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997 as a daily driver?

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Lots of people use 997s as a daily, it's still a fairly new car and shouldn't give too many problems.

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Is anyone here using their 997 as a daily driver?

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Lots of people use 997s as a daily, it's still a fairly new car and shouldn't give too many problems.

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Is anyone here using their 997 as a daily driver?

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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

Is anyone here using their 997 as a daily driver? I;m considering it and would like any feedback that you may have. I have a 30 mile commute, each way, in the Dallas Fort Worth area. I have an older Porsche that I would love to use, but do not want to put the miles on it. Since I only use it on the weekends, I'm thinking of something I can get more use out of. Any thoughts would be welcome.

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I've been thinking of the same thing with the value of the air cooled models going up so much. Lots of people use 997s as a daily, it's still a fairly new car and shouldn't give too many problems. It does have some weaknesses (reservoir caps, AOS failures, water pumps) but really no different than a similar year BMW or VW. There is always the (low) possibility of an IMS failure. It looks like you've owned a Boxster so you're familiar with the newer models already.

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Any 997 that I would consider would have to be a 09 or newer. As far as I know that is when the engine was revised to do away with the IMS issue.

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We have several customers that use them as daily drivers, and we are expecting another 5 inches of snow today.

POST 6Original post

I use my 38k+ mile 2012 997TT-S as my 50 mile round trip DD in the metro Atlanta area and love it.

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