new porsche owner question
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new porsche owner question
After previously considering a 997 turbo, I recently purchased an 07 997 C2S, partly due to financial reasons. However, this is a car that I would like to keep indefinitely. It is a daily driver, now with 4500K miles. What can I expect in terms of long term reliability? For instance, in 6 years am I going to be paying maintenance costs that would force me to trade it in, or can I expect a reasonably trouble free car? I have read mixed reviews on this car in terms of reliablity, but would like to think I can keep it around for many years to come. People I do know with 911s that are 8-10 years old do not use them as daily drivers, and have 20-30K miles on them. In my opinion, that is a waste of a great car. Your thoughts on reliablity and long term maintenance costs would be greatly appreciated.
Burning Brakes
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From: Kent, England
Just buy the sucker, Keith.
Who knows, next year you may be abducted by aliens, impregnated with some random DNA, give birth uro-genitally (that's gotta hurt.....) to a strange mutant life-form and be saddled with maintainance payments, school-fees and the like.
Then you'll at least take solace in thinking; "Well, I once owned a 997"
Who knows, next year you may be abducted by aliens, impregnated with some random DNA, give birth uro-genitally (that's gotta hurt.....) to a strange mutant life-form and be saddled with maintainance payments, school-fees and the like.
Then you'll at least take solace in thinking; "Well, I once owned a 997"
Racer
Joined: Feb 2007
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From: Ex SE London now SW France
I'm taking the same route as you (or rather have taken it) - I'll hang on to mine along with my other collectables and use it as often as I can (although not for the shopping trips) - my use includes a track day each month. If you are like me then don't worry, enjoy it and if it ever happens (a problem that is) trade the maintenance costs off against the depreciation/cost of change that you would have incurred by swapping out every 2 years!! What a great car........
Racer
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FWIW, I plan on driving my 997 for 10 years and getting 100K miles out of it. I get attached to my cars and don't like giving them up / trading them in. 911s have historically had really solid reliability / durability records. Regarding the 997, we obviously don't have a huge track record to go on, but I am hopeful the trend will continue. My sense is that these cars are, if anything, overbuilt. I think mine could take a whole lot more abuse than I give it. You will, of course, pay much more to fix things than on a normal car.
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Yes. I have a 2002 C4S with 57k miles on it. It still drives like brand new, just do the required maintenance and frequent oil changes. I've never had a problem with it, never had RMS, nothing
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You pay the steepest part of the depreciation curve and interest if you lease. Leasing only makes sense if (1) you like to switch cars frequently and always want to drive a new car; or (2) you're in business and can deduct the lease payment. Usually, it is much better from a financial perspective to buy (preferably with cash) and not sell for a while...
