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Car�s in the shop, so a bit bored and figured I�d start this silly thread. I once had an E39 BMW which I bought new when they first came out, and kept forever, racking up a ton of miles. I thought I�d win all three categories, but a few Europeans and Aussies beat me with earlier build dates.
I know I won�t win all three here, but here are stats on my �996, purchased new in Feb �99:
1) Ownership - 19 years, 3 months
2) Build Date -1/99
3) Mileage - 63,780
Have at it........
I think I only have a chance on mileage here - I only got the car last year. I'm at >110,600 miles in my '03 C4S.
From earlier this morning (not quite in focus)...
12-1/2 years. I put on nearly 125K miles of the 129K now on the clock of my GT3.
Salesman said, "Drive it like you stole it!"
So, I've been on the run ever since.
Only 1+ years of ownership.
92k miles
3/98 build date.
The 99 models went on sale in April 1998, so there are probably some 2/98 build dates on US model cars. I think the earliest European build dates are 10/97. There are some 1997 titled 996s in Europe, but only a couple dozen from what I have seen.
I think we have a winner with Ogr8frogy. I’m sure folks would be interested to know what you’ve done to the car in 200,000 miles. No IMS? I chickened out, more due to age, and am doing pretty much everything this week (IMS/RMS/AOS, clutch/ flywheel). But at only 64,000 miles, I’m sure I’ll whine a bit when I see that everything was A okay.
It's easy. The car makes you want to drive it every day, everywhere. We've taken some pretty long trips in it, too.
Also, no one but Porsche builds robust supercars like that. Only the cost of ownership makes this possible.
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