A lot of thanks....a little venting

[deliriousga]

I use the Kumho ASX and get about 25-30K miles out of a set. Great traction for all conditions in daily driving and a great price to boot.

[Dr. Kill]

yeah, I have a set of Winter Contis I used all winter and had no probems in the NJ snow with my DD.

Congrats on your purchase.

You may want to check on the warranty on the tires. Belt separations do happen but I don't think they are very common. I would think that a belt seperation would be covered under the tires warranty though and you would at least be able to get a partial (pro-rated) credit. Maybe somebody could correct me if I am wrong but I thought that belt separations were always visible in the tire?


No, they are not always visible. And belt separations are rarely a manufacturer's defect; they are usually caused by impacts with pot holes, etc., and are more often refered to as "impact separations". These would not be covered under a standard tire warranty, but if you purchased a road hazard warranty with your tires, they would be covered on a pro-rated basis.

[Dr. Kill]

Originally Posted by dbth

Welcome back , where have you been.Give us an update of your experiences in your 987.I use my 06 as my DD.I am a bit concerned about snow , even though that should be 5-6 months away in NJ..

Wow, thanks for noticing my absence. Nothing really going on here lately – just a lot of work and haven’t been on the board in a while. Nice looking car btw – very clean!

With regards to the snow, I was nervous at first, my experience in Mustangs really made me leery about RWD + snow, but the Porsche has performed flawlessly. Obviously you can’t drive like it is summertime, but the snow tires make driving in the winter as safe as possible. I feel better in my RWD Box w/ winter conties than in my wife’s FWD Toyota w/ all seasons. The real danger isn’t in the driving, it is in the stopping, and to that note, it doesn’t matter whether you have a FWD, RWD, or 4WD, you just want ABS and the appropriate tires. I suppose there could be clearance issues in very heavy snow, but I wouldn’t want to be out driving in that with anything anyway. There seems to be enough weight over the rear wheels where traction isn’t a problem.

In terms of experiences, it is coming up on 1 year of ownership for me and I love driving the car more than the day I bought it. My wife and I are still pouring over maps before we go most places, trying to pick out the best looking back-roads to take. It seems to be holding up well with the exception of the ebrake release. The button keeps getting stuck when I press it in to release the brake, so I keep a pair of pliers in the console to pull it back out again from time to time until I finally get around to taking the car in to have the problem corrected.