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[SCA]

Originally Posted by wdc330i

Sweet. Well, this is a daily. Not a pristine garage queen. That’s for the Boxster.

This…


Depending what month it was built in Germany it might have seen snow before.

[JST]

It was in Texas presumably during the bad snow storm in early 2021.

[FC]

Originally Posted by wdc330i

Sweet. Well, this is a daily. Not a pristine garage queen. That’s for the Boxster.

True. The plan is for it to see snow. But hopefully I can avoid nasty weather and can just drive it on mostly cold days.

I should have mentioned that my wife REALLy likes it. Loves the interior, the seats, how quiet it is, etc. I took it for a short drive. Apparently P-Zeros really hate the cold.

[FC]

Originally Posted by JST

It was in Texas presumably during the bad snow storm in early 2021.

That hit San Antonio?

[SCA]

Originally Posted by FC

That hit San Antonio?

Yep… from weather.gov, “San Antonio picked up 4-7 inches, with some isolated higher totals.”

https://www.weather.gov/media/ewx/wx...x-20210218.pdf

[SCA]

Originally Posted by FC

Apparently P-Zeros really hate the cold.

They sure do!

[FC]

Originally Posted by SCA

Yep… from weather.gov, “San Antonio picked up 4-7 inches, with some isolated higher totals.”

https://www.weather.gov/media/ewx/wx...x-20210218.pdf

Woah!

[lemming]

@FC: will you do the blackstone analysis on oil and gearbox fluid?

I am still very curious about how the M cars hold up and you’re an ideal person to ask, because you like to do the analytics.

[FC]

Originally Posted by lemming

@FC: will you do the blackstone analysis on oil and gearbox fluid?

I am still very curious about how the M cars hold up and you’re an ideal person to ask, because you like to do the analytics.

Absolutely! I plan on doing the same for all cars going forward. So far I've only been doing the LR4 (6 years now - since it went off warranty and I stopped using the specified unobtanium Castrol). But since the 718 and Mini and forever cars I might as well start tracking those. The M5 I will do because "the only" real achilles of that car appears to be worn connecting rod bearings, and one of the best ways to know before it goes boom is if you notice copper in the oil. So yes.

At that point, I might as well start doing oil analysis on the GTI as well since hopefully it will stay in the family forever.

[nate]

Finally catching up on this thread.

What a great car. Well bought!!