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YOUR RESEARCHAny tips on how I can "Chicago Proof" my 996?
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Replace shocks, i avoided the temptation
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When I replaced my shocks, I avoided the temptation to lower the car and stiffen the ride and went with Bilstein HDs instead (very happy with that decision).
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I run snow tires on aftermarket rims, added an engine protection plate and a very heavy duty battery.
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I used Wurth rubber treatment but recently tried putting on Krytox grease.
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I get it done in the fall for the wax, and in the spring, adding a steam cleaning of the undercarriage.
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Aside from replacing the occasional brake cooling duct, that's about it.
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When I replaced my shocks, I avoided the temptation to lower the car and stiffen the ride and went with Bilstein HDs instead (very happy with that decision).
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I bought my 2002 996 cab back in June of 2009. It's in fantastic shape and I want to keep it that way, but I don't want it to be a garage queen. Right now I live just outside the city of Chicago - I work and spend a lot of time in the city and find myself leaving the 996 in the garage in favor of the wife's sunfire when traveling there. My big worry is the rims/suspension getting bent up in potholes & the bumpers getting trashed by inconsiderate parallel parkers.
Has anyone engineered around a similar same dilemna? Any good steel wheel / bumper guard options out there?
To dodge potholes, make sure you leave a lot of room between you and the car ahead of you so you can see them coming. For example, if you tailgate the car in front of you, you'll have way more bad encounters with potholes. If passengers ask why you leave so much space ahead of you, just tell them you got your PhD - (Pot Hole Driver degree).
As for parking - everyone has to figure their own solution - if I were you, I would just park wherever you can, even illegally, (but not in front of fireplugs of course), and just pay the fines. It beats getting door dings, and in practice you'll probably only get ticketed 10% of the time. To me, this beats trying to squeeze in between a couple ****box cars that probably are going to ding the doors up without even caring.
If you are getting bumper taps, I don't know how to avoid that, other than parking somewhere clear. Or planning for a bumper respray every so often. Haha, it's only a car - enjoy it to the max, and get a new one every once in a while.
Decent winter wheels and tires and clear bra on trunk and front bumper - that's all you need to add + a good memory map of where all the potholes are. I drove mine 24/7 365 and never worried about it.
Best approach is to recalibrate your view of wheels and bumpers. Both are wear items. If you explicitly budget for four new wheels every, say, three years, you won't be as annoyed when you lose one to a pothole.
A set of 996 wheels costs less than a set of 996 tires. Think about that.
Do the clear bra thing or just budget for periodic bumper resprays.
Daily driving a Porsche in a place that it rains or snows means ratcheting up the maintenance accordingly.
Keep driving the sunfire....thats why I have 3 vehicles in my fleet...1 for wife (volvo), saab Aero for Daily and hopefully soon this 996 Im drooling over.
I park in a 10 level parking garage. The way the spots are laid out there is a single spot next to the handicap spots and I usually park there (I arrive at 6am). If I'm late I drive up to the ninth floor and park with all the other sports cars that don't want to get dinged up. Around town I always park far enough out in the lot where most are not willing to walk from.
Point is if you look hard enough there are safe spots.
Agree. These cars are meant to be driven everyday, not treated like a bunch of old queens. If people are afraid of driving them in bad weather or in the city, buy something different. But you really don't need to. Leave it in the garage and watch it silently depreciate before your eyes? What a waste.
I don't think there are any taxi cab guard rails for porsche's but maybe there are.
Sheeze look what I found hehehe. Tint the windows and nobody would know till you beat a GT3.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=powVngJ-Ljc
I guess VW is in the Porsche camp now.
Oh yah I have found the faster you go the better you sail over the pot holes.
When I had my 944 Cabrio in New Jersey I ended up bending the original 16" rims with some of the potholes I encountered.
I can't even imagine what those same roads would do to my current 18" wheels.
get 996 c4 rims... they are 17".... keep the stock suspension. Put clear bra everywhere, and wash every week... Should be fine.... Also, I would self park, those valets are brutal.
My first winter with my C4 Cab - I have risked it - keeping the softtop.
Here's what I have done:
1. Condition all the rubber seals along the cabriolet top - even the back - essentially wherever it joins the body of the car. I used Wurth rubber treatment but recently tried putting on Krytox grease. It is extremely expensive - I paid like $30 for a small tube - but I think it's worth it. Winters will destroy seals.
2. Don't drive when there's a snow emergency. Even though the C4 has great traction the ground clearance sucks and you'll be dragging ice chunks on the bottom of the car.
3. Don't let snow sit on the top. It will cause it to sag. I remove it within 2 hrs of a heavy snow dump.
4. Take it to a self service car wash when there's a break in the temperature (i.e. above 32deg F) I avoid it when it's freezing - water expands inside seals and crevices when it becomes ice.
5. Enjoy the stares as you drive by lesser cars in the middle of winter!
That's close to what my list looks like for driving in Toronto winters, which aren't that different from Chicago's. I consider professional detailing a maintenance item. I get it done in the fall for the wax, and in the spring, adding a steam cleaning of the undercarriage. I have a clear bra. When I replaced my shocks, I avoided the temptation to lower the car and stiffen the ride and went with Bilstein HDs instead (very happy with that decision). I run snow tires on aftermarket rims, added an engine protection plate and a very heavy duty battery. Aside from replacing the occasional brake cooling duct, that's about it. The result is a Porsche that doesn't demand perfect roads or perfect weather, which is for me what a Porsche is all about.
