Griza

I will be selling my Stg 2 S4 soon and I am looking at a 2001 C4. I was curious to know how the car holds up to daily driving and is too small or uncomfortable to be a daily used car. Thanks guys!

kwk

My '90 C4 was used as a daily driver and so is the '02 that replaced it (although I try not to drive the car if the weather's supposed to be sloppy). Nothing like letting the day's frustrations evaporate when driving home . . .

Karl S

My car has become a "track queen" (as opposed to the more typical garage queen). I used to drive it daily but now that's it's set up for the track, it takes some work to get it back in shape for the street. So during the season it mostly sees track duty but now that the season is over, I'll return it to street set up and the car will see more regular use.

The 996 is very practical as a street car, esp. in C4 configuration. You just can't haul a lot of people or goods in it, so if you're taking a group of more than 2 out or need to make a run to Home Depot for mulch, you better have something else to drive.

Karl

brobbinson

I use my '99 C4 as a daily driver - 7 days a week and love every minute of it. This will be the first year that I drive it through the winter. For that purpose, I purchased 17" rims and snow tires and a "bra" for the front of the car since winter driving can be messy.

scott watkins

Driving it is the high light of the day, everday!!!

jrjrv

I don't because I have a truck to get around the Oregon rain in the winter. I did drive my C2 cab twice in heavy rain and banged my 18" wheels pretty hard twice and scratched one in a rain filled pothole at night so I won't be doing any night driving on poor roads in the rain again. You may want to consider other wheels and tires for winter if local roads aren't ideal

TT Gasman

Drive mine every single day!

Eric - Plug Guy

Ditto. '99 996 Cab daily driver. Been driving it at least 5 days/week since it's birth three years ago.

Dranon

Got my 2001 C4 cab in April..drive it every day and have 15000 miles on it now I just put the snows on and hard top for the winter. Upstate NY with lots of snow. I also have a Jeep but thats because I trailer my boat and snowmobiles.

Speed

Had a '99C2 cab which was driven 7 days a week by my wife and I. My wife drives to work in NYC every day and we go out to the Hamptons almost every weekend (115 mi. one way). The only time she doesn't taken the car is when the weather is really bad, i.e., ice and snow. At the end of 3 years the '99 had 55k miles and had never once given us any problem, nor did it develop any rattles. I just traded it in for an '02 cab which we also drive every day. The Porsche is a great daily driver. I would recommend getting the hardtop (which is now a delete option which will save you $1500) if you plan to drive during the winter

MikeP Long Island

Use my 996 - purchased in Oct, 98, as a daily driver except in snow since I have no snow tires. Goes to/from work every day, total distance of about 60 miles.

Great car - no real problems; engine was just replaced under warranty for a rear main seal leak. A great car AND Great customer service! Can't beat that!

Turbo-Look

Speaking of great customer service, I have to agree whole-heartedly.

The plastic of my radio power button started to peel from the heat, and when I brought it to the attention of the dealer they gave me a new radio at no charge.

C4FDR

I took delivery of my 01 C4 on October 23rd, 2000 and I now have 12,500 miles on it. As mentioned by someone I say ditto on driving my C4 as being the highlight of my day. In the rain it is awsome. I drive my Durango when the wind is blowing debris or when going anywhere there are grocery carts. Every morning the first thing my daughter ask me when I'm taking her to school is "Which Car", "but Daddy we are late and the Porsche will get us there faster". The only problem, is picking up two nails in the same tire, the first one 800 miles after I got the car. I replaced that tire and now use my original 18" Turbo wheels w/PZero's as my track set and a new set on 2002 OEM 5 spoke wheels with Continental Sportcontact 2's for my street tires. My 34 mile each drive allows me to get some nice speed spirts

The Porsche Club here in Sac Valley has had some nice day and weekend trips and we get to Napa in the car monthly.

I have mixed feelings on putting the miles on the car, however the alternative is look at it in the garage a lot and saying I only have 16,000 miles after 3 or 4 years so I get more money on a Resale. I'd rather drive the car and enjoy it.
2001 C4 Coupe
FDR
The pics on this site are six days after delivery of the car, pre 2002 5 Spoke wheels, SpeedLingerie Bra, winding tinting and more.
Day 6 with FDR's C4 at Toscano Villa Winery

Graham

Ditto ... I tend to use mine on a daily basis in rainy OR/WA and it's fine. The hardtop really does make a big difference in the wet/cold and I'd definitely get one next time. (BTW: Unless you go to eBay a hard top costs a LOT more than $1500 if you change your mind later. Got mine, in the correct color and mint codition, for $700 About $4k otherwise I hear.)

I have a 996 cab 2 which actually is fabulous in the rain, even with NW tramlines in the freeway. I thought about getting a C4 before I got this but now I'm not missing it... very impressed with the bad weather handling.

As regards the durability of the car, well Porsche should be shamed over the quality of some of the interior, specifically the central storage bin cover which breaks REALLY easily. Otherwise the car is solid.

Art_Z

Funny you say that, out of my stable of cars ('99 Saab 9-5, '01 Audi A4, '88 928S4) my Porsche 928 was the only car I was able to load my wife's new Nordic Track elliptical into. Granted, it looked goofy going down the highway the trunk bungeed down with that big ole tail high in the sky, but hey, it got the machine home!. As my wife would say "only you" ...