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I do go through cars quickly, but wouldn't mind keeping this one around another season or two, but I do worry about it not getting used enough and that the short drives will do more harm than good.
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If you were doing half that distance and time, then yes, I would look for ways to extend your driving times, such as running household errands, etc.
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Secondly, 6 miles and 12-15 mins should be a perfect amount of time to get the engine up to temp, possibly even full running temperature.
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I do go through cars quickly, but wouldn't mind keeping this one around another season or two, but I do worry about it not getting used enough and that the short drives will do more harm than good.
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Some changes with my driving habits have me a little concerned about the well being of my 40th ae 996.
Last summer I only put about 2500 miles on it. Usually to work which was about 30 minutes and then weekend drives with my wife and daughter. We just moved our office closer to my house and now I have a 6 mile commute that takes around 12 to 15 minutes. On top of that we are expecting twin boys in May, so those weekend drives are going to go way down.
I worry that with the short commute the car will barely be warm enough to really exercise it before I get to the office.
I do go through cars quickly, but wouldn't mind keeping this one around another season or two, but I do worry about it not getting used enough and that the short drives will do more harm than good. I did just do the upgrade IMS and put a new battery in it which I do keep on a battery tender.
Am I being over paranoid?
Forst of all, congrats!
Secondly, 6 miles and 12-15 mins should be a perfect amount of time to get the engine up to temp, possibly even full running temperature. If you were doing half that distance and time, then yes, I would look for ways to extend your driving times, such as running household errands, etc.
The only thing you might want to do is change the oil more frequently, such as every 6-12 months, regardless of mileage.
id be willing to bet that the engine oil is not up to temp yet with 6 miles of driving in 15 minutes. The only reason I say this is b/c the first time I changed my oil I drove about the distance and time and immediately drained the oil. It was warm, but was nowhere near operating temperature, which is the point so that the fuel in the oil (and any water) can vaporize off.
My commute is 3.5 miles and I live in MN where lately it's been well below 0 F. Car never really gets upto temp. Good news is that it's a Porsche, a fine piece of German engineering and craftsmanship which can handle it.
6 miles in 15 minutes? You�re averaging 24 mph? Sell the 911 and buy a bicycle.
Any car will suffer from that kind of driving style. It just isn�t enough for the assemblies to get up to temperature and get rid of moisture. Is it going to be catastrophic in your short window of ownership, not likely.
Go stress about something else like finding a way to stretch the legs on you car and drive it like it was intended to be driven. Or how you are going to find time to drive it at all once those twins are born!
As an aside, I sold my 72 911 when my first daughter was born (16 years ago), and regret it to this day...
from the owners manual, interesting read:
Thanks CDS - good advice! I do drive it hard every time out. I just like to bring it up to temp nicely and also back down.
I am going to sell my spec Miata for sure so maybe I can get a couple hours of track time here and there... We'll see a whole new world is coming.
Nope. No sarcasm involved. Think about it. Porsche's are extremely well engineered and built. My wife's 2012 GMC(13 years newer) doesn't have nearly the build quality and has had a lot more things go wrong with it than my 99 C2 in a shorter period of time. Sure I would prefer to give the car more time to get upto temp, but I'm not going to lose sleep over it.
I live .9 miles from my office with lots of stop signs. My solution to avoiding the short trip issues was to get an ebike. Keeps me from getting sweaty while riding in a suit. Now the poor 996 has become a garage queen.
I'm with NOTA, I got an ebike = electric bicycle to commute in short distance within 10 mile radius. Not worth beating your 911 with the short distance drives.
I'm driving on 2 lane roads that do not have much and shouler for much of it. I was thinking about picking up a used i3. Probably better than the e bike in Chicagoland winters!
