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Old 10-13-2003, 10:14 PM
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Hi all, I am curious as to how many of us drive our cars daily? I have owned several P-cars, and just recently decided to drive my 89 951 daily. It has 70,000 miles and day one maintainence records. I love the car and want to enjoy it daily. Who else is out there enjoying daily?? I have attached a pic. Thanks!!!
Old 10-13-2003, 10:23 PM
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Daily driver here
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I purchased my '88 non-S two and a half years ago and drove it daily up till recently. It's now morphed so far towards a track only car that it's street driven days are quite numbered. It was extremely pleasurable to drive daily.
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My car would have needed to run for more than 4 weeks this year to qualify for anything close to being a daily driver!
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hey turbo9441. I drive my car daily and love every minute of it. It is an 86 with 75000 on it and I have had about a year. It has always been a dream of mine to own one of these fine cars and I am not disapointed in anyway. Well maybe maintance. But that is to be expected.
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Mine's a daily driver...but not in winter!
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daily driver here... 112k miles
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Mine is not. I have an Acura for that. In a year or two, I'll sell the Acura and get a 964 or 968 for a daily driver.
My intention with the 951 was always to make it a track car, so it's getting less comfy every day (and the camber would just eat through tires).
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Year round daily driver for the past 6 years, I never get bored of it!

In the winter it's "The Red Sled"


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when i get mine it will be my daily driver. Im gonna have the best time driving to and from school
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daily driver here as well, and see my sig what a hoot to drive... mechanically sound, and darn strait consideing its an ex track car.
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Mines a daily driver except for the winter. From Nov-Mar I get to drive the engineering marvel known as the plymouth horizon! It's an automatic and fwd, but at least the e-brake works!
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Yup have had mine for around 14 months was bought with recon engine and new clutch , and from day one except for the AC compressor packing up i have had no real problems. Replaced thermostat and new AC pump and it drives like new every day. I even haul work stuff in the Boot and get 3 people in there to get to gigs. Cant fault it, hopefully i will remain this satisfied for years to come.
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Drive mine everyday even in the winter Neast winters got the battle scars to prove it, this winter its repaint time though. Nothing like hitting at least 100 once a day.
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My 89 951, with 102k, is my daily driver.


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