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YOUR RESEARCHHow much should pcars be driven
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Use porsches are often a problem - particularly older cars
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Super-low mileage used Porsches are often a problem - particularly older cars with really low miles.
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Replace per year, and a ton of miscellaneous service
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Still requires 3 or 4 oil changes per year, and a ton of miscellaneous service.
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Used the Boxster as daily driver, put 355.000 km on the clock, never let me down, by far the best car I ever had, lets hope the 911 holds up the reputation.
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Good luck and use it like you use a woman : be carefull when cold, warm her up and you can go for it
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Used the Boxster as daily driver, put 355.000 km on the clock, never let me down, by far the best car I ever had, lets hope the 911 holds up the reputation.
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I just purchased a Carrara 1999 my first YEEEE HAAAA!
I was wondering how many miles do most folks put on these cars? I could pile up a lot of miles if it was for the shear enjoyment of driving the car. It only has 33000 miles. Is this a driver? Where do I stop? Trade? Or let'er roll?
Love this board
John
The more you drive it the better it will be. True of every Porsche, except for one that has sat undriven a lot. In that case, when you first start racking up the miles, you could find some issues created by inactivity.
How about some pics...welcome aboard. You will find two distinct populations on this question and it has been debated ad infinitum. Sounds like you will fit nicely in the drive the h*ll out of it group...Go for it! Have fun and be safe. Oh yeah...let the mods begin!
I bought my '99 exactly one year ago with 13,000 miles. It now has 22,000 miles so I guess I'm looking at about 9-10K per year in Colorado (Only drive one or two times a week in the winter)
Oh! I love to drive it but hear Pcars referenced as drivers or not. People try to keep miles down. I can understand why if they intend on selling or trading. I enjoy driving the porsche. How many miles have you heard of these cars having?
A day not driven the P is a day lost!!!
Put 10K mls on mine since the beginning of September last year....and it was in the shop for about 4 weeks for the front conversion...so 10,000 in about 8 months......hmmmmm and 10,000 dollars in mods! A dollar a mile!!
Just had 60k service done. daily driver and daily redline. 1-2 DE plus some track time per year. no engine issue so far. only electronic parts failure. reverse light switch, latch microswitch, ignition switch that's all I can think about. 996 has been most reliable european car I even own in the passed 20 years.
Just drive it, otherwise you just save it for the next owner.
Thanks guys for all the support and advice. The only thing wrong with this board is while reading about pcars I start getting excited about driving it or mods.
I'll be back in a while with a smile on my face and 50 more miles on the odometer.LOL
I have a 50 mile commute. With the gas prices the way they are I have thought of looking for a job closer to home ... then I get in the Pcar on a sunny day with the top down and think, Naaa!
I've put 11,000 miles on the p-car since buying it in December. I didn't buy it to be my daily driver for my 120 mile commute but the car is too addictive to not drive it.
Storage is bad. Drive it daily even if it's only a short drive. When buying used look more closely at the service record than the total mileage. Super-low mileage used Porsches are often a problem - particularly older cars with really low miles.
I have a 4km drive to work and manage to put on about 7000km per year, which adds up to really low mileage, relatively speaking. Still requires 3 or 4 oil changes per year, and a ton of miscellaneous service.
'02 C2. Driven daily - rain, snow or shine.
It depreciates regardless of mileage. Drive the thing as much as you can. If you do the math, you're cost per mile goes down w/ more mileage on your vehicle!! =) That's what I tell myself anyway!
Seriously though, I drive it as much as I want. Never call it a "weekend car".
I just moved on from my Boxster 2.5 to a 911 C2Cab.
Used the Boxster as daily driver, put 355.000 km on the clock, never let me down, by far the best car I ever had, lets hope the 911 holds up the reputation.
Good luck and use it like you use a woman : be carefull when cold, warm her up and you can go for it
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Ronny
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