is your 996 a daily driver, track car,weekend car or garage queen?

please also include yearly mileage. i'll bet many of our different opinions are based on the type of use we give our cars. <img src="graemlins/burnout.gif" border="0" alt="[burnout]" />

Daily and track car. Its used just as much as the S4 (APR Chip - 318hp and 382 lb/ft - its actually faster than the 4S in a straight line). The 996 is an all around great car. Its more comfortable than a 993. It is however still a rough sports car that is loud and stiff. I avg approx. 10k per year.

it's like the quest for the perfect wife.. (figure it out!) Wael 996 C2 1999 A.Silver 6sp 928 S 1984 Red Aut.

Daily and track. Just shy 0f 10,000 miles, took delivery last Feb. Going on winter storage as soon as I can part with it <img src="graemlins/crying.gif" border="0" alt="[crying]" /> Hey! How about you stats?

Daily driver (5 days/week), 4 years and 27K miles total. '99 996 Cab, GR/SB/BL

one of two daily "drivers" except in the wintertime, it stays in its nice cosy warm garage. 2001 C4 approaching 10k miles, 1600 of that may of 01 in europe, 2500 from POE to Seattle, the rest... 2001 AWD RX300 is the other daily driver and the wintertime backup.

99 C2 tip is my daily driver in all types of weather (yes snow). Mileage? I quit counting...wayyyyy up there

Daily driver..my only car. '99 C2 Cab....14K...annual mileage between 4-6K per year.

Mine is somewhere between a weekender and a GQ..02 Cab came 11/01..currently have 6600 miles. I put h'top on like now and drive until our illustrious county sand and salt people spread their road poison. Then it's a GQ until the spring washout.

Weekends (preferably at the track)

hi palting i'm up to 14,800 as my daily driver. no track yet.i expect to drive it all winter except in snow when i'll drive a 1992 300e 4matic that my mom left me. i'm tempted to get snow tires and wheels but i can't decide on a good package for the c4s that would be adequate for the days without snow. also with an avg snowfall of 18" in md i don't know if i can justify a $2000 investment. still undecided. <img src="confused.gif" border="0">

As soon as I finally find one it will not just be my daily driver but in fact my only car through sun, rain and snow!

I hated driving until I got my first Porsche 18 months ago (getting a second one in about 3 months). It is my daily driver but I only have 7K on it. I drive my SUV when I go to a weird neigbourhood or have to haul stuff around. p.s. This board makes me a Porsche loyalist eventhough I have had some mecahnical issues.

01 C2 Cab, daily driver since I picked it up in April this year. Now at 9800, put 4K on it since purchase. Here in Florida I drive it with the top down every chance I can get. Was up at 6AM this morning, top down to the grocery store for some missing breakfast items. Fantastic morning here in central Florida low 60's and sun shining a wonderful drive!

I have accumulated 28,000 miles with two years as my only car, two years as more of a weekender since my daughter was born. The baby normally goes to day jail in the Beetle Turbo, which is TECHNICALLY supposed to be my wife's car--she bought it. In fact, it has my Porsche baby seat (and me) mounted in it most of the time. Frankly, plugging the baby in and out of the Beetle back seat is even easier than the Range Rover, since it has the most headroom of any car sold. You can sort of stand in it. So something like 12K, 8K, 4K, 4K. I drive the 996 up to hit ***** 3-4 times per week at a course on the other end of about 7 miles of absolutely marvelous winding road in the hills, here, so those 4k's are more use of the car than it might seem.

I work in NYC and commute via train, so I guess my daily driver would be a locomotive. It has been my weekend, long drive (Jersey Shore and Laurentian Mountains north of Montreal), go to pick up pizza and videos after work car. This will be my first winter, not sure how much I'll drive it - guessing GQ for at least a few months. About 1K miles a month over the summer. We have a Volvo XC70 for the family. No interest at all in taking the P car to the track.

Daily driver, up to 50 miles a day/5 days a week. 4K miles, picked it up in June, so extrapolating that makes about 12K/yr.

Weekends and sunny days. Delivered 6/01 and I have 8,600 miles on her. I drove it from Minneapolis to Seattle two weeks after I got her, though. I'm trying to keep the mileage to about 5,000 a year.

Daily driver and occassional track weekends for the last 3 years. I have about 16K miles with only a few minor problems (CELs...etc), long since fixed under warranty.

MY99 996 Ocean Blue. 47993 miles as of this morning. (11/04.02) Daily and only car. Bought it in Rhode Island, drove it to Monterey, CA. Had a Blast thru New Mexico Issues: Oxygen Sensor (Warranty) New Clutch (Non-warranty)

My 99 996 just turned 20,000 miles this weekend on the way home from the track. I have put just over 7000 miles on it in 1 year and 4 months of ownership. It has an average of 4,400 miles a year in its lifetime. She is the queen of my garage during the hot and rainy summer months, but a weekend warrior during the cool and dry winter months. The most I have had to use it on a daily basis is 1 week. My daily driver Expedition averages about 36,000 miles a year (work is an 80 mile round trip).

Between 12-15K miles per year, daily driver, 15 track sessions per year, 5 or 6 autocrosses per year, snow salt sleet rain and sun. I am at 48,000 miles now. I should also tell you that there is at least one set of tires per year and one set of brake pads per year. Gas like it is going out of style...

Wow, gotta start driving mine more often! 2002 C2 coupe, picked up April '02 and only 1,650 miles so far.

Daily driver. 23rd July to date 6222 miles includes 3380 during 18-day trip round Europe. Expect annual figure will be about 14k. 14k of sheer heaven (hopefully). <img src="graemlins/beerchug.gif" border="0" alt="[cheers]" />

im vying for the high mileage of the year award i've logged 19,300 miles in 1 year and 2mo.s i luv my daily driver

My 99 C2 was a daily driver for its first year but now is pretty much a track only car. I'll probably complete its conversion into a club racer this winter and pick up a 930 or something similar for the street. About 3,500 mile per year.

My 996TT (H&R suspension, front strut-bar, GT3 seats, rollbar, harnesses, Techart short-shifter) is a true daily-driver. Any kind of weather, including snow. No winter storage. 76'000 km (47'000 mi) since mid-May '01. And 16 days on various tracks since March '02. Greetings, --Pierre

Mine is my daily driver. We have a Honda Odyssey as our family hauler and my wife's already tired of it. We'll probably swap it out for a Lexus GX 470 when those come out. I drive my C2 5-days a week and some weekends (after dropping the baby off with the sitter). I'm coming from an E39 M5 and I think it's a great daily driver. It's a little more tame to drive around town, but just as much fun on an open highway, and much more fun in the twisties. I'll probably average 7,500 miles/year.

2000 C2 picked up 8/2000 has 22,000 miles. Daily when dry. 6 to 8 track weekends starting this year. RMS leak at 18,000.

bones-- i have accumulated 15k mi since apr,2002--in 14 mos i'll be close to 30k mi! your mileage sounds moderate to me!

Mine was delivered on 08/02/2002 and currently has 1675 miles. I drive about 700 miles per week in my company car. I drive the 996 on weekends and on home office days. It will be a GQ for the winter. I'll have to wait until next spring to start autocrossing it.

I've got 2 more years to pay on my 99 996 and then it becomes a track car and I buy a 997. If you haven't been on the track you haven't lived!

Sunny days, weekends, driving holidays and track days only.....about 4-5,000 km per year, use a BMW 540 for daily and a Ford Explorer for when I don't want to have to worry about where to park, idiots with shopping carts, parking at the airport and such.

Daily Driver, took delivery in July, about 2500 mi so far. Most of the time we go out we take the kid-mobile. (odyssey minivan). <img src="graemlins/crying.gif" border="0" alt="[crying]" />

[quote]Originally posted by FloridaC4S: <strong>Daily and track car. Its used just as much as the S4 (APR Chip - 318hp and 382 lb/ft - its actually faster than the 4S in a straight line). The 996 is an all around great car. Its more comfortable than a 993. It is however still a rough sports car that is loud and stiff. I avg approx. 10k per year.</strong><hr></blockquote> I see you're living in Miami Beach like I do, how about driving together to the track next time? Were you at Homestead last weekend? Oh, BTW, I have 993 but I'm like Ed: Weekends & preferably at the track (work commute with bicycle)

A good friend owns an '01 C-2. To date, he has just 4K miles. What a shame. I bought an '02 996TT and an '02 Boxster this past April. Both cars have over 4K. My TT is my ride of choice. I use my pickup when the weather is really bad.

Daily driver also and i do some tracks. .. lots,lots of km .... ps: Feeling the 911 kinda more lighter with those winter tires!

My first post on rennlist... My '02 C2 was delivered on 9/29/01 and has 5,300 miles. Mostly a weekend fun car, probably close to being a GQ--I just can't bring myself to parking in a lot where there would be other cars next to it that could ding the doors. MY 740i is my daily driver (a great sedan--with the sport package).

The '99 C2 is a weekend warrior along with the Defender. We put about 5K miles on each per year. Explorer is the daily driver.

1999 C2 tiptronic. Is a daily driver with 60.000 kms (36.000 miles) on the odometer. Have raced it once during a track event and finished 3rd in the general category. <img src="graemlins/burnout.gif" border="0" alt="[burnout]" />

'01 C4 cab 18 months old 27,500 miles! Daily driver no track time (yet! too busy)I use the Jepp on the BAD winter days! But the C4 will get its snow shoes on this weekend (we had snow here in upstate NY already!!!) I also have chains for the the bad days when I might get stuck. I have the roof box carrier for the ski's (mine and 2 kids) I actually have five kids so when they start skiing the P-car will have to sit in the garage I must be nuts! <img src="graemlins/c.gif" border="0" alt="[ouch]" />

Just bought 2000 C2 cab as a daily driver, 30 miles roundtrip to work, could not ne happier...

02 C4S 11,200 mi. since delivery in early April. Obviously a daily driver. No track time yet. Terry

02 C2 18k miles, July 02 delivery Definitely daily driver, lots of commuting, and lots of road trips! No track events yet, maybe next year...

'99 996 with 31k miles. Started as a garage queen for 2 years(8k miles) then got the taste of tracking and can't find a reason not to drive the car so it's my daily ride- love the darn thing. Everything else feels like I'm riding on a boat minus life preserver : ). Regards. Mike