991.2 TTS Just arrived! but worth it to daily drive?
05-02-2017, 05:54 PM
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Drive it! Life is not that long as many of us belive it to be.
Imagine yuorself in 40 years from now asking the same question. The response would be obvious.
Imagine yuorself in 40 years from now asking the same question. The response would be obvious.
05-03-2017, 01:14 AM
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I just sold my 2015 after 2.5 years as a daily with around 15,000 miles for 144K I paid 177 on an 196 MSRP so it was a pretty good bargain for lots of fun driving. Sure they all depreciate which is why I would try to get the best possible deal upfront.
05-04-2017, 08:47 PM
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+1 enjoy it. She's a beauty. My brothers and I have always argued about this and one of them has a pretty long commute a few days week going to a different office. But years of having several cars, parking, insurance and care proved he should just enjoy fewer cars more or drive his favorite!
05-04-2017, 08:51 PM
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Fantastic color.
44 miles per day 5 days a week is 11K miles per year. Porsche considers annual mileage of around 6K to 9K to be average.
If you are going to trade in the car in 3 years you will still absorb a considerable hit in depreciation whether you drive the car 11K miles per year, 9K miles per year, or even 6K miles per year.
Up to you. If you want to drive the car every day then do it. These cars do better being used regularly.
I tried to leave my 996 Turbo parked for a while but the battery doesn't appear to hold up well even though the car is parked with no extra electrical loads present and is locked. I try to drive it every other day to work -- approx. 60 mile round trip -- but often instead of say driving it every Tuesday and Thursday I drive it Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
Regardless of how often or much you drive the car my advice for a new car would be to have the engine oil/filter changed early. I did my 2008 Cayman S oil/filter after just 750 miles and the oil (from the filter housing) and the filter element were filthy. Normal for a new engine to shed lots of trash: bits of aluminum, sealer, and just trash; but it felt better getting rid of that oil rather than leave it in the engine for 5K miles.
Then change the oil again at the end of "break in". I can't help but cringe to think of an owner driving around for 2K miles with oil getting diluted with blow by -- which new engines have in spades -- and all the trash in the oil -- taking it easy thinking they are doing right by the engine to then when 2000 miles rolls over on the odometer get all animal with the car and still with the filthy oil in the engine.
At least change the oil at the end of break in so when you do push the engine to higher RPMs you do so with fresh/clean oil in the engine.
44 miles per day 5 days a week is 11K miles per year. Porsche considers annual mileage of around 6K to 9K to be average.
If you are going to trade in the car in 3 years you will still absorb a considerable hit in depreciation whether you drive the car 11K miles per year, 9K miles per year, or even 6K miles per year.
Up to you. If you want to drive the car every day then do it. These cars do better being used regularly.
I tried to leave my 996 Turbo parked for a while but the battery doesn't appear to hold up well even though the car is parked with no extra electrical loads present and is locked. I try to drive it every other day to work -- approx. 60 mile round trip -- but often instead of say driving it every Tuesday and Thursday I drive it Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
Regardless of how often or much you drive the car my advice for a new car would be to have the engine oil/filter changed early. I did my 2008 Cayman S oil/filter after just 750 miles and the oil (from the filter housing) and the filter element were filthy. Normal for a new engine to shed lots of trash: bits of aluminum, sealer, and just trash; but it felt better getting rid of that oil rather than leave it in the engine for 5K miles.
Then change the oil again at the end of "break in". I can't help but cringe to think of an owner driving around for 2K miles with oil getting diluted with blow by -- which new engines have in spades -- and all the trash in the oil -- taking it easy thinking they are doing right by the engine to then when 2000 miles rolls over on the odometer get all animal with the car and still with the filthy oil in the engine.
At least change the oil at the end of break in so when you do push the engine to higher RPMs you do so with fresh/clean oil in the engine.
appreciate the insight!
05-04-2017, 08:52 PM
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