LeChef,

I have driven my 997 C2S with of course winter tires for the past four unusually mild winters and survived but it got a bit hairy a few times driving through the snow on the highway and I have a long, pretty inclined drive that was more than a little hard to negotiate the few times I returned from work and it wasn't yet plowed.

I'm impressed that you drive your 997S in the Chicago winter, though do you perhaps also have an SUV to get you through the tough days? I only have one car. We are strictly a two garage, two car family, give or take the kids!

Re deleting the red stripe, I wish! I e-mailed the dealer the great photoshopped photo of the car without the stripe Ferdie posted yesterday evening. (See bottom of DR Review 977.2 C4 Review post.)