Cold weather detrimental to 996?

[argonaut]

My car's parked outside in this cold weather (London) and hasn't been used for a few days.

Can any deterioration in any of the car's components (engine/drivetrain/suspension/electrics/rubbers etc.) occur due to leaving it lying around in freezing conditions?

Thanks for any advice - need reassuring, as I'm avoiding driving it at the moment to keep it out of reach of numpties and salt spray.

[dazren]

I can't imagine there being a problem. These cars are tested all over the world in climatic extremes before production.

From memory one of the porsche mags even had a trip report of a course driving porsches within the arctic circle (organised by the factory I think).

Only possible problem is the battery if left too long. I'm told if I leave mine for two weeks with alarm and other "security" bits switched on I'll have a flat. Accordingly I have a battery conditioner for connection when I'm away for more than a week.

cheers

DAZ

[clubsport]

Check in the handbook,but i think the 996 / Boxster goes into a shutdown type of mode to save the battery after a couple of weeks...far too clever for me to understand!

[dazren]

You are quite correct, I have read about the shutdown mode to preserve the battery in the manual. It does things like turning off the remote door locking so you have to use the key to open car etc. This happens after about 5 days. There is however still a potential problem later on, which the salesman identified to be about 2 weeks on my car.

DAZ

PS - Forgot to mention the obvious issue of higher strength antifreeze in the engine coolant system during winter months.

[rich1231]

My car is kep outside. I drive it almost every day, not in this weather though. I start it and warm it up every other day. But 2 weeks ago my battery died, it was deemed faulty and replaced. I had noticed the battery saving thing of disabling the remote locking. I thought it was a fault.

[oldtimer]

watch out for the door windows freezing in shut position, so when you open door to get in and close it again, they dont move and you have to REALLY bang it shut.....also the battery will go flat, the car going into sleep mode does not prevent drainage taking place, just prolongs life a bit....apart from that it defrosts a lot quicker than the old aircooled cars in my experience. Overall just treat 996 like a normal German exec car - think BMW or Merc- and expect it to work when you turn the key.

[mr_tony]

isn't there a porsche winter driving school thing us in the artic circle in sweeden, seem to remember this from an article in p+911 world. they were running 996's and boxsters in daily temperatures of below -25C...

[dazren]

mr_tony said: isn't there a porsche winter driving school thing us in the artic circle in sweeden, seem to remember this from an article in p+911 world. they were running 996's and boxsters in daily temperatures of below -25C...

That must be where I read about it. from memory you can book a place via your OPC but it's organised by the factory.

DAZ