Should I live a bit ?
- Thread starter MarkK
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It is lovely down here in Devon with not less than 9 degrees C for next ten days and my palm tree does not like snow...
It will rain though.
It will rain though.
WBray
New member
There has been a little bit of grit spread recently down here for a couple of weeks now or near me anyway. Weather has been lovely, I have also stopped wearing jacket and gloves while at work 
Only problem im finding is dirty lanes making a mess of the car
Where in Cornwall you going?
Only problem im finding is dirty lanes making a mess of the car
Where in Cornwall you going?
Craigybaby
New member
An old saying,but....better to regret doing it than regret not doing it. Its only a car.
pauljmcnulty
Active member
Three days in 30 years isn't going to make the slightest bit of difference. Assuming it's all protected underneath, nothing will be touching the metal anyway? [8|]
Go for it. Or, here's a thought....take one of the Sinclair C5s? They shouldn't be mothballed either! [
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Indi9xx
New member
Go for it, surely somewhere in Devon there must be a ford in a river you can go splashing through to give it a rinse?
3 days isn't going to make a massive difference, or even a measurable one.
I am a bit of an advocate of the advice that it is better to stretch the legs of a 944 once or twice in the winter months than to leave them mothballed all winter... Having said that, I would also advise that unless you clean in the wheel arches and under the body on a very regular basis of not driving them all winter.
Although.. Thinking about it, one of my customers has an S2 Cab with 300,000 miles on the clock, does about 50k miles a year, drives it all winter and I believe it is on original sills and arches without so much as a blister of rust anywhere! Yet we also have some garage queen 944's which are suffering from mega rust... So I might just be talking complete balls.
3 days isn't going to make a massive difference, or even a measurable one.
I am a bit of an advocate of the advice that it is better to stretch the legs of a 944 once or twice in the winter months than to leave them mothballed all winter... Having said that, I would also advise that unless you clean in the wheel arches and under the body on a very regular basis of not driving them all winter.
Although.. Thinking about it, one of my customers has an S2 Cab with 300,000 miles on the clock, does about 50k miles a year, drives it all winter and I believe it is on original sills and arches without so much as a blister of rust anywhere! Yet we also have some garage queen 944's which are suffering from mega rust... So I might just be talking complete balls.
andy watson
Moderator
Mark,
Short answer - YES []
Short answer - YES [
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J.C944TurboMan
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That is a great picture ! I am on route
Ex Skyline
New member
WTF!!! It's Christmas mate! Y'know.....party season and all that []. Ditch the sodding car and get p155ed!![8D][]
]. Ditch the sodding car and get p155ed!![8D][]
What is the point of owning a car if your not going to drive it or pull it to bits and rebuild it.
I cant believe your debating weather or not to drive it in the winter.
If it was a multi million pound classic then maybe think about it,but it's a 944 Turbo not a Bugatti Royale.
I cant believe your debating weather or not to drive it in the winter.
If it was a multi million pound classic then maybe think about it,but it's a 944 Turbo not a Bugatti Royale.
MarkK
Active member
Thanks for that...
Very fond of the car in question I have a long history with and trust me it has been used plenty in its past,these days rightly or wrongly i can be a bit Lord of the rings about it as I have already had it pulled apart for a light resto up to a nice standard and I don't relish the idea of salty roads screwing up my hard earned work.But I do fancy just using it as per a proportion of your logic although the amount of care I take with something(or indeed the amount I spend on it) is not always proportional to its market value (my logic).
A conflict I had with myself whether or not to use it salty weather...so hence the question,everybody is different eh?
I am leaning towards using it.
Very fond of the car in question I have a long history with and trust me it has been used plenty in its past,these days rightly or wrongly i can be a bit Lord of the rings about it as I have already had it pulled apart for a light resto up to a nice standard and I don't relish the idea of salty roads screwing up my hard earned work.But I do fancy just using it as per a proportion of your logic although the amount of care I take with something(or indeed the amount I spend on it) is not always proportional to its market value (my logic).
A conflict I had with myself whether or not to use it salty weather...so hence the question,everybody is different eh?
I am leaning towards using it.
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