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I love having a clean car when the rest are all salted up.
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It started up gingerly, but it definitely didn't have that 'spring' to it that I usually notice when it's warm outside or the engine's been run for a while.
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It started up gingerly, but it definitely didn't have that 'spring' to it that I usually notice when it's warm outside or the engine's been run for a while.
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Put the key in the ignition, and the dash computer shows -19F. While I'm sure she would have started - today is a fine day to drive the wife's wagon into work! I've driven in some colder weather because I've had to, but just could not do that to my car today.
I'm thinking I just discovered a personal 'do not exceed' threshold. Things were mighty stiff driving at -8F the other day. Anyone else just say no at that temp?
Minus 15 celsius here this mroning (minus 29 windchill). Car grudgingly started, let it warm up and off I went.
Only deep snow will keep me from driving my 996.
Stan
In TO as well. You had better luck than I did. Mine did not (for those US folks, that would be -20F!). Battery is completely dead.
Question is whether I need a new battery or whether jump starting will resurrect it? Any views?
Do you have the battery maintainer? If so plug it in and try again a few hours later.
Porsche's have notoriously weak batteries, over the weekend I started my car in the morning, dinner time and 11 pm and even so this morning it barely started.
Good luck.
Stan
14 degrees on the dash when I started her up this morning. I washed it this weekend so I figured I'd drive it in. I love having a clean car when the rest are all salted up.
-10c in my unheated garage this morning, but she started first crank. Having it in the garage kept it out of the wind chill, which effectively drops the temp to -25c outside. Brrrrr!
FYI, wind chill only affects things that can lose heat (like you). Your car has no idea what wind chill is. That is why the thermometer in the car will only register the temperature no matter how windy it is.
Grant
8 degrees 20 miles north of the nations capital. I have a Lexus GX 470 with 20in. wheels for winter driving but I end up in the Porsche every day.
My only complaint about driving the Porsche in these "colder then a witches tit" temps are the extra creaks & squeaks from the hard top.
I've never heard that point of view before. I'd always believed that a car was just fine out in the cold. That it was cold starts and partial warmups that did the damage. And that a heated garage was only a good idea if you lived where it was dry in the winter and no chemicals were used on the road (you can salt up a car like it was a Dorito and no harm will be done until it's warm enough for oxidization to occur). So what's your thinking there?
Having a car sitting in the cold without starting it for long periods of time is a great way for seals to dry up.... the more you drive it the better off you are.
6F today. No problems...in the garage it said 28 (unheated, but with a door...so my house leaks a bit (which is good I suppose)).
Driving it. Snows on the car make it quite snappy in this weather. Cannot wait for over 40F all day...will then put the Pzero's back on (came with the car, are new, look quite a bit more fun than the snows).
:-)
jb
Started mine up after the Superbowl, where I had left it outside at my folks' house in Rye, NY all day. Thermo read 16 deg F. It started up gingerly, but it definitely didn't have that 'spring' to it that I usually notice when it's warm outside or the engine's been run for a while. Anyway, let it warm up for a bit until fast idle dropped and then drove gingerly until the needle pointed at the 8. Drove like a charm after that. I mean, these cars just seem to love crisp weather!
Not science, but this is what I do. I start her up, turn on the heated seat and once I begin to feel the seat warm up, I drive off. It takes about a minute or so, and I figure it gives the oil a chance to circulate a bit.
Drive it. It was -12f the other day when I started up the C4 and drove it into work. She fired right up with no problem.
As for the warm up science, the manual say to start and drive right away and not to exceed 4200 rmp until it reaches the correct temp.
