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But there is no economic sense in trading in a concours-clean car after 3-5 years.
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Perish the thought but one must occasionally face the reality that he or she does not have a fleet of vehicles and must drive through the white stuff. Is the c4 up to the task?
With the proper tires YES . . .I drove mine through snow this past winter one day with the summer 18" performance tires and it was scary but I made it. Definitely invest in all seasons or snow tires if you are going to attempt it.
Fleet of vehicles....
Your life should have been your first consideration, then your lifelong dream of owning a Porsche.....
Buy an cheap used Jeep and leave the C4 in the garage where really belows in the wintertime.
I plan on driving my P-car through Alaska's winter. Others who have done the same say they handle great with snow tires, but they're deadly without. Also, 17" wheels are preferable.
I'd much rather enjoy the P-Car year round then have it sitting around while driving a boring car for 6 months.
If you plan to keep the car as a collectable, then don't drive in the winter. But there is no economic sense in trading in a concours-clean car after 3-5 years. It won't command much money over a near-perfect one.
Nothing could be more tedious and boring, abet interrupted with moments of shear terror, than driving a C4 around on ice and snow covered roads in the wintertime.
NOT FUN!!
May be some of you have already seen this video, it's a Carrera 2 driving on a track covered with snow & ice. You have to watch the video to believe it. He's easily doing 50 mph and taking corners with the back out. It's really impressive. I can't even see an SUV doing this. Granted this driver is amazing but nontheless the car is capable of it, remember this is a C2 not a C4.
<a href="http://www.iboston.com/keyvan/nordschleife_winter.mpg" target="_blank">Nordschleife Winter Carrera</a>
Just a note there is a couple of minutes of GT3 action at the begining of the Video...It's pretty big 60MB.
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">Originally posted by wwest:
<strong>Nothing could be more tedious and boring, abet interrupted with moments of shear terror, than driving a C4 around on ice and snow covered roads in the wintertime.
NOT FUN!!</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">Try it in a 928 with less that pristine rubber. Definitely separates the men and women from the boys and girls.
Colin
I drive my ttX50 thru the snow- up to about 4". We get a fair amount of it where I live in the Indiana Dunes. I had no trouble on the original Pirelli's, despite all the dire warnings posted. The greater problem in falling snow is the litronic lights. The falling snow flakes create a blinding reflection.
Just to emphasize the point, I couldn't drive my 90 C2 on summer Bridgestones thru any snow-zero grip. I can't drive my BMW 850 CSI on its Z_rated Goodyears for the same reason. I used to have a 1980 SC that was great on the old P-7's in snow. My tt was absolutely tame in slush, snow, and intermittant icy patches. I previously had a 91C4 that I drove on M/S Dunlops in the snow- it was absolutely fabulous. I guess the discrepancy in opinions is that on summer tires, the tt is good in snow-not great. On 4 snows, it will be great. AS
