Am considering buying a new Porsche coupe. Never owned a Porsche, but it's
time to indulge. Any recommendations about:
a) C4S vs C2
b) Advisability of driving any Porsche on bad wintery roads?
I have a BMW 540i as well. Would probably keep the latter in New York City
and the Porsche in a house in KY, and therefore probably not use it for
weeks on end.

Thanks for any thoughts on the matter. Glad to join this group.

JBM

"James B. Metzger" <JBMNYC (AT) NYC (DOT) RR.COM> wrote

You'll probably never notice the difference apart from extra maintenance
costs for the C4.

Just take it easy and switch to winter tires, no problem at all. Lots of C4
being
thrashed around the Alps in lousy weather.

The battery will be flat after a week so you will need a trickle charger,
there
are some that fit into the cigar lighter socket. If it's like mine, a month
without
running will cause the air box to fill with oil thus contaminating the
catalyst, the
handbrake to rust on, the starter motor to fail and the gear selector
mechanism to lock. Other than that it should be fine.

Welcome to the group.

In article <_hmJa.168849$h42.101615 (AT) twister (DOT) nyc.rr.com>,
"James B. Metzger" <JBMNYC (AT) NYC (DOT) RR.COM> wrote:



Well the C4s has the widebody and the C2 has the narrow body. The
performance will be basically the same. The wet weather handling of the
4s will be superior due to the all wheel drive system. Not use it for
weeks on end? Not good for any car. But get a battery maintainer, so
at least it will start when you drive it. Good luck and you probably
can't go wrong with either car...buy the one YOU like the best.

JR

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