Commute Question
05-15-2017, 11:53 AM
#31
3.5 mile commute each way for me. Unfortunately the speed limit only gets to 40 mph so it's not that great of a commute as far as driving a 911 goes. But it's still beats driving just about anything else.
05-15-2017, 10:21 PM
#32
Rennlist Member
Why yes, I did just resurrect a 12 year old thread.
Because I'm wondering the same thing. I'm looking at a 996 C4 Cab, but for 13 weeks in the fall I will have two days a week that I have a 120 mile (one way) commute.
I know it isn't practical. I'm not worried about practical, I want the car. I know that will shorten the time for maintenance, putting that many miles on it a week.
I am just wondering, though, how bad an idea this is. You know, the idea that I'm about 99% going to do anyway.
Because I'm wondering the same thing. I'm looking at a 996 C4 Cab, but for 13 weeks in the fall I will have two days a week that I have a 120 mile (one way) commute.
I know it isn't practical. I'm not worried about practical, I want the car. I know that will shorten the time for maintenance, putting that many miles on it a week.
I am just wondering, though, how bad an idea this is. You know, the idea that I'm about 99% going to do anyway.
But you asked, "is this a bad idea," and I'd like point out the 590,000-mile 996 Turbo that was a highway car was used for a similar purpose. It's not really any worse an idea than buying a car and just using it semi-regularly.
05-15-2017, 11:04 PM
#33
Burning Brakes
I bought my 996 a few months ago to replace my Mustang GT. I drive 30 miles round trip four or five times a week, mostly through the woods. Lots of turns and I rarely get above 50 mph. I enjoy the 996 more than the Mustang. I do have to watch out for wildlife though. Two weeks ago, the road was blocked by a large flock of buzzards eating a dead critter, possibly a coyote. Last fall I had a bear run across the road in from of me, while I had the top down on the Mustang. Made me a little nervous since I had to slow way down. Could have been a bear snack! Of course there are deer everywhere. Probably the greatest hazard. This is in upstate South Carolina.
I may have to commute once a week to Atlanta beginning this fall. It would be about 130 miles one way. Not sure if I want to use the 996 for that. I will probably try it once to see. Atlanta traffic can be awful.
I may have to commute once a week to Atlanta beginning this fall. It would be about 130 miles one way. Not sure if I want to use the 996 for that. I will probably try it once to see. Atlanta traffic can be awful.
05-15-2017, 11:12 PM
#34
Race Director
On a drive in my Boxster up through Wisconsin one time and I had a black bear ran across the road just ahead of my car. It wasn't a close call but I was surprised. My first bear sighting. I thought about stopping and getting a picture if possible then I got to thinking the only thing between me and the bear was the canvas top of my Boxster. I sped up instead.
05-15-2017, 11:27 PM
#35
Burning Brakes
On a drive in my Boxster up through Wisconsin one time and I had a black bear ran across the road just ahead of my car. It wasn't a close call but I was surprised. My first bear sighting. I thought about stopping and getting a picture if possible then I got to thinking the only thing between me and the bear was the canvas top of my Boxster. I sped up instead.
05-16-2017, 11:48 AM
#36
Three Wheelin'
20 miles each way to and from work in my 2000 C2, so about a 30 minute drive each way mostly highway.
Used to drive 120 miles round trip to work every day (in an automatic 128i no less). I used to despise the drive, now with the C2...., kind of miss it.
Used to drive 120 miles round trip to work every day (in an automatic 128i no less). I used to despise the drive, now with the C2...., kind of miss it.
05-16-2017, 12:02 PM
#37
Race Director
If your commute is on a beautiful, wide, open road, the 996 is the ideal vehicle.
If you have an 80% chance that you'll be in stop-and-go traffic all the way, like me (and the 80% figure isn't even BS. Unless it's Friday morning, there's traffic in San Diego. We call this event "Friday morning light" traffic.)
Once your commute involves at least half an hour of stop-and-go a day, you'll want a car that (a) doesn't have a clutch, and (b) can take a serious hit from behind without endangering the driver, because every idiot on the planet is unable to resist the allure of the cell phone calling to them from the passenger seat. Pick me up! Read your texts! Reading that message from your GF explaining why she's refusing to send you nudes is WAY more important than not rear-ending the car in front of you...
I'd probably drive my 996 anyway if it wasn't for that last part. If some moron hits me hard enough to pop the airbags, my original-paint 996 will probably become a salvage titled, freshly painted 997-look 996, and I will have found a way to make it worth less than almost every other 996 on the road, which is saying something.
If you have an 80% chance that you'll be in stop-and-go traffic all the way, like me (and the 80% figure isn't even BS. Unless it's Friday morning, there's traffic in San Diego. We call this event "Friday morning light" traffic.)
Once your commute involves at least half an hour of stop-and-go a day, you'll want a car that (a) doesn't have a clutch, and (b) can take a serious hit from behind without endangering the driver, because every idiot on the planet is unable to resist the allure of the cell phone calling to them from the passenger seat. Pick me up! Read your texts! Reading that message from your GF explaining why she's refusing to send you nudes is WAY more important than not rear-ending the car in front of you...
I'd probably drive my 996 anyway if it wasn't for that last part. If some moron hits me hard enough to pop the airbags, my original-paint 996 will probably become a salvage titled, freshly painted 997-look 996, and I will have found a way to make it worth less than almost every other 996 on the road, which is saying something.
05-16-2017, 01:48 PM
#38
If your commute is on a beautiful, wide, open road, the 996 is the ideal vehicle.
If you have an 80% chance that you'll be in stop-and-go traffic all the way, like me (and the 80% figure isn't even BS. Unless it's Friday morning, there's traffic in San Diego. We call this event "Friday morning light" traffic.)
Once your commute involves at least half an hour of stop-and-go a day, you'll want a car that (a) doesn't have a clutch, and (b) can take a serious hit from behind without endangering the driver, because every idiot on the planet is unable to resist the allure of the cell phone calling to them from the passenger seat. Pick me up! Read your texts! Reading that message from your GF explaining why she's refusing to send you nudes is WAY more important than not rear-ending the car in front of you...
I'd probably drive my 996 anyway if it wasn't for that last part. If some moron hits me hard enough to pop the airbags, my original-paint 996 will probably become a salvage titled, freshly painted 997-look 996, and I will have found a way to make it worth less than almost every other 996 on the road, which is saying something.
If you have an 80% chance that you'll be in stop-and-go traffic all the way, like me (and the 80% figure isn't even BS. Unless it's Friday morning, there's traffic in San Diego. We call this event "Friday morning light" traffic.)
Once your commute involves at least half an hour of stop-and-go a day, you'll want a car that (a) doesn't have a clutch, and (b) can take a serious hit from behind without endangering the driver, because every idiot on the planet is unable to resist the allure of the cell phone calling to them from the passenger seat. Pick me up! Read your texts! Reading that message from your GF explaining why she's refusing to send you nudes is WAY more important than not rear-ending the car in front of you...
I'd probably drive my 996 anyway if it wasn't for that last part. If some moron hits me hard enough to pop the airbags, my original-paint 996 will probably become a salvage titled, freshly painted 997-look 996, and I will have found a way to make it worth less than almost every other 996 on the road, which is saying something.
Wide open road, long stretches without stops.
05-16-2017, 04:00 PM
#40
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100 mile round trip on the Central Coast of CA. 25 miles highway @ 80+ then 25 miles of two lane country road at speed then 50 miles home on twisties. If it was not for work, it would be a great day.
05-16-2017, 05:29 PM
#42
Why yes, I did just resurrect a 12 year old thread.
Because I'm wondering the same thing. I'm looking at a 996 C4 Cab, but for 13 weeks in the fall I will have two days a week that I have a 120 mile (one way) commute.
I know it isn't practical. I'm not worried about practical, I want the car. I know that will shorten the time for maintenance, putting that many miles on it a week.
I am just wondering, though, how bad an idea this is. You know, the idea that I'm about 99% going to do anyway.
Because I'm wondering the same thing. I'm looking at a 996 C4 Cab, but for 13 weeks in the fall I will have two days a week that I have a 120 mile (one way) commute.
I know it isn't practical. I'm not worried about practical, I want the car. I know that will shorten the time for maintenance, putting that many miles on it a week.
I am just wondering, though, how bad an idea this is. You know, the idea that I'm about 99% going to do anyway.
05-17-2017, 09:24 AM
#43
Burning Brakes
I lovingly pounded the Porsche fun out of my C45 72 miles each way for three years. The Best. Traffic Commute. Apex Predator EVER. lots of fun and with careful high speed driving ZERO tickets.
now a 7 mile commute and sometimes i miss those early pre dawn redline runs.
now a 7 mile commute and sometimes i miss those early pre dawn redline runs.
05-18-2017, 10:52 AM
#44
05-18-2017, 10:53 AM
#45
Where in Florida?
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