Winter Ride Questions - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

super66 · 02-23-2007, 03:35 PM

okay we had a pretty bad snow storm come through here in Chicago last week.....the boxster handled it like a champ....not to say I wasn't nervous but everyone else was nervous too considering they were driving 15 miles an hour on interstate 90....

I had some cold weather problems ready...

1) windshield wiper fluid stopped coming out....I thought the motor was bad and had an appointment to take it in....started to work again once the temp came close to 40 degrees F....hmmmmm....the car is parked inside overnight also but it still froze up? locked up? don't know...

2) one scary moment sliding sideways on a ramp going like 5 miles an hour....I ended up facing the wrong direction no matte what I tried, then I remembered reading hear someone said sometimes to take off in 2nd gear, problems solved...I was able to get straight and start my 2 hour commute

3) The day it warmed up, I started driving and my steering wheel started shaking really bad over 50 miles an hour...not sure why, I got to work, parked, 3 hours later problem gone

4) lastly, the digital readout on my stereo is acting weird on a couple stations, where it tells you what songs its playing and such forth, need to have it looked at but I'm hesitant to take it in....cause I know they will find nothing wrong and I'll be stuck NOT drving the boxster...and that to me is the worst thing on earth!

so it can be done, I personally wouldn't do it without snow tires....DJ is a daredevil

wanna986 · 02-23-2007, 04:14 PM

Happened to me as well.

I found it to be an accumulation of ice/snow in the wheel that, of course, disappears when the temperature goes up.
Hope this helps.

AFRay007 · 02-23-2007, 09:22 PM

Thank you again for all your help. I've decided I'm going to keep her, I love the Boxster too damn much to give her away. I'm going to do my best to save up for a beater and do that. I'm looking at apartments and the one I'm eyeing has an indivdual garages with outlets for an engine block heater...so she should be able to weather it out.

I'm just full of questions, lol.... but any recomendations for reliable and affordable beater cars/suv's? I've heard Audi A4's a lot but I also hear reliability at high milages is poor.

Below are some pics I took after waxing her tonight... thats when I made my final decision

Brucelee · 02-24-2007, 05:23 AM

I would not buy a used Audi. Nuff said.

Subaru, Honda, Toyota all make good used beaters IF you buy right!

z12358 · 02-24-2007, 06:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AFRay007

Below are some pics I took after waxing her tonight... thats when I made my final decision

Oh, and beware of a just-waxed black Box. She's quite the seductress.

I hope it all works out for the best for you.
Z.

thomschoon · 02-24-2007, 06:30 AM

I use mine as a daily driver, have winter tires, and wash it every week, these are just cars after all, winter will not kill it, I see Boxsters flying down salt covered roads in Bavaria all the time. Warm it up, keep it maintained, drive carefully as the same crazies are always on the road, and enjoy driving it.