Do You Like Driving In The Snow?

Just for fun (& not for thrills) you can’t beat a gen 1 Rabbit/Scirocco or 356/914 on skinny knobby tires in fresh snow. A Volvo 240 on dedicated snows is hard to beat for comfort & fun, not to mention that incredible heater !

One of the things I miss is winter driving. I grew up and learned to drive in Alaska so once I had my license it was pretty much all sideways all the time in Mom and Dad’s Skylark. I’ve been told that Steve McQueen was arrested for reckless driving when he was visiting Anchorage in the winter. He was probably like a kid in a candy store.

More than anyone really should. I don’t get to do it anything like as often as I’d like – UK weather is more ‘dull’ than ‘bad. I’d take 3 months of the white stuff every year and swear I’d never tire of a minute.

“Do I Like Driving in the Snow? “. I live in the Finger Lakes region of New York. I didn’t realize there was a choice. Front-wheel drive and four snows on each vehicle. Life is good.

Heck I left CA regardless of the money I was making just to get back to Colorado’s four genuine seasons and especially ..Snow ! Coming from New England originally [ and having lived there on two occasions since ] .. snow is part and parcel of the driving experience as far as I’m concerned ! Not to mention X-Counry and Alpine skiing etc

And from a Porsche owners experience ? [ the real ones .. not the sunny day only wanna be dilettantes ] Well here’s a little Xmas ditty I like to spread around that says it all ;

” Twas Winter in Colorado – And all thru the Roads – Not a Ferrari is seen – Not even a Rolls- No Lotus or Maser – Lamborghini devoid – Not even an Aston – To Bring us some Joy – But what is this ? – What do my eyes see ?- But a brand new Porsche – RS GT3 – Caymans and Boxsters – Carreras Galore – Cayenne we won’t count – GT2’s and more -Turbos and Cabrios – 356’s too- All driving so merrily – Thru Cold and the Snow – AHA ! Says St. GearHead – This I now know – Its Porsches and owners- That drive thru the snow- All others just poseurs – Cars All Winter kept -Their traction too slippy- Their drivers inept – So Winter in Colorado- Its Porsche’s you’ll see -On roads going skiing -Their owners with glee ” [ and yeah .. thats under copyright by me and my publishing company ]

PS ; Best winter driving experience ever ? When Porsche had their Winter Driving Experience in Vail on the snowed and frozen over golf course . Best use of a golf course ever in my opinion as well . Throwing up ten foot rooster tails of snow while the golfaholics were crying in their afternoon coffee alone made the price of entry worthwhile ..

NO !!!
I got my fill of snow ,ice , cold and wet growing up in Michigan.
Now living as a (halfway back) in North Carolina after 13 years in Florida , I still dread the occasional snowy forecast we get here. Last winter we actually got snowed in twice , a very rare occasion for this part of NC. Watching the locals who had never experienced snow before was a hoot. We mostly just hunker down in the house for a couple days when it hits.