11-09-2006, 03:08 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: North New Jersey
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The old 911 gets stored but of the roads are ok for some fun driving the Boxster is coming out to play.
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11-09-2006, 03:38 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: New Jersey
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No way! I'd go into Boxster withdrawal if I couldn't drive it all winter. Weekday ride is the Number 1 train in Manhattan. Weekends reserved for the Boxster. 
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11-09-2006, 04:51 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: mid-Michigan
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Originally Posted by djomlas
you know its suprising, b4 i even got the car, last winter i saw at least 20 boxsters being driven trough a storm and shortly after it as well when the roads have cleared.
guess people cant stop driving them, and ill be driving mine too
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11-09-2006, 06:44 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Naperville, IL
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This will be my first winter with my Boxster and I am NOT going to store it. I plan on driving it the entire season. I only have to drive 3.5 miles to the train station. Naperville is usually pretty good about clearing its roads.
As for salt when it starts to build up on the car I'll just wash it off in my driveway.
I have to store my sport bikes for the winter and I have so much fun on the Boxster to let it sit in my garage.
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11-09-2006, 08:20 AM
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Location: chicago
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yea i take a train on daily bases, so i just have to take it to the train station that is like 7 miles from my house on a major road, other than that its all pleasure driving, and here they clean up the roads b4 it even gets a chance to stick
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11-09-2006, 08:22 AM
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Originally Posted by airboxster
Stored last Sunday for the winter. Drive a Mini Cooper S in winter. Nothing like the Boxster S but I will make due.
The storage procedure has the tires at 50 psi. What's it like to drive the Boxster a couple of times in the winter on clear days with this much air in the tires? Or do you deflate for the drive and then pump them back up when you put it away again?
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Airboxster, please check you owners manual. The tires should be over-inflated to about 58-59 PSI. Not 50PSI.
I would also not drive with the tires that over-inflated. You would need to deflate, drive, then over-inflate for storage again.
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11-09-2006, 08:25 AM
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Originally Posted by djomlas
you know its suprising, b4 i even got the car, last winter i saw at least 20 boxsters being driven trough a storm and shortly after it as well when the roads have cleared.
guess people cant stop driving them, and ill be driving mine too
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Djomlas, I have barely seen 20 Boxsters in the Chicago area the past 12 months, let alone during the winter driving season. Maybe I need to look better!
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11-09-2006, 08:29 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Pittsburgh, Pa
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I just took it off of insurance yesterday for the Winter season. 
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When people risk their lives, shouldn't it be for something very important?
Well, it better be.
But what is so important about driving faster than anyone else?
Lots of people go through life doing things badly. Racing's important to men who do it well.
When you're racing, it's life. Anything that happens before or after is just waiting.
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11-09-2006, 08:38 AM
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My car went into Winter Storage on October 21st. It will come out in early March 2007!
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11-09-2006, 09:24 AM
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Location: chicago
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Originally Posted by bmussatti
Djomlas, I have barely seen 20 Boxsters in the Chicago area the past 12 months, let alone during the winter driving season. Maybe I need to look better! |
you know what we need? a HUGE boxster meet in chicago area
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11-09-2006, 09:27 AM
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Originally Posted by djomlas
you know what we need? a HUGE boxster meet in chicago area
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Great idea, Djomlas, maybe you and I can organize this next Spring. I bet we could get assistance from Sammy and NickCats too.
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11-09-2006, 09:30 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Naperville, IL
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Awesome idea. Seems like there are quite a few of us in Chicagoland.
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11-09-2006, 09:30 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: McKinney, TX
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Store your car? In the winter? This is strange.....Here in Texas we do not know of such things. It is supposed to be in the mid 80's today, and the only time we don't take them out of the garage is when it might snow once every two or three years. But it's usually all gone by the next day.
I usually get quite a few top down driving days in December, January and February. By March, it's perfect. By June, the top goes up and the A/C goes on and usually stays that way until September.
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11-09-2006, 09:52 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Pittsburgh, Pa
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^ You guys have pretty much the opposite problem as us. It gets too hot for drop down driving instead of too cold. Here I am trying to figure out why my car even has air conditioning. 
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When people risk their lives, shouldn't it be for something very important?
Well, it better be.
But what is so important about driving faster than anyone else?
Lots of people go through life doing things badly. Racing's important to men who do it well.
When you're racing, it's life. Anything that happens before or after is just waiting.
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11-09-2006, 10:51 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Chicago
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Originally Posted by bmussatti
Great idea, Djomlas, maybe you and I can organize this next Spring. I bet we could get assistance from Sammy and NickCats too.
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Game on!!!
I would hope that this is in addition to the trip to TN (Tail of the Dragon)?
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11-09-2006, 10:53 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: San Diego, CA
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It was ninety degrees out here for the past two days...
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11-09-2006, 10:58 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Ottawa, Canada
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The Canadian Ritual
Kronix, I feel your pain. I'm in Ottawa, and I put mine away a week and a half ago. I'm going through withdrawal!!!
If I were keeping it at home, I would have kept it out a little longer, but I'm storing it about 50kms away, so I had to pick a nice day and just do it.
I have to also store the Z this weekend, but if the weather's nice I may be tempted to go for a spin!!
13 days down, only another 156 days to go!!!
Ayan
"orange260z"
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11-09-2006, 11:02 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Where the Sewer Meets the Sea, CA. USA
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Well the only thing that will make me garage my Boxster for the winter is if it starts to snow Shar Jones back-fat outside. If not...shes outside.
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11-09-2006, 11:15 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: New Jersey
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No storage for me either - winter just means different tires.
I would just be angry all winter if I was without the 987. Why work so hard with no reward?
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11-09-2006, 12:37 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Levittown, ny
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haha this guy DEFINATLEY should have stored his for the winter
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