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Scorpio · Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 12:07 pm Post subject:

I really wanted to read all of this thread but just dont have the time...

Have to head off to the beach!

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Min · Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 2:27 pm Post subject:

I really enjoy driving my 924 in the snow, just get proper tires and its a blast. Especially when you get it going sideways

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Paul · Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 10:10 am Post subject:

I don't know THIS GUY but this sounds like exactly what you need.
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tuurbo · Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 10:15 am Post subject:

Rasta Monsta · Joined: 12 Jul 2006 Posts: 11733 Location: PacNW

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Rob the plumber · Joined: 25 Aug 2008 Posts: 122 Location: Utica, Michigan

I wonder what a salty Michigan winter would do to my car.
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alexvex · Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 8:14 pm Post subject:

Drove my 924S for a winter...wasn't bad at all...once I replaced the bald kumhos on it

..that and after I shoveled it out

I've got my AWD Audi for this winter though..931 will stay in the warmth of the garage.
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Mahatma Gadhni · Joined: 08 Mar 2008 Posts: 162 Location: Croatia

I drove mine for two winters and never had a bit of trouble. It turns really well on snow and the rear end just follows. It may be so because a NA 924 is a bit heavier at the rear.

...and for FWD: my other car is a fwd and without winter tyres it is barely drivable on snowy roads.

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ideola · Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 15550 Location: Spring Lake MI

924RACR · Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 5:59 am Post subject:

As Dan said, it's fine till you run out of ground clearance, just get decent winter tires. I ran my first NA in the upstate NY winter, fine if I didn't bottom out.

Now I have a plush AWD minivan with bunwarmers to ferry me and mine through the depths of the MI winters.

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Viking · Joined: 30 Jan 2003 Posts: 107 Location: Oslo, Norway

I've driven my 924 in fresh snow in lots of interesting places like Norway, Sweden, the mountains between Germany and the Czech Republic and northeast in Bosnia. I've used it here every winter from 2003. It hasn't been eaten up by the salt, though it surely wears a lot on unprotected metal, so be sure to have it properly treated and expect to replace parts or take them out to redo the paint if it peels off.

The car handles great. I've had ... 2 incidences when I thought I was going to lose control of her, but she managed to save me me with a good margin like almost always, the third time I was too careless, but it went OK. Just know that you can't push the pedal to the metal, you need to be smooth on the accelerator unless you want the rear to be all over the place. Mind yourself on and off ramps to highways/expressways, and places where people break and accelerate like in and around roundabouts and intersections, they are usually a lot more slippery then normal places.

My 0.015€ is that in winter, the 924 beats a FWD Opel with no fancy electronics any day of the week, and three times on Sunday when you want to have some fun.

Jakkq · Joined: 29 Sep 2008 Posts: 810 Location: Omaha, Nebraska

What are some good performance snow tires for the 924? It's going to start snowing here within a good month or so, so I'll need to get ahold of some. Also, do I need to do anything else to make sure the car will handle well in the snow?
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Rasta Monsta · Joined: 12 Jul 2006 Posts: 11733 Location: PacNW

My approach is to go to the junkyard for a set of extra rims for snow use, then take them over to Les Schwab and pick up their most "modestly priced" studded snows. They may even have cheap steel snow wheels available that will fit your toofah.
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skemcin · Joined: 02 Sep 2003 Posts: 1284 Location: Plainfield, IL

FWIW, I've not driven my toofoh in the winter. The Subaru rests all summer and saves its muscle for the winter. While the Porsche chills out all winter so it can run wild all summer.

I knew the 51/49 balance would make it handle well, I just worry about Chicago freeze/thaw cycles and the damage they do to the roads. The low clearance and general age worries me more. One good pothole could rip half the undercarriage away.

I only have liability coverage on the Porsche - Incaseshithappens Companies are more likely to total one of these cars for getting a flat at the rate they value them. So, the Subaru get the winter months, and the Porsche enjoys the summer sun.
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Rob the plumber · Joined: 25 Aug 2008 Posts: 122 Location: Utica, Michigan

Michigan roads have similar potholes.
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