Put my '44 in for the winter.

Mine will suffer a similar fate shortly, however, I wonder whether I am really doing the right thing. The '44 at least has new tyres and insurance... something I am going to have to address with the Golf this month. Poor planning, I think.

You should be ashamed of yourself doing that!!!

Poor things not got an electic blanket..

What's wrong with driving it over winter?

I keep my Mini dry over winter, but that rusts at the very sight of moisture! I'll be driving my S all winter. (maybe not when it snows)


Am i too hardcore maybe?

I did drive the last '24 all winter and in summer in Ireland which is pretty much the same thing (wind / rain etc...............)
I can confirm that its a hoot on snow BUT the '44 is actually quite good and the fun of near death experiences by leaving the road backwards is reserved for something with airbags and ABS , door bars etc etc .

I don't see any particular problem with running the '44 over the winter months, but I do have better options.

Ye Olde Golf will (shortly) have winter tyres on which give far superior performance in temperatures below 10 DegC compared to summer tyres where the compound tends to go all hard and non-grippy. Not to mention the winter tyres being vastly better on snow and ice. I have no plans to put a set of "winters" on the Porsche.

The '44 was bought for travelling to race meetings and other such events. Those are now over and done with until the Spring so I don't actually have a use for the car atm. The few events I do have (rallies, motor shows, the boat show, indoor canoeing events) involve long trundles on motorways, forestry commission tracks and then sitting in public car parks. The Golf can do those things as quickly, more comfortably and more economically than the '44.

The '44 is on a limited mileage "classic" insurance policy. If I don't use it over the winter months that gives more "more" mileage to use during the spring and summer.

So all in all, it makes sense to tuck the beasty away and bring her back out when conditions are kinder.

Of course, I'll need to start her up from time to time to avoid the "design flaw" and the MOT is due in January. She might also get a day out for the Vintage Sports Car Club in January at Brooklands...

Yea, mines on limited mileage as well, but so's the Mini, so I try to balance it out over the year. Still cheaper to insure both than it was to insure my 306GTi6 last year on it's own! Fortunately I found companies happy to insure me with 2 classic policies, it wasn't easy though, most want to see you have another 'everyday' car. Mind you the longer it takes me to fix my broken speedo cable, the more miles i'll have for the rest of the year!

I certainly won't be driving the Porsche in the snow, that's where the Mini comes into it's own!!

Drove my '24S through the winter and will be doing the same with the '44 this year, simply because I only 1 car at the 944 is it

Already had my first "wiggle" last night on the way back from Hexham where some road water on the wheels hitting a frozen road caused a raised heart rate on a B road, all good fun!

Only car for me too

only got the 24 but wont be driving in the snow

Got the fronty for that with off road tyres on it
Theres a certain amount of pleasure putting it in 4 wheel driver low and doing doughnuts in it - you never heard that Officer Plod

Have to admit that the reason for a 4x4 in the household isn't just to pull a horsebox Bloody great when the snow sets in as well

I have a choice of 4 cars. Usually end up using the Goof as its company owned so minimal loss to me if I bin it!

Monkeymagic wrote:only got the 24 but wont be driving in the snow

Got the fronty for that with off road tyres on it

You seem to be struggling with the concept of only one car

Only started having 2 cars wheb i brought the porka 3 years ago - did not want to put to many miles on it so i just buy cheap under £500 motors for everyday use

porka has done 150,00 miles now

Well my poor old '44 is now sulking on the drive under its cover.

I'll need to see about some additional tie-downs for the rear of the cover as it was riding up in the recent high winds. Probably in no danger of actually coming off as there are a couple of under-body straps holding it in place between the wheels but I don't want it flapping about too much. I did enquire of a couple of cover-makers at the classic show as to whether they had a product to address this and they got all shifty on me and started muttering about "never seen that problem but we could install some custom grommets for you". Yer... right, I can do that myself.

Now counting the days before I have an excuse to whip the covers off and start her up...

I have that excuse every morning, but the drive always ends up at work