Ski Cars

[The Sneak]

I'm a porsche nut and envy some of my fellow enthusiasts who have no qualms about outfitting their 911s with snow tires and driving them year 'round. Rear engine over the wheels = great traction.

Mine is an early model made before they began galvanizing them, and I don't even like it to outside if its drizzling, That and a host of other issues.

Oh to be wealthy and have a 993 C4...or a VW R32...

when I was in college and skiing the loaf a lot, I frequently saw an 89-94 generation (type 964) 911 C4 (AWD, the 1st gen AWD) with a thule roof box and NY plates in the hotel lot. Must be nice.

 

[Big Game]

That and a host of other issues.

I was foolish enough to try to keep a 67 911 of the road. Mistakes wouldn't have been so bad, but previous owner ripped out weber and jammed solexes in their, creating a fuel problem that caused a recently rebuilt motor (at my expense) to lose lubrication get gouged and start smoking. that hurt. The little bastard was fun to drive...brakes tended to overheat...sure I got away with several miracles. I never drove mine in the snow...or really the cold...no freakin hear the heat exchanges were so shot you can't really say they were there.

I remember in the late 80s in High school, I was at the base of bear mountain and there was a guy who had a red 911 parked (and his buddy parked next to him with a red Honda CRX). Man I thought that was the coolest thing...to have a car like that and not give a sh!t that people would be freakin out that you were driving it in the snow.

Old 911s aren't good for ski cars that is for sure. But newer ones sure are. Haven't gotten the loot together for a newer one. I got a few other projects going on so its not the highest priority. My hope is that I have a tax client with a 911 who needs some serious tax work done we arrange a mutual exchange.

But until then my 97 Outback with Blizzaks is a pretty good 2nd choice.

 

[catskills]

Diesel 2010 Honda CRV. I think I will put my order in now. I figure another 12 months. ;-)

 

[Glenn]

Replaced my '97 Toyota Tacoma in late June with a '06 fully loaded Tundra double-cab for $22K (sticker was $38K brand new - had 11K miles on it). Everyone was saying, what are you crazy? And I was like, yeah but gas prices are so variable......and now I drove past $1.83 for 87 octane this afternoon......oh yeah loving my Tundra!! While I agree gas mileage is a concern, they're giving away these vehicles and for someone who will drive this truck for probably 150k+ miles that's a steal!

Funny how things have worked out. And I think with most of the auto makers seeing sales down at least 15-20%, the deals are still to be had. Nice choice on the Tundra! A guy here at work has one; they're sharp trucks.

 

[St. Bear]

I'm going to resurrect an old thread, because we have a new leader for Best Ski Car.

https://t.co/cW74u8W6H8

 

[BenedictGomez]

I'm going to resurrect an old thread, because we have a new leader for Best Ski Car.

https://t.co/cW74u8W6H8

Is this thing on the road yet? Coming back from Vermont yesterday we saw an odd looking Porsche with a ski rack in Whitehall, NY. It wasn't a Cayenne or a Macan and it was definitely something we'd never seen before. I didnt really like the look of it, frankly, but I was mostly just surprised to see a ski rack on a Porsche.

 

[St. Bear]

I don't think so, I think it was just announced.

 

[yeggous]

Porsche is making some great SUVs now.


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[dlague]

I can find a whole lot of other vehicles that I would rather spend money on for skiing that cost wayyyyyy less than $93,000.

 

[moresnow]

I'm going to resurrect an old thread, because we have a new leader for Best Ski Car.

https://t.co/cW74u8W6H8

Is this thing on the road yet?

The Panamera is on the road. It's the sport tourism model (wagon) that is new.

 

[Domeskier]

I'm going to resurrect an old thread, because we have a new leader for Best Ski Car.

https://t.co/cW74u8W6H8

Porsche is making station wagons now? Sweet.

 

[Smellytele]

Porsche is making station wagons now? Sweet.

Next year they come out with a minivan.

 

[Whitey]

Is this thing on the road yet? Coming back from Vermont yesterday we saw an odd looking Porsche with a ski rack in Whitehall, NY. It wasn't a Cayenne or a Macan and it was definitely something we'd never seen before. I didnt really like the look of it, frankly, but I was mostly just surprised to see a ski rack on a Porsche.

One pulled into the spot next to me yesterday (no, not a ski area parking lot). It caught my eye because of the 4 doors, I wasn't used to seeing that on a Porsche. Looked nice but that's not really my kind of wheels. I'm more of the "4WD pick up" kind of guy and I don't think I am in Porsche's monetary demographic either. Probably about as far from it as we are from the moon.

After I saw that car pull in - I was a little disappointed that the woman who got out of the passenger side wasn't hotter. She was attractive, I was just expecting more for almost $100K for a car. . .

 

[Domeskier]

I'm more of the "4WD pick up" kind of guy

Don't worry; the Porsche pick-up is coming out just after the minivan Smellytele mentions above.

 

[andrec10]

One pulled into the spot next to me yesterday (no, not a ski area parking lot). It caught my eye because of the 4 doors, I wasn't used to seeing that on a Porsche. Looked nice but that's not really my kind of wheels. I'm more of the "4WD pick up" kind of guy and I don't think I am in Porsche's monetary demographic either. Probably about as far from it as we are from the moon.

After I saw that car pull in - I was a little disappointed that the woman who got out of the passenger side wasn't hotter. She was attractive, I was just expecting more for almost $100K for a car. . .

She spent all her money on the car and not Plastic Surgery....

 

[BenedictGomez]

Don't worry; the Porsche pick-up is coming out just after the minivan Smellytele mentions above.

I remember back in the 90s Toyota marketed a super-fast pick-up truck. Cant recall the model, but I knew a guy who had one. I guess the idea didn't take off well as I don't think anyone does that anymore.

 

[moresnow]

I remember back in the 90s Toyota marketed a super-fast pick-up truck. Cant recall the model, but I knew a guy who had one. I guess the idea didn't take off well as I don't think anyone does that anymore.

A Raptor would probably qualify.

 

[Domeskier]

I remember back in the 90s Toyota marketed a super-fast pick-up truck. Cant recall the model, but I knew a guy who had one. I guess the idea didn't take off well as I don't think anyone does that anymore.

Yeah, it's probably tough to market a truck like that to a demographic whose main concern is how big you can make the tires.

 

[WWF-VT]

I'm going to resurrect an old thread, because we have a new leader for Best Ski Car.

https://t.co/cW74u8W6H8

Good luck getting that vehicle down my road in VT during mud season

 

[dlague]

I would like to see it get through 2 ft of snow!