Ferraris and winter

I'm with you, I hate winter.

 

I also agree, this is my first winter too, i thought it was bad when owning a boat, waiting for the spring, owning a Ferrari is even worse. Here's a picture of the local dealer picking up my car last week for it's 30K service. Notice the snow and salt on the road, i'm glad salt doesn't bother the tires....

I was looking at getting an enclosed trailer myself, so i can take my 328 down to Florida or to Arizona during the winter months and drive it there.... May happen next year durring this time...

 

Do you have to winterize a Ferrari if you keep it in a non-heated garage and it gets bloody cold where you live? Like a boat(?)... probably a stupid question, but I don't know the answer. Thanks if you know.

 

Guys really, it's almost like your all blonds.

A Ferrari has water and ,,you know, that green stuff, ANTIFREEZE in it.
Oh, the greenstuff (hopefully the one you use) has anti scale and anti corrosion additives as well. Don't run just water, getts to hot freezes to cold and rots your car's cooling system.

Oil get s thick in the cold so if you can let the car warm up (running) slow, let the gearbox warm up also.

 

This is the only time of the year I get depressed. I hate winter and spring will not come soon enough. My car goes in for full service tomarrow. She should be back just as we start to warm up a little. So I feel your pain.

 

I was able to drive my Ferrari past weekend around parking lot where it is stored for winter. It is in heated storage. I will be happy when it is able to go faster than parking lot speed, but anything is better than no driving.

 

In taking my car on a short drive, I hit the first patch of snow I have encountered in the F355.

Absolutely no traction or braking - maybe the worst snow car I have ever driven. I doubt whether snow tires would improve it much. When I take it out for winter drives from now on, the roads will have to be clear.

 

In South Carolina, we have no snow. ah-HA!

 

John,
I took my 355 out today for a little 50 mile spin. The roads were great and there sun was shining. As much as I dislike winter the best thing about Denver is that the snow is gone pretty quickly. I hadn't droven it in a couple of weeks so it was necessary for a good drive today. I will probably take it up to Boulder tomorrow for a nice jaunt as it's supposed to snow again later this week.

By the way, I have the Berlinetta twin to your car.

 

Thanks, I was thinking along the line of gas additives or just leaving it with a full tank. I know about anti-freeze but I guess I can't word questions.

 

If you're going to leave the car for an extended period of time, I suggest you add a gasoline stabilizer (such as Stabil), then run the car for a while so it mixes with the gasoline and has a chance to get all the way through the system. Also, I suggest storing it with no more than half a tank of gas, so you can always add some fresh gas when you take it back out. I haven't had bad gas problems in the Ferrari, but, when I'd had it in other cars, it was amazing how much a little fresh gas helped clear things up. I know, with less than a full tank, perhaps you have to worry about condensate, but, unless you're stored in pretty adverse conditions, that shouldn't be a problem.

 

RDS, did you use the indoor Carcapsule or the silver outdoor variety? If you used the outdoor one, I'd be very interested in how it kept your car, any paint damage or corrosion in/on the engine?
Thanks. (Anyone else who has any stories about using an outdoor Carcapsule, I'd be interested in hearing from you as well.)

 

I absolutly hate this time of the year.. I love the spring and summer. Fall and Winter are well sad depressing, grey....