How Does A Porsche Run In The Winter?
How does a porsche run in the winter? I have this class project in buisness and I'm intrested in how a porsche would run in a cold winter. Mind shedding some light on it for me? Porsches aren't really expected to go through snow, but the all-wheel drive Porsches go through the snow fine. The RWD Porsches with the engine in the back are difficult to control because most of the weight is in the back. Wouldn't drive one in rural areas that don't get plowed well either.||| Well Emma, the Porsche is a good car even in the cold . But the best cars can still have a problem with gas line freeze. Just add a bottle of DRY GAS to the fuel tank. Or a similar product. LOVED the cars, they are a little pricey to maintain. I ran my 07 all winter long and never had an issue. But if you are worried about snow look for one with the badge (4) which will imply that it is an all wheel drive. If garaged they work just as well as any other car. Beware ones with turbos- they are at greater risk for issues post 50k miles. And you don't want to work on them..I tried but having the motor in the very back of the car made it ridiculous to try to work on.
The 991 is so stiff, that raising the rear jack point raises the front at the same time! Make sure to position the jack stand so that you can lower the car onto the stand. This means I have to raise the car a bit more to clear the top of the stand with the puck in place. Once the stand is in place, slowly lower the floor jack so that the front jack pad comes to rest on the stand. Once you are sure that the jack stand is placed perfectly, lower the car until the floor jack is all the way lowered. Lift until you can clear the top of the stand. If all you needed was to get the front up, you are now in business! Similar steps to those above, but start with the floor jack under the forward or front side jack point and place the jack stand under the rear jack pad once the car is up high enough.
Once you lower on the stand, move to the other side and repeat. You should have the rear up on stands easily. This is a bit "trickier" but very simple and very similar to what you've just learned to raise one or the other end. First, raise the front end of the car onto jack stands as described in the first method above. Now, there are two methods of getting the rear raised high enough to put your jack stands in place. I'll describe both here -- and tell you that honestly I used to use the first method almost exclusively, until I gave the second method a try and realized how much time it saved me! Method 1: Place your floor jack/lift in FRONT of the rear wheel jack point/pad just enough so that you can place a jack stand under the pad once you lift the rear. You can place right on the pinch weld, just put a hockey puck or something on your floor jack plate so you don't bend the weld. I use a puck, and it doesn't bend the pinch weld at all.
Slowly lift the rear with your floor jack, place the jack stand, and lower. You now have three corners up, and need to get the fourth up! Don't worry - the weight of the car will keep it on the other two floor jacks, and if you placed them correctly the stands won't move at all. Method 2: Go to the rear of your car, get down and move your jack so that the jack pad is just under the rear cross-member. Also you should be in the center of the cross-member. Be absolutely sure that your floor jack is in the right position -- you DO NOT want to place it in the wrong spot and risk damaging anything! Now raise your jack, and both rear wheels should be off the ground, supported in the center by your floor jack. You can then place your jack stands and lower onto them. I've added a picture below that illustrates where to place your floor jack plate. Move your low-profile floor jack under the car from the rear, and position the pad directly in the center of the cross-member. Begin raising the car. Begin raising. Make sure your floor jack handle doesn't bang against rear bumper! You may need to add some boards or other materials to get the car up high enough if the floor jack you're using doesn't have high enough lift. As noted above, once you have the car up and slid the jack stands into place, you can slowly lower the floor jack, leaving the car resting on the jack stands. 2 above for raising rear is that if done properly this is a more stable method when you have the front of the car already up on jack stands.