What's interesting is driving the 911 everyday actually had the opposite effect on me you suggested. The allure of the car increased, the glove seemed to fit better. As I drive it more I feel like it's even starting to sound better and drive even smoother. The 997 is my first porsche and i'm really impressed.

So like any good drug I suppose the more you drive it the more addicted.

 

It would drive me nuts as a daily, and I would appreciate it less. If it had to be my daily then I'd just give in and buy an M3 or M5.

My 911 is the perfect 3rd car, for me at least.

 

Daily. At the end of the second week (and likely looking at a third) with my car in the shop, it just reinforces the feeling for me. I admit that if I was in stop and go, I'd probably want a PDK.

 

Daily. Appreciate it more the more I drive it.

 

Ditto. I suppose it depends to some extent on how your 997 is equipped, but with PASM in touring mode I find our car as comfortable in traffic as about anything except perhaps on a badly broken-up road in a sedan specifically designed to have a limousine ride. And when we've had those rented occasionally, the lack of road feel makes my wife carsick. I attribute it to the difference being so great between what she sees with an experienced driver's eye and what she actually feels. I sympathize because many pilots have the same response to 'flying' a simulator for instrument currency purposes. Sedans often have that 'disconnected' feel for me also.

In serious heavy traffic, which we have in California almost as bad as anywhere we saw around the world, I wouldn't say it's a continual pleasure to be shifting, or even sometimes just declutching 100 times per mile, but it certainly is smoother than an automatic, so I don't mind the extra effort for Cindy's sake.

When we get past the heavy traffic and it opens up to only a couple of hundred other cars per mile, then it's a Porsche again and it is a continual pleasure. And I'm not sure why it isn't a pleasure for short runs as well as it is for long runs. Time to settle in? Or ... Well, can't quite see that one. I drive ours around the block if an excuse arises.

Gary

 

I'm looking for another 911 simply for the daily drive.

Life's way too short to be spending time in a commuter car you'd settle for.

 

I drive mine every day, groceries and Lowes, 7 and 9 yr old to and from school, violin, girl scouts, etc. I have other wheels, but almost always prefer the P, unless I must take the truck.

 

Daily driver. When my wife and I go somewhere it is always in the Porsche. She has a Mazda 6,which I take only if I need to get something at Lowe's that won't fit in the Porsche... like 8' boards, tool boxes, etc.

 

I drive mine everyday too, whether or not I have to go somewhere. The wife thinks it's too noisy and the car's vibrations put her to sleep.

 

one additional comment I had - I once had a cab which really has 4 usable months here in NY and it really ticked me off when it was too cold to drop the top or the threat of rain. I found there were more days I was frustrated than happy.

 

in last 2 weeks i drive my car every day to get kid to school, in start-stop traffic, after 3 first days i stop noticing all the clutch work and just enjoy this car, it really fits you like a tight glove and i just love that feeling.
as it will get colder i will get back into lexus, it is less painful to get in the traffic in it but it`s just too boring.and it is sad to deprive yourself from any little fun you can afford to have, imho.

 

Driving on crap roads requires driving something that can handle it. If the roads are crap you not gonna get away driving on them.

 

Ironic, when my daughter (10 years-old) whines enough about taking the Carrera to drop her off at school I totally tune out every aspect of the car. There are a number of studies that indicate the dead time while in the car is one of the few times that kids will open up and tell you about what is really on their minds (the other time being before bed). Inasmuch as the car is fun to drive, it's not nearly as interesting as talking with my kid.

 

Do you remember that 911 TV Ad from years ago, where a schoolgirl deliberately misses the morning school bus so that she’ll ride in her dad’s 911 as he’s forced to take her? And Dad doesn’t mind because he gets to spend a little more time with his daughter. Sounds you’re living it. And so am I: I am lucky enough to own a 911, have a beautiful family, a stupendous daughter, and lucky enough to ride with her from time to time, spending precious moments with her and, to a lesser extent, the car. Life is good, isn’t it?

 

good for you - world needs more dads like you!