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l33t9eek, I would be very concerned as its a glaring sign of a lack of basic maintainance.
Jim Garfield, I hear you, usually we are ok up here until T'Giving but we have had the ground covered on 4 separate mornings so far this year, and I haven't used the Porsche for 3 wks, the Audi has its winter boots on the earliest ever. The problem w/ winter driving even for extended periods of time is that ambient temps are generally so low that the engine is operating at the opening temps of the thermostats ie ~185° F or so. The longer the drive, the more moisture is driven out of the oil. I have seen cars driven for short distances and put away with fresh oil that have had ice in the crankcase(makes an interesting noise when started)
There are those more knowledge able than I that do reccommend ocasional exercise, I really don't know whats best. I do know that in the 25 yrs I've owned the car I have almost never driven in the winter, the car still looks like new(sort of), partialy as a result.
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