapped it all up to keep warm and dry for the next 5 months or so. Just wanted to thank everyone on here who provides such great advice and help to those in need. It is my opinion that this site and the people on here save one another a great deal of money and time....

THANKS EVERYONE ! :dance:

I should be doing the same thing soon, but I didn't get to drive it much this year only put 500 Kilometers on it, too many things to do and electrical problems with it.

What's this "winter" i keep hearing about?

Not sure, have not seen this winter either:cheers:

Winter time
 

Yeah I guess on the island you don't see that much snow and 30 bellow weather.

Just checked the forecast and it looks like we will be around 70f for at least the next 2 weeks (Missouri). Prime driving weather! ;)

Sorry for your loss! :p

Aaaahhhh winter season, the time of year that the southerners get to torment the northerners with pictures of sunny blue skies and sexy Boxster top down pics.


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Winter is the time for ice racing!

Might not take the Boxster unless I nab a set of winter tires, but one of the highlights of last winter was sliding around the lake for an afternoon.

:D Don't hate, appreciate.

It's almost time to switch to A/S tires! Almost..

I run summers all year. We might get one day with a tiny bit of snow but even that is rare on the mid island. Usually it stays pretty sunny too, this year has been a bit rainy though.

Last winter, I drove the Boxster until the first major storm, which was very late, around early February. Sure, we got some snow in January but the roads were cleared and some of the snow melted. So it slept from 7 weeks it it was back out in late March!

I am hoping for the same this winter. This is a boxster! It is meant to be driven!

Cheers from Kanata!

No idea. Never heard of it.

As for me, I'm racing in Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb, and March.

It's Heaven. ;)

Beautiful blankets of white snow, full breaths of fresh and crisp icy air...I love working outside in the winter. Chopping wood for the wood burning stove, shoveling the driveway, helping a farmer neighbor repair a fence.
I wouldn't trade it for the world!

I lived in San Diego back in the 90's and I'd never do it again. Sure, warm weather can be nice, but it gets old. I also like having water to drink and wash my car with. :p

+986! I live where there's winter and snow because I like it better. I was born in Tucson, and the heat, lack of snow and winter, plus too many people drove me up north. You people from CA, FL, AZ, etc. can tease all you want, but I wouldn't move to those places if you paid me! I drive my Boxster most of the winter and I love it!

I wish I did not have to live through winters ... 6 feet of snow and -40C temp. Who in the right mind likes this!!! hahaha

Hey there, wait a minute. We have winter-ish weather in SoCal. It rained on Monday and they predict more rain for this Friday. :eek: That is rain, twice in one week. It is almost apocalyptic, I tell you.

Originally from Buffalo. Why anybody still lives in Buffalo is beyond me.

All winter means is that it's time to switch to snow tires and that ice racing is just around the corner!

Hoping to get a few more weekends out of her then she will switch places with the snowmobile. Actually looking forward to zipping across icy fields 10 inches off the ground at a rapid pace. Embrace the weather you have.

Mine will be going to bed in a couple weeks. I always do one last wash before storing, and getting you hands wet in 40-degree weather is not fun. I don't drive in Wisconsin winters because the roads get salted so much every time it snows. Salt + Water = Corrosion.

Plus, I see no benefit in paying the insurance costs to drive a few times between mid-November and mid-April (or as in the case this past year, mid-May).

DBear

Exactly. Plus who wants to drive a car with 4 inches of clearance over roads with 6 inch ruts.

I've got a few more drives I hope before I have to put her to bed. Heck, 18 degrees celcius today, so had the top down for a bit!

And frankly I'd rather keep the insurance on her for those lucky few drives then lock her up already. Insurance is not that expensive, around here anyways.

75* here in New York today. Pretty wild weather here a few days back it was in the 40's.
I got to take advantage of my new to me 02 , dropped the top and took a nice ride.
Lots of Sunday garage queens on the road along with plenty of motor cycles :)

We had rain in LA this week.

That's it. Winter's over. Glad we made it through ok. :)

When storing the car outside wrapped up for the winter, should I plug up the exhaust tip? If yes, with what do you suggest? I did some searching online and I get yes and no answers so figure I would ask here.... thanks

plugging exhaust
 

Use some steel wool. Especially if there is no activity around the car for long periods.

I put my 2000S into storage Saturday. As I walked out of the storage facility I looked back at it, warm and protected against the arctic blasts to come under it's winter blanket of a silver car cover and thought of all the special moments over the 6200 miles covered this past season. Last week it got an oil change and two rear Pilots (drove over a screw laying in the road and shredded it - the rears had just under 20k miles on them and looked like they would need to be replaced in the Spring so very little added expense).

Anyhow, this experience was similar to when I owned a racing sailboat on Lake Michigan of leaving the boatyard where it was going to hibernate. Good memories of good times.

Larry (the bald eagle)

This "winter" thing is wonderful. Its the time of year that those of us who live in florida can finally put the tkp down every day. And we can wrench on the car without gettkng completely soaked in sweat in five minutes and eaten by mosquitos.

Oh sorry Dr. Didnt mean to rub it in.

It's funny how you guys in warm weather climates blather on and on about dealing with temperatures below 40F and a little snow (OK, -10F or 12" of snow is inconvenient and uncomfortable, sometimes even painful) but honestly, forest fires, mudslides, hurricanes, drought, and earthquakes make a little cold and a blizzard seem like child's play. You can keep your extreme weather, I'll take a good old, enjoyable midwest winter any time and then when April rolls around the top goes down and makes the sweetness of Spring that much more enjoyable.

Larry (the bald eagle)

Love the pic above.

You might change your view when you need to deal with no power in -40C and snow & ice storms for several days! I have a feeling your tone would change pretty quick... lol

That scenario nearly happened once; it was -20F and the power went out. Wife and I camped out in sleeping bags in front of the fireplace with candles illuminating the house, water trickling out of the faucets so the pipes wouldn't freeze. The power outage only lasted one night. The next day we were back to normal, no ashes from a burning forest, no cars floated onto our lawn from the hurricane, no cracks in the earth, no sinkholes, no dried-out lake beds.

Nevertheless, and kidding aside, forces of nature are not to be trifled with and I'm already looking forward to top-down weather come April after a hopefully mild winter.

Happy winter,
Larry (the bald eagle)

That is all true!

It is supposed to be in the mid 60's here for a few days. Maybe a couple 50 deg days in the next few weeks. I figure I have until just before Thanksgiving, then she goes to sleep. I need to protect her from 120+ inches of snow we get each year, not to mention who knows how much salt.

I use an old t-shirt / fabric that i put in some engine oil and put in the 2 exhaust holes. Nothing can go in and the oil prevents that the fabric gets wet.

Regards, Markus

Late October and still breaking heat records in Denver! Drive on!