Locked up for winter
I suppose one can reasonably drive a Cayman year-round in Oregon, but since ODOT spreads "sand" (small rocks) and "de-icing fluid" (salt) on the roads anytime it freezes or snows a few flakes, I choose to leave the Cayman in the garage for the winter, which probably means until late March or early April.
My last driving day was this past Saturday. It was partly cloudly and 50F, so I went out for one last good drive, about 75 miles worth. Heated the car up nicely.
When I was done I stopped at the Chevron station and filled up with $2.09/gal premium (who would have ever guessed THAT would happen again), after pouring about 8oz of Stabil in the tank. Then I drove home (which got the Stabil in the entire fuel system), washed the Cayman, and put it in the garage. Vacuumed it out and put the Battery Tender on it.
Sigh. Now I can just look it at for four or five months.
Oh well. Six months of washing and waxing and driving have swirled up the paint a little. So over the winter I'll polish them out and put a couple of coats of sealant on it. It's so new (5600 miles) there's not much else to do.
Boy, that first ride in the spring is going to be sweet.
My last driving day was this past Saturday. It was partly cloudly and 50F, so I went out for one last good drive, about 75 miles worth. Heated the car up nicely.
When I was done I stopped at the Chevron station and filled up with $2.09/gal premium (who would have ever guessed THAT would happen again), after pouring about 8oz of Stabil in the tank. Then I drove home (which got the Stabil in the entire fuel system), washed the Cayman, and put it in the garage. Vacuumed it out and put the Battery Tender on it.Sigh. Now I can just look it at for four or five months.
Oh well. Six months of washing and waxing and driving have swirled up the paint a little. So over the winter I'll polish them out and put a couple of coats of sealant on it. It's so new (5600 miles) there's not much else to do.
Boy, that first ride in the spring is going to be sweet.
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4-5 months of just looking at it!Quote:Now I can just look it at for four or five months.
I don't know whether your self-restraint is admirable or crazy . . . I feel guilty if I go more than a week without driving mine.
Posted 12-03-2008 at 04:23 PM by KS-CS
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surely there are some beautiful, dry days to take her out from under the blankie and for a little stroll?Posted 12-04-2008 at 10:48 AM by grrlsix
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There are indeed some nice days, quite a few in some years. The problem is that most of the roads worth driving on, especially the ones near my house, will be covered with the small rocks ODOT calls "sand". In an empty lot near my house ODOT has a ~20' pile of the stuff. waiting to be spread on the roads. Summer tires, like the PS2s, pick these stones up and throw them in the wheel wells and at the paint, and the cars in front of you throw up stones that chip your windshield and the paint on the front of the car.
Also, most nice days will come with very cold nights, and then ODOT sprays de-icing fluid (magnesium chloride) in characteristic lines on many of the two lane roads. Again, especially near my house at our 1200' elevation. This stuff is really corrosive.
So in the end I love the CS too much to subject it to Oregon's winter indignities, and I'll leave it in the garage.Posted 12-04-2008 at 12:28 PM by blueone
