My TT As A Winter Beater.....
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Originally Posted by ryalex
Great pics - you're the man! LOL
I live in Cambridge, Ramone, and see a pair of 996TT's (one black, one silver) out on the street in winter and in the snow. Silver guy has a Cayenne Turbo in the driveway too, but the 911 is still being driven!
I live in Cambridge, Ramone, and see a pair of 996TT's (one black, one silver) out on the street in winter and in the snow. Silver guy has a Cayenne Turbo in the driveway too, but the 911 is still being driven!
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Originally Posted by ramone
Where in Cambridge are you? I'm near Central Square
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haahaaa.. yeah, ive been in tom's x50. The salt hasn't eaten any holes in it and the suspension isn't rusting off either, he tracked it all summer too and it still looks and drives like new. Stop being a bunch of sallys 
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Your car would be fine in the snow. I did it for three years with and without snow tires. It can take it, but with the TT I might just pick up a winter beater instead. Tires/rims were always a freakin' hassle. You'll spend minimum 2-3k on rims and tires before you get done, plus you gotta store 'em someplace, that's the price of a beater or a season rail ticketx5. I'll never do the snow tire thing again.
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Originally Posted by ramone
Do they put salt and chemicals on the roads in your area ? Where in Europe are you btw ? Does it snow heavily where you are ?
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Im so glad I moved from Chicago to CA 
I used to have a '88 535is. In the winter I had 2 sand bags in the trunk, pirelli snow tires and did 4 wheel drift hot laps around the neighborhood when I was bored That was fun. A buddy bought a civic and studded tires. We went to some lakes in Michigan and ice raced, 80mph, drifting it was hysterical but I sure learned allot about car control.
I used to have a '88 535is. In the winter I had 2 sand bags in the trunk, pirelli snow tires and did 4 wheel drift hot laps around the neighborhood when I was bored
That was fun. A buddy bought a civic and studded tires. We went to some lakes in Michigan and ice raced, 80mph, drifting it was hysterical but I sure learned allot about car control.
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Originally Posted by ryalex
I'm on Huron at Fresh Pond; those TT's are over on Brattle st. (the mansions), used to live in an apt there on Mt. Auburn. Good to see another local on here - I'd like to see your car sometime.
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Originally Posted by C4S Surgeon
Your car would be fine in the snow. I did it for three years with and without snow tires. It can take it, but with the TT I might just pick up a winter beater instead. Tires/rims were always a freakin' hassle. You'll spend minimum 2-3k on rims and tires before you get done, plus you gotta store 'em someplace, that's the price of a beater or a season rail ticketx5. I'll never do the snow tire thing again.
I'm thinking of using stock rims for the winter since they're already curbed and not that special, and getting customs for the rest of year...
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Originally Posted by Brian Haske
Im so glad I moved from Chicago to CA
I used to have a '88 535is. In the winter I had 2 sand bags in the trunk, pirelli snow tires and did 4 wheel drift hot laps around the neighborhood when I was bored That was fun. A buddy bought a civic and studded tires. We went to some lakes in Michigan and ice raced, 80mph, drifting it was hysterical but I sure learned allot about car control.
I used to have a '88 535is. In the winter I had 2 sand bags in the trunk, pirelli snow tires and did 4 wheel drift hot laps around the neighborhood when I was bored
That was fun. A buddy bought a civic and studded tires. We went to some lakes in Michigan and ice raced, 80mph, drifting it was hysterical but I sure learned allot about car control. 
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Shocker but true
Living in the same City as Pierre the TT is actually not that good in either deep snow or on ice despite 4WD; I regularly have to reverse out of my garage in mid winter even with winter tyres on
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As far as I know, nobody makes a snow tire that will fit that rim. You'll have to go to 18's and the widest they make is a 265 in a snow. (stock TT comes with 18x11j, a 265 will not fit properly)
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