What do you do with your car in winter?

[47silver]

I live in Pittsburgh and was wondering what other owners do with their cars during winter, as this one will be my first with the 911.

[nostatic]

drive it every day. dealing with traffic, insane housing costs, earthquakes, etc has to have some upside...

[JavaBrewer]

Crap you beat me to that one!

[RickC]

I drive it when I'm sure there's no salt, and run it every couple of weeks in the garage to get the freon moving for the A/C seals. (I have a hose to hook up to the exhaust to route it outside).

I use another car for basic duty and the commuter train to get to work.

[jstgermaine]

Same ol' thing as Spring, Summer, and Fall....look at it in the garage....


...maybe this year will be the one...

[joehahn]

....store it in sister's garage with an accompaniment of mice traps/sticky mats, moth balls etc. This winter however it is spending it's time at the mechanic's for R&R of transmission, seals, etc. (and in this case the R&R does not stand for rest and relaxation).


Joe 68 L

[Allan Broadribb]

Actually - you have made me think of a new business. Bring your car to sunny Sarasota on west coast of Florida and for a very reasonable fee (you pay me - not the other way round) I will store it in my garage and drive it for you on a regular basis. As my first customer I will not charge you for gas.

[don911]

Drive the crap out of it. Though, if it did more than rain all winter, I'd probably garage it for 90% of the winter.

[wckrause]

I put snow tires on it, and a 60lb bag of sand in the trunk.

[Greg S]

A blankie, a heater and a loving caress from time to time...

Actually, I have to put mine away (Michigan) so I do the major maintenance & any upgrades I have planned. She usually goes up on jacks in Dec & doesn't emerge until mid-March.

Change the oil, fill fuel tank & add Stabil. Make sure she's washed & covered up. If it's possible where you live to drive her on a day when there's no salt on the roads, that's great, but it doesn't often work that way for me.

[jbripps]

No Snow
No salt
No reason not to drive it. If it sits, it WILL start to rot on ya.

ciao,

[Doug E]

Our winters aren't too bad here in Northern Virginia so I try to take her out from time to time (weather permitting - ie., no snow or salt) just to "exercise" her.

Otherwise she is parked in the garage (being a 3rd car) under cover just waiting for Spring.

BTW, I also agree that winter is the best time to do maintenance for those of us not in Sunny CA becuase it doesn't tend to cost us any driving time.

[Todd Simpson]

Lots of maintenance and upgrades. At least 1 long drive per month.

[Sarah]

Last winter - Put it in storage next to our porsche techs shop.

This winter - Storing it in our own garage.

It gets too snowy, icy, & salty for us to chance anything. Last Sunday was our winter "d" day!!

[WydRyd]

Errrr, put in some Nulon PSO Booster and run more boost!

[thabaer]

Same thing I do with it for the other 3 seasons, except I put ski clamps on the Yakima.

Originally posted by wckrause
I put snow tires on it, and a 60lb bag of sand in the trunk.

But that's only to help pull out E-skeeters that break through the ice, right Bill ??

[YTNUKLR]

What's winter? What are you guys talking about? Snow? WTH is "snow"? I drive it every time I feel like driving.

[dean]

I work on it, that keeps me happier while not driving it

[GB83SC]

I open the sunroof and go for long drives, but you have to be careful sunburn could be a problem, at night in the garage so not to get oil freeze when it drop's into the 50'S

Happy cool days from sunny Florida.

[pwd72s]

ARRGH! Our first Sou'wester of the season is blowing through the Willamette Valley of Oregon. That means the ski folks will soon be happy. But George in FLA? I was once in your state. Briefly. Miami. Late May. It was like trying to live in a steambath.
Bring on the Orygun rain!