[dianeandpablo]

<p style="margin:0in;">MCL968 nailed it —

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">"Guitars and cars take years to get that patina of use, and they should carry that with pride."

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">someone once told me how he'd NEVER drive his 968 in the snow. in fact, he made it a point to tell me that he keeps his car in a heated garage. you know what I told him?

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">"Well, while we don't share the same 968 ownership philosophies, we've at least one thing in common...a 968."

 

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">I left it at that, no point in arguing over such things.

 

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">my woman and me drive the 968 all summer long because it's our only Porsche with a drop-top. there's something about driving a scalped Porsche; it's as if you've become part of the very scenery you're driving through. the whoosh of cars blasting opposite you, the rustling of the leaves on the trees as you reach for third on a country two-lane road...the ability to look up at the belly of an early 20th century train trestle when driving under it. the experience in our coupés, enjoyable as they are, can't offer that.

 

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">the colder month tours are reserved for the air-cooled fossil, but there are times when the 968 needs a turn; partially because it has heated seats, partially because it has the M220 limited slip. I can't remember how many times we took it for a rip down our favorite roads in the snow. some of my favorite photos were taken during these jaunts and in the following days when the sun beats down on the tarmac creating that mixture of water and road salt. the nasty film it leaves behind when it dries, especially on darker shades, not only makes for some great black and white photos, it does something else. it makes for some of the most fiercely contrasting ideologies on how Porsches should be used.

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">patina, like the 175,218 miles we've piled on, is earned.

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">enjoy your 968—

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<p style="margin:0in;">el jëfe

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While I don't drive my garage queen in the snow your words sure resonate as they should with any 968 owner. Salt, dirty slushy water and red ash gravel can make some interesting palettes on the surface of a car. The track creates its own different color schemes. Brake dust and dirt on wheels that becomes baked on. Marble marks leave all sort of different black stripes. Once I had what can only be described as a penis shaped hunk of rubber hanging from the rear whelp area on my car. I still have the picture of it cause it was so weird and funny. Chips appear all over the surface of the car as seasons unfold. The track itself is just dirty with all sorts of dirt and grime floating imperceptibly through air which leaves the inside of your car coated. All of this is a earned patina. Some of this can of course be cleaned and readied for the next assault.

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[94SilverCab]

I drive my 968 year round, but I definitely try to avoid salt and salt puddles. But on a cold, crisp, winter morning I love to drive my 968 (with the top down, of course).

 

Jay

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You certainly are tougher than I Jay. Of course I don't have a cab to test that either!!

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