04-01-2011, 04:07 AM
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Location: Massachusetts
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Spring is Here !
Not ! April Fools again ! Another snow storm dropped 6 plus inches of snow this morning, and its still falling ! UFB ! At this rate, I'll be busting the Dangermobile out of the mothballs in July . 
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04-01-2011, 05:16 AM
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Location: edmonton,alberta,canada
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How ironic...
up here in edmonton, alberta where it snowed way too much this winter.
I woke up to sunshine...with a forecasted high of +7 C & sunny all day...
That is good enough to pull the car out.....but
The back alley to my garage is buried under 6 inches of ice with ruts
large enough to eat a tire.
So I will have to wait....& exercise patience....
Cheers
Chris
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04-01-2011, 11:56 PM
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Edmonton, AB Canada
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Originally Posted by chris97boxster
How ironic...
up here in edmonton, alberta where it snowed way too much this winter.
I woke up to sunshine...with a forecasted high of +7 C & sunny all day...
That is good enough to pull the car out.....but
The back alley to my garage is buried under 6 inches of ice with ruts
large enough to eat a tire.
So I will have to wait....& exercise patience....
Cheers
Chris
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Hey Chris,
I got the same issue!! Bikes are out already, seen a few cars out top down and I'm itchin' to get mine out and see what the exhaust sounds like.. Unfortunately my back alley looks has the same ruts within which a river is running through... Hopefully, not much longer!!!!
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04-03-2011, 01:12 PM
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Location: toronto
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Originally Posted by chris97boxster
How ironic...
up here in edmonton, alberta where it snowed way too much this winter.
I woke up to sunshine...with a forecasted high of +7 C & sunny all day...
That is good enough to pull the car out.....but
The back alley to my garage is buried under 6 inches of ice with ruts
large enough to eat a tire.
So I will have to wait....& exercise patience....
Cheers
Chris
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Hey how is Alberta for Boxster driving?
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04-03-2011, 01:56 PM
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Location: canada
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Originally Posted by jaykay
Hey how is Alberta for Boxster driving?
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The weather here is more than a little limiting. When the roads aren't covered in snow, there are about 1/2 million pot holes and driving right after the "thaw" is more than a little risky with enough gravel on the roads to create a small moon. Even if you know the roads well and can avoid all the potholes and rocks; you never know when it might snow. Last year it snowed in May... I'm not even kidding.
Last edited by coolbreeze551; 04-03-2011 at 09:08 PM.
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04-03-2011, 02:38 PM
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Location: Aspen, CO
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Yesterday (Saturday) we took the new S out. It was sunny and 70F. Of course we put the top down. Went to Rifle and ate in a 50s diner. Had to look at posters of old cars (Shelby Cobra, Corvette, Impala, etc.)
Decided to go up to Marble which still has huge piles of snow but the roads are clear. Interesting to learn via the Nav system that Marble is 500 ft lower than Aspen. I would have guessed 1000 ft higher in elevation.
Then we went to the top of McClure Pass. Some of the rocks on the road are as big as my head (and that's big ). We did not hit anything.
We left about 11:30 AM and got home at 5 PM. Washed the car.
We now have 1000 miles on the S, halfway thru the break-in period. Easy to see the revs limit at 4200 as the 4 grand mark is on the top of the tach. Can hardly wait until we can take her to the reline.
Today it is snowing and snowing pretty hard. What a difference a day makes. (tomorrow looks like a ski day).
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04-03-2011, 03:38 PM
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Location: Southern NH
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Im actually extremely happy the auto transport didn't deliver my Boxster on Friday (when I initially expected it).... they are delivering to my work in Andover and I would have had to drive it home in NH LOL 
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04-03-2011, 06:39 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Charlotte, NC
Posts: 1,282
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Originally Posted by PhilNotHill
Yesterday (Saturday) we took the new S out. It was sunny and 70F. Of course we put the top down. Went to Rifle and ate in a 50s diner. Had to look at posters of old cars (Shelby Cobra, Corvette, Impala, etc.)
Decided to go up to Marble which still has huge piles of snow but the roads are clear. Interesting to learn via the Nav system that Marble is 500 ft lower than Aspen. I would have guessed 1000 ft higher in elevation.
Then we went to the top of McClure Pass. Some of the rocks on the road are as big as my head (and that's big ). We did not hit anything.
We left about 11:30 AM and got home at 5 PM. Washed the car.
We now have 1000 miles on the S, halfway thru the break-in period. Easy to see the revs limit at 4200 as the 4 grand mark is on the top of the tach. Can hardly wait until we can take her to the reline.
Today it is snowing and snowing pretty hard. What a difference a day makes. (tomorrow looks like a ski day).
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Oh the Aspen life! I know who to look up when I someday make my way out there. Phil I could come put the extra break in miles on it for you then she'll be ready for some tail spin'in high revs!
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04-03-2011, 08:19 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Aspen, CO
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Originally Posted by WhipE350
Oh the Aspen life! I know who to look up when I someday make my way out there. Phil I could come put the extra break in miles on it for you then she'll be ready for some tail spin'in high revs! |
It took me 40 years to get here...
and it was worth it. 
We have 5" of new powpow and it's STILL SNOWING!
Life is good. 
We will go back to our Midwest lake house in a couple of weeks (after the ski slopes close). We were going to take the S but my wife does not want to get bugs on it so we will be taking the turbo Subaru. LOL
Last edited by PhilNotHill; 04-03-2011 at 08:23 PM.
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04-04-2011, 05:55 PM
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Autobahn Glanz
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Charlotte, NC
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Make a deal with her...let her drive the Subaru to catch the bugs and you'll drive right behind her in the Porsche  .
I live out in the country in NC, during May the bugs right after dark are awful the last 2 miles of the drive. I like to play golf until almost dark but the bugs cover my car in just those 2 miles. This is nuts but sometimes I'll wait for a car to come and then follow them for that stretch of road...works every time
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04-05-2011, 06:34 PM
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Location: NorCal
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It sucks here in California too, we "almost" had to wear long pants last weekend! :ah:
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