[daniel911T]

Originally Posted by porwolf

Go for it! Been driving Porsches to ski places for over 30 years! First with a 356 on then legal studded tires. Nothing better! Great in snow and on any ice. Later in California on regular trips to Mammoth, 9000 feet, and sometimes over Donner pass in white-out blizzard conditions, with regular tires, sometimes, but rearly, with snow chains. Dug out a 72 Targa from under 6 feet of snow. Got a 68 911T pulled out after bottoming out in deep snow, and drove it once in another blizzard over Tioga pass across the Sierras in the night before they closed it down for the winter. Always used 10-30 oil in Winter, even in Southern California.

Just remember one thing: Fill up your windshield washer with anti freeze washing solution before you get to freezing zones! Otherwise your washer will be useless until you get to warmer zones! And you do need the washer a lot when you are driving behind other cars!

I must admit to not being very scared of the drive. I learned to drive in CO in a bug. I drove that poor little bug in several blizzards, used to take it skiing, drove fearlessly in the mountains, and never had any serious problems. The little bug was a tank.

I expect the Porsche will be much the same, just a bit more comfortable and a bit more capable.

My only fear is mechanical breakdown, and even then, I'm more worried about aftermarket parts than anything else. I understand that an MSD can quit without warning... On the upside, most every FLAPS has an MSD for sale, so it's not like looking for a 3 pin CDI in North Dakota in the dead of winter.

It's going to be fun!

-Dan