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YOUR RESEARCHThe 996 cost of ownership is killing me:(
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The problem is every time I come up with a reason to leave the house so I can drive, I have to follow through with that reason and buy whatever it is I left for.
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I use the "back up car" for short errands around town.
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Just not in the maintenance department...all I've had to do is change the oil, filter, and input gas.
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It's no longer perfect nor low mileage, and I wouldn't change a thing.
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Sold my SUV 18 months ago and use the 996 exclusively.
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The problem is every time I come up with a reason to leave the house so I can drive, I have to follow through with that reason and buy whatever it is I left for.
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I have a serious case of "I have to drive somewhere" every single day. I thought it might wear off after a few months but it seems to be getting worse every day.
The problem is every time I come up with a reason to leave the house so I can drive, I have to follow through with that reason and buy whatever it is I left for.
Having this car as a daily driver is costing me way more than I expected. Just not in the maintenance department...all I've had to do is change the oil, filter, and input gas.
Or, alternatively, it's paying off in dividends since now you have more reasons to drive which, of course, fuels the economy. See you're doing it for the benefit of an ailing economy. That's it.
No but seriously, when we have to take the Acadia I always get a bit sad. If I need to haul something the first thing I do now is start trying to figure out if it'll fit in the car.
Statements like that without knocking on wood (or forcing others to knock on wood for you) in this forum carries a penalty of 1 month without any whining allowed.
I bought mine when my office relocated closer to my house. I thought I'd buy a low mileage Porsche and put a few thousand on it a year. I'd ride my motorcycle to work - save the miles on the car.
That plan is not working out the way I thought...
I LOVE to drive this thing! Every chance I get.
Yeah, I lucked onto a perfect, low mileage, one owner '99 that I made my daily driver. It's no longer perfect nor low mileage, and I wouldn't change a thing. What's the purpose of owning one of these if you can't enjoy it as much as possible?
Exactly. I work at an oil refinery and guys are always telling me how crazy I am for driving that car out there, plus what a fool I am for buying such an expensive car. Kinda funny as I look at my old 996 sitting among a sea of $50 & 60,000 Super Duty diesel pick ups...
Reminds me of my office. Couldn't agree more.
I'll add that not only are they in a 50k + truck/suv, they then put their kid in a car of equal value to my P-car to get banged up at the local high school.
One common statement from my wife "you're taking that to Lowes? why don't you just take one of the trucks"? And my response, "nah, it'll fit in here".
And here is a really sick thought - I am shopping for a new back up ride and thinking all wheel drive and at that price, well, heck, I could buy a used 996 and make it a winter car. Sure, two P-cars, a summer one and a winter one, I think I need serious help (and way more money).
I realized during Irene that I can be so okay with out cable tv or internet - but NOT driving the 996? Stressful - so I drove it anyway - what was I supposed to do? No cable tv, no internet, had to have something entertaining to do.
I've got to tell ya, as much as I'm happy that people can enjoy these cars at a relatively low price... it is also a little upsetting because it's portrait as such a bargain basement sports car you can pick up for cheap or the price of a Sentra...
I paid over a 100K for mine, that's before any custom work.
I guess it would be worse if I had a turbo... guess the evaluation is going to go even more down the toilet when the 991 comes out
I drive mine as much as I can when the weather is nice. I avg 7k-8k per year on the 911.
A friend of mine purchased a 2001 911 in 2006 with 18k miles. Paid a huge premium. Fast forward to 2011. The car only has 2011. The car has 22k miles. I asked why he bothers to have the car. Wife and I agree, he seems to have the car, just to say he has a 911.
I have a cheap hobby, I have to go out and buy crickets three times a week at petco for my dumbass firebellied toads.
the crickets are the only thing they'll eat so I have an exuse to go the twistys or the highway to the pet store for my bugs at $3.00 for 25 small crickets. I feel silly going in to request crickets at the counter, but it gets me on the road.
I've come to accept that I'm addicted to driving my car. There are worse things than loving to drive your porsche, like drinking scotch all day or watching football 24 7. If I have to make a stupid excuse to drive so be it.
I'd try practicing taking trips that aren't store related , park, beach ect.
I used to have a 997 but was **** so I bought an M3 sedan. The M3 was great but lacked the zing a 911 brings everyday. So I sold the M3 and bought a cheap 996 as a "beater" around 20k.
I love it because it's not pristine so I don't mind if the kids get it a little messy, the A/C is so much colder than my M3, and it's a classic silver color so I don't mind showing up to client's office with a 10 year old car. Sorted.
Ha ha. Sid probably paid over $100k just on mods. I love that car.
Mine is a DD. I've got the Cayenne for bad winter conditions. One thing life has taught me, if you don't drive that biatch hard, someone else will after you paid for it.
I bought my '99 C2 with 42.5K miles.....in 6 months now have 53.4K miles....almost a daily driver to work (50Miles round trip). I did not buy it to look at it....I bought it to drive it, and enjoy every second of it......
I use the "back up car" for short errands around town.
the mayor said we had to evacuate nyc = road trip to western PA!
btw if you've never been to see fallingwater, you really should check it out.
amazing piece of work, and amazing roads for putting the car to work.
Sold my SUV 18 months ago and use the 996 exclusively. Was my DD to work for years (less gas, more fun than the SUV), but now it gets a ton a mileage as my retirement car.
I do miss the cargo carrying capacity (volume) of the SUV so I am considering a wild and crazy option. Wife wants a convertible, automatic, and I need more occasional toting for large or long objects for home improvement projects (wife currently drives a '07 Honda Civic coupe but misses the '98 Chrysler Sebring convertible she had before). What better choice than an early 996 Tip Cab? As long as I only go to Home Depot or Best Buy on sunny days, a top down cab should cover me for those big items. LOL! Cheaper to buy than an SUV. Cheaper to maintain than buying an SUV (would sell off the Honda rather than go back to owning three vehicles again).
Is that too much like owning two boats? Because I already have a boat. So would that be like owning three boats. LOL!
This thread has completely foiled my attempt to control my urge to drive the 996, had the car for a month now and the most I can stay not driving it was 2 days........
hehehehe... thanks dude
I'd say something witty but I've got to run... go get some milk... in LA!
It's not where you're going... it's how you get there!
[QUOTE=DrScientist;8830691]the mayor said we had to evacuate nyc = road trip to western PA!
btw if you've never been to see fallingwater, you really should check it out.
amazing piece of work, and amazing roads for putting the car to work.[/QUOTE
Is that house a shlep to get to? I'd love to see it. The most iconic FLR house. Taliesin has the history though, rather see that.
Yep me too....especially on weekends, I live those commercials.....now it's a truck! The bargain price gets me out of a lot of snob accusations (althought I bought high...sigh) so as Carl Spakler said "I got that goin' for me"......
Love the car though, absolutely love it!
Ode to Porsche Love
I love my Porsche
Love it so
I love to drive it
To and fro'
I love to drive it
On the track
Or through the mountains,
There and back
I love to cruise
It's love, amore
I love to take
A back road tour
My Porsches' red
it screams, "I'm free!"
And so Guards Red
It's gotta be.
I love the leather
Love its smell
What has transpired there
I'll never tell.
The tires are black
The rims are big
Though it burns Premium
I don't give a fig.
Faster than the
Wind can catch
Forever to this Porsche
I latch.
Sixteen others
I have owned
Sixteen Porsches
I've not loaned.
If others want
To share the thrills
Let them foot
Their own damn bills.
Nice Poetry Mark ! And I second the others comments about driving the car daily. Only reason I do not drive her Every day is my wife and I can carpool to work and if it is Sunny she wants to drive the 968 Cab. I enjoy riding shotgun with a sky view. When the weather get cold and rainy the C4 will be much more of the every day Porsche, That is what I bought it for.
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