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Same here. Just an amazing car every day. Every time I drive it I think it shouldn't be possible to be this good.
Interesting to see that he addressed the wind noise with a ski box the same way I did with the Yakima windscreen 40". The bars add a bit of noise with the bike racks up top, but when I swapped out one of the bike racks for my ski box it was loud. The windscreen helped a great deal.
I bought my ‘09 with 19k miles on it. I’ve put 58k more miles on it over the last 5 years and have enjoyed every minute of it. I still look back at it and admire it after I park. I’ve thought about getting a newer one but I like this one too much to let it go.
Its about as as practical as a sports car can get.
Although I’m new to 911’s I agree that it’s just a fun car to drive as a daily driver. We took our first trip in it and luggage and packing was no problem. A longer stay might present some challenges but nothing that couldn’t be overcome. Unless of course a certain someone couldn’t be convinced that she didn’t need two weeks of clothes for a one week trip!!!
+1. I bought my '05 in '09, DD'd until early '17 when I began alternating DD between it and a C6 Corvette (far preferred the 997 as a DD). Recently sold Corvette, bought WK2 Jeep GC which is now my DD. 997 now semi-retired to weekend status, which I think it has well deserved after 75K miles and almost 14 years on the road. Still puts a smile on my face every time I walk by it in the garage let alone when I take it out. No desire to get a newer one.
I bought this C4S from a Rennlister near Albany NY about one month ago as my daily driver. Absolutely love the PDK. As for the mileage, my mechanic likes the fact that many things have already been repaired such as the high pressure DFI pump. This car has excellent service history since 20,000 miles at dealership, so I feel confident this will prove to be a fun and dependable ride! Mileage came from first owner driving to Fort Lauderdale and back each winter. Added clear side markers and Porsche black rubber floor mats. Having Ceramic coating applied as we speak!
I really love having my 06 C2S as a DD. It really it's like I'm not part of traffic. Only the occasional stoplight challenge and those have been easily dispatched. I used to hate driving to work and now it's a joy, even at an average of 22mph on the commute..
I like the idea of dailying my Turbo, and pretty much do, but I personally try not to use it if I'm not going to at least get the oil up to temperature. If I'm just running 2 miles down the road to get something at Target, I'll take a different car or ride my bike.
I went from a fully built track prepped EVO to a stock B8 Avant Prestige S-Line. both cars were radically deficient in opposite ways. The EVO was so fun during any funtimes but torture as a daily, especially after my first EVO got smashed by a driver texting and I was injured. I immediately built another EVO, and realized I was too hurt to drive it daily. The B8 was so perfect as a daily but boooooooring for much else. For a while I had the EVO and an even boringer Civic when I had first realized I was too injured to drive an EVO every day—but then I further realized I was barely driving the EVO, so it became the typical enthusiast dilemma. I had been shopping for a 911 for a long time when I found my 997 C2S. Even though it is down 100hp/tq from the EVO, and lacks some of the baller bells and whistles of the Avant (ACC/Lane Assist/real cargo space...), I would argue it is the perfectest combo of all the stuff I love about my EVO and all the stuff I loved about the Avant with none of the stuff that bothered me about either.
I have a friend with a 997 GT3. It is so amazing to drive...for about an hour. I am sure I could push it and use it more if it were mine but it is a workout. I never feel that way in my C2S. Don't get me wrong, I would much rather have a GT3 but I would much rather DAILY a C2S, which is 85% of the time I spend behind the wheel. I think the Adaptive sports seats are the best seats I have had in any car, and the "sports shift kit" (XCZ) shifts really smooth in traffic once the car is warm. I am also a fan of the PASM but I think it could take a bit more tuning, which I hope to alleviate with a DSC box. Regardless, besides some very minor quips, I am extremely happy with my C2S in the year I have owned it.
I love to drive mine daily too. I just love to drive it, hence how I have put 12,000 miles on it since mid February. No matter what my day has been like I know it will always begin and end in the Porsche and all is well. I sometimes do wish I had a longer commute. 7.5 miles one way is just too short sometimes.
I’ve driven over 71,000 daily driver miles between my previous 2003 996.2 C2 and current 2011 997.2 GTS and honestly cannot think of any car I’d rather live with every day. 911s are just special, and incredibly reliable and practical on top of the exhilarating performance they deliver. I’ve done everything from countless local commutes, taking the kids to school, driving from SoCal to Dallas and all-out track days, and my 911s always put a smile on my face. Heck, they even make me smile walking away in a parking lot.
12-09-2018, 05:37 PM
997: The best daily driver
