After installing the JP Vizage Kit and lowering the Slamry, I always had concerns about winter driving. I didn’t really worry about getting stuck, but damaging my front lip. A few months into winter and I can say that everything is fine and the car has just enough clearance to get over most of the nasty stuff.

The only concern is freshly fallen unplowed snow on the roads. If you live in an area that gets a decent amount of snowfall, you know that there will be tracks on the road where the snow has been pushed off, leaving humps of snow between lanes and in the very middle of lanes. The car does scrape and flings snow up from the middle hump, but nothing that the EZ Lip can’t handle. Of course, it’s seen better days at this point, but for a more or less disposable piece of foam, it’s done exceptionally well.

Which brings us to the end of December, when I realize that my presence has been lacking the site. Another semester of PharmD has come to a close, new wheels for the 911 are here and ready to go (more on that later), and the Slamry has been faithfully completing its winter duties without much issue. During this time, no photos were taken, automobiles or otherwise. So in typical Diffractoids fashion, I went out at midnight and decided to look around for some places to shoot!

Having never been around Allan Drive except to renew my registration (I totally forgot to do that this year, crap), I decided to drive around to scout some photo locations. There are a number of nice professional buildings in the area, including some new ones that haven’t been leased out. These buildings offered a nice backdrop to the photos!

A McDonald’s run ended the outing and fueled the editing for the remainder of the night.

I woke up the next morning to a reasonable snowfall and decided that the best way to start the day would be with a bowl of ramen (shoutout to Kazoku Ramen @kazoku_yeg for that glorious Tonkotsu Black Ramen). After that, it was a fun wintery drive downtown to the Rice Howard Parkade to take a few more photos. Again, I’m impressed by the Michelin X-ICE XI3’s for handling the snow and ice without issue, despite the ground clearance and FWD setup.

Having had enough fun in the snow, the photoshoot ended there and the rest of the weekend was spent relaxing!

As I mentioned before, there are some new wheels for the 911 as well as a few modifications in the pipeline. I thought winter would be easy on the wallet, but the less you drive the car, the more you want to do to it. C’est la vie, I suppose.

Happy New Year everyone and we’ll chat in 2019!

Cheers,
Gary