Poll: Who uses their 993 as a DD?
05-18-2012, 11:56 AM
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Of course, any trip in a 911 is fun, even if it means sitting in stop-n-go. But really driving them involves apexes and g forces.
05-18-2012, 12:08 PM
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DD here as I take the registration off of the winter beater for summer. It usually gets driven as soon as the snow melts and the road get cleaned and goes back to storage at the first snowfall.
05-18-2012, 01:21 PM
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I was under the possibly mistaken impression that the purpose of owning a car is to drive it. So, I do. To work, to drop off or pick up the kids -- yes, even to the liquor store. Short drives. Long drives. It is my one and only car (the wife has her one and only car, too).
I liked the threads where folks say we shouldn't take our cars on short drives, as it is bad for the car. Well, I expect my car to be subject to wear and tear and if it is slightly more accelerated because of it's status as a daily driver, so be it. Will the motor last only 175k instead of 200k? Seriously, I change my oil so frequently short drives don't mean more wear. They mean more fun.
I liked the threads where folks say we shouldn't take our cars on short drives, as it is bad for the car. Well, I expect my car to be subject to wear and tear and if it is slightly more accelerated because of it's status as a daily driver, so be it. Will the motor last only 175k instead of 200k? Seriously, I change my oil so frequently short drives don't mean more wear. They mean more fun.
05-18-2012, 01:25 PM
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Back to the daily thing, and life getting in the way. Absent me hitching up a vending delivery trailer to mine, would be hard to roll out now with ~1.5K in product to fill in some gaps my drivers can't make today.
But I do have that hitch I picked up a couple of years ago and never used. Have a spare dead truck with a Hackney aluminum box, so maybe I should get working on that project? Dare anyone to top that use of a 911, any 911..........
But I do have that hitch I picked up a couple of years ago and never used. Have a spare dead truck with a Hackney aluminum box, so maybe I should get working on that project? Dare anyone to top that use of a 911, any 911..........
05-18-2012, 01:34 PM
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Back to the daily thing, and life getting in the way. Absent me hitching up a vending delivery trailer to mine, would be hard to roll out now with ~1.5K in product to fill in some gaps my drivers can't make today.
But I do have that hitch I picked up a couple of years ago and never used. Have a spare dead truck with a Hackney aluminum box, so maybe I should get working on that project? Dare anyone to top that use of a 911, any 911..........
But I do have that hitch I picked up a couple of years ago and never used. Have a spare dead truck with a Hackney aluminum box, so maybe I should get working on that project? Dare anyone to top that use of a 911, any 911..........
That would be pretty unique.
However, your clients may think you're making too much money off them and their location, if the company delivery van is a 911!
I always thought those Polizei Porsches were interesting daily work vehicles...
05-18-2012, 01:35 PM
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I bought a 1996 C4 with the intention of using the car as a DD year-round. After the purchase I remembered that in the winter the problem is not so much the weather (I've driven 964s through all kinds of weather) but most drivers here in NJ that don't have the first clue how to drive, especially not in the wet or snow and ice.
Therefore I drive my 993 whenever it's dry, no matter the temperature.
Therefore I drive my 993 whenever it's dry, no matter the temperature.
05-18-2012, 02:06 PM
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One of my favorite tracks. The first time down the hill... YOWZA!
05-18-2012, 02:21 PM
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Since I am no longer a productive member of society and there are six Saturdays and one Sunday in my week I try to take the car out every day. In my case, I may have only a few more years to enjoy the car so just looking at it doesn't make sense. Oh yes, I have those moments when I consider the merits of being conservative with the mileage and wear and tear and then reality smacks me and I wonder who I am saving the car for. Then, I climb in and haul ***!
05-18-2012, 03:27 PM
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I have my 993 and a 2010 F250 Powerstroke. I take turns driving them during the week. So I wouldn't call my 993 my DD, but it's close. I drive the truck more as I don't like putting Black in parking lots where idoits can ding it.
05-18-2012, 03:29 PM
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Since I am no longer a productive member of society and there are six Saturdays and one Sunday in my week I try to take the car out every day. In my case, I may have only a few more years to enjoy the car so just looking at it doesn't make sense. Oh yes, I have those moments when I consider the merits of being conservative with the mileage and wear and tear and then reality smacks me and I wonder who I am saving the car for. Then, I climb in and haul ***!
05-18-2012, 04:12 PM
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Our 95 cab was a daily driver for 9 years, and 198,000 miles, until we sold it to a great couple up in Canada. Drive it everywhere - that's what cars are for.
We sold it for a 04 GT3, which became our next daily driver. Have owned it 1 year and not quite 2 months now, and put 23k miles on it.
We buy Porsche's to enjoy them. They are a wonderful car to drive. If you just want to look at them all nice and pretty in your garage, take a picture, put it on the wall, and sell it to someone that will enjoy it.
We sold it for a 04 GT3, which became our next daily driver. Have owned it 1 year and not quite 2 months now, and put 23k miles on it.
We buy Porsche's to enjoy them. They are a wonderful car to drive. If you just want to look at them all nice and pretty in your garage, take a picture, put it on the wall, and sell it to someone that will enjoy it.
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05-18-2012, 04:20 PM
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It's XX years old. (I've hardly ever owned a single-digits years old 911.)
It's worth $XXXX. (A fifth X now with inflation, and I've moved to 964s and 993s.)
I own/owned Porsche shops, costs less to keep one of these running than some "Honda".
Near-zero depreciation. (Ever watch someone's head explode when you try to explain how much a generic economy car depreciates monthly?)
And finally, I can bore them with technical details about the cars so that they give up and just think I'm weird.