"F" Winter

[CTExplorer]

That is all.

 

[ol mike]

Global Warming Fan ^ ^ ^

 

[SneakyDingo]

I don't mind winter. When you have trouble cooling your house compared to heating it, you come from a place with constant drought conditions and water restrictions... it hits differently.

NGL, having grown up watching It's a Wonderful Life and other American productions for Christmas (even Home Alone) before going to the beach on Christmas because the forecast was for another 106F day, even after 15 of them experiencing a winter Christmas is still pretty amazing to me.

 

[m in sc]

ive lived in cold environments and very warm ones. I'll take a hotter climate any day.

 

[dmonkey]

Freezing temps without snow are what I don't like, if it's going to be that cold you may as well get some snow to enjoy.

 

[m in sc]

welcome to upper South Carolina winters. at least it only lasts 2-3 mos. Having ridden bike sin the show in Northeast Kansas (which was.. interesting) , growing up in NY (yes i remember the blizzard of 78) ya'll can keep that shit. lol. My heated garage/shop makes life much more tolerable in cold weather. Its in the 20s here in the mornings now.

 

[Timmy6216]

I'm a Florida man. I HATE winter. snow, sledding, skiing, what ever, keep it.

I live on coastal NC and been a bit nippy in the mornings but I find it tolerable.

the Red Rocket doesn't mind it either it seems. hit the starter and she firers right up.

 

[quinnsd13]

Cold here is 30-40F in the morning and still reaching almost 60-70 during the day, glad I can ride year-around. I do miss being further north and actually having 4 seasons though...

 

[George]

I'm in Canada. More F.......

 

[Kev250R]

'40's at night, mid 70's during the day here in So.Cal. We recently discovered that the heated seats in my GF's Boxster S have stopped working. I was talking to a friend who lives in a much colder part of the country and is knowledgeable in repairing such things and he asked why we even bother using them here. I think he's jealous.

 

[HodagMule]

Ill see the ground again in May-ish

 

[Cpd419]

My heated garage is the only thing keeping me from jumping off a cliff…….

 

[ol mike]

'40's at night, mid 70's during the day here in So.Cal. We recently discovered that the heated seats in my GF's Boxster S have stopped working. I was talking to a friend who lives in a much colder part of the country and is knowledgeable in repairing such things and he asked why we even bother using them here. I think he's jealous.

Repairing the Boxster ;; You'll need to lift the body off , pull the engine , separate the trans-axle from the engine and install a new sensor . Part# 123xyz , $500.oo

 

[SneakyDingo]

ive lived in cold environments and very warm ones. I'll take a hotter climate any day.

The average winter here is not very difficult to endure. Winter in Australia is about as intolerable as summer in Seattle when it comes to slightly older housing design.

But since we're sharing photos, I had to endure the harshest of conditions while drinking my coffee this morning. I mean, look at this. LOOK AT THIS. The frost almost touched my cup.

 

[m in sc]

the horror of it all.

 

[ol mike]

SneakyDingo should be on the ''I Survived"' tv show.

 

[oldskool]

Winters in Florida can be brutal at times.

 

[Just_Jack]

66 degrees and sunny here in coastal Northern California today. It’s been an exceptionally mild winter so far this year.

 

[Kev250R]

Repairing the Boxster ;; You'll need to lift the body off , pull the engine , separate the trans-axle from the engine and install a new sensor . Part# 123xyz , $500.oo

LOL You're not wrong. Not long after we met I spent an hour or so going-over the car, trying to figure-out if I could work on it for her and save her what was costing her the ~$1,000/year she was paying a local specialist for service and light repairs. I quickly determined I couldn't. Accessing the engine requires removal of the rear wheels, doing something unholy with the soft-top and possibly removing the front seats. No thanks. But then I added a lift to my garage, which would make accessing the engine easier. Then the battery went dead and I learned how to open the electric latch on the 'Frunk' to access the battery (it's not easy, maybe adding a manual cable would have been a good idea Porsche?) Then she asked if she could park the car at my house for a couple of weeks. That was 1.5 years ago. I've driven the car more this year then she has (I don't recall her driving it at all in '23) her local Porsche Specialist closed unexpectedly so now I do basic maintenance on it. I worked for a German company for 10 years so I get some of the mindset behind some of the things they do (AKA What's the most complicated way we could do this LOL!)

All that said, that flat-six engine, cranked-up somewhere past 3K RPM on a canyon road on a nice day makes a better noise then anything I own.

 

[ol mike]

LOL You're not wrong. Not long after we met I spent an hour or so going-over the car, trying to figure-out if I could work on it for her and save her what was costing her the ~$1,000/year she was paying a local specialist for service and light repairs. I quickly determined I couldn't. Accessing the engine requires removal of the rear wheels, doing something unholy with the soft-top and possibly removing the front seats. No thanks. But then I added a lift to my garage, which would make accessing the engine easier. Then the battery went dead and I learned how to open the electric latch on the 'Frunk' to access the battery (it's not easy, maybe adding a manual cable would have been a good idea Porsche?) Then she asked if she could park the car at my house for a couple of weeks. That was 1.5 years ago. I've driven the car more this year then she has (I don't recall her driving it at all in '23) her local Porsche Specialist closed unexpectedly so now I do basic maintenance on it. I worked for a German company for 10 years so I get some of the mindset behind some of the things they do (AKA What's the most complicated way we could do this LOL!)

All that said, that flat-six engine, cranked-up somewhere past 3K RPM on a canyon road on a nice day makes a better noise then anything I own.

A guy on another website I visit owns a European Car Repair Shop and also owns a Boxster . He regaled the complexities/oddities and long hours spent changing the water pump. It took so much work and time he decided to replace several things that were working fine hoping to not have to remove the body again any time soon.
He said they're great and fun cars but they will eat your checking account up , that's why resale is low.