These cars are from germany....the land of rain, ice, snow, and sleet.......these cars are built for inclimate weather

 

Yeah right @@ . Florida is known for downpour rain and Miami beach even flash floods when the winds pick up (beach erosion and drainage) . See an example --I'll leave the Porsche indoors.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=To0KAZnsKC0

 

If you don't drive in the rain in Seattle you can only drive it for two months. I drive my 997.2 all year round (10K miles in 11 months of ownership). I paid for the car and am paying for it's depreciation/insurance coverage. Hence I feel guilty leaving it in my garage. I can understand people wanting to baby their Porsches but it is a shame when those same owners turn their 911s in for others to benefit. I never understood that.

My car does not melt in the rain or snow..trust me I know that for a fact. I worry more about the year round hazards (especially after two of my co-workers had their cars totalled on perfect summer days) like texting, drunk driving, personal grooming than bad drivers during winters.

I will say this; I spend one hour every weekend to keep my 997.2 in pristine shape. I personally challenge myelf to drive my 997.2 everyday, yet keep it looking showroom perfect. So far I have succeeded very well.

 

I drive it rain or shine, because it's mine.

 

I like it wet - looks good...

 

I live in southern Florida. I bought my car and drove home in the pouring rain, luckily its not my DD so I get to pick qand choose so I have only had it out a few times in 16 months in rain. VERY hard to reside in southern florida dn not experience rain. As a 30 year plus former Harley rider, I smile when I get stuck in rain in the P car and remember tgose horrible times of riding 2 wheels with and without rainsuits...............

 

Everyone should be like w00tPORSCHE, these are amazing cars!

 

my next thread will be about when we should change our oil

 

[quote=brendo;3038081]I could never really understand why folks don't drive their Porsches in the rain.

anyway, i have lots of fun with it in the rain,

 

Absolutely! I'm not into the pristine look anyway. It's a fun car in almost any conditions. Not a museum piece or a collectible.

 

Pics taken in Jan 2010. In case you needed proof. The 4-WD system is unbelievable, just sticks to the road like mozarella cheese on an iron skillet.

 

I agree. I flew from TX to NJ to pick mine up, then drove it home. On the way I spent about 7 hours driving through the mountains at night in pouring rain surrounded by huge trucks throwing off walls of water. Used to be scared to drive my old Boxster S in the rain, but the C4S was an absolute blast in those conditions. You want to pass the trucks in a hurry, or you spend too much time able to see literally nothing out the front window on account of the water they throw off the back. The C4S complied happily.

 

Every 12 months whether you need it or not!

 

stop - that'll be a different thread!

 

I've owned mine for 3 years, got stuck in the rain once durning a weekend get away. The ride home was truly awsome, and gave me a new level of respect and apprication for the car.