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Driven cars, and driven on a regular basis and with gusto, last long. Garage queens, leak and die.
Agree with this - which means I've got to drive mine a lot more. Both my wife and I have daily drivers so the GTS does sit a lot. I get in it every weekend and some weeknights to buzz around, but nothing that's racking up miles other than the every other month spirited driving trips I do with a group of guys.
This December will be a year and I've put less than 3K on the car so far.
Agree with this - which means I've got to drive mine a lot more. Both my wife and I have daily drivers so the GTS does sit a lot. I get in it every weekend and some weeknights to buzz around, but nothing that's racking up miles other than the every other month spirited driving trips I do with a group of guys.
This December will be a year and I've put less than 3K on the car so far.
You are probably fine. If you drive weekly (or so), get it to temp and then exercise it above 4kRPM (without abuse) is just fine. Longer drives, 20 miles or more, the better.
You are probably fine. If you drive weekly (or so), get it to temp and then exercise it above 4kRPM (without abuse) is just fine. Longer drives, 20 miles or more, the better.
This fits pretty much what I've been doing. Below 4K up to 200 degrees, then exercise above 4K often for 25-30 miles.
Driven cars, and driven on a regular basis and with gusto, last long. Garage queens, leak and die.
The independent Porsche mechanic and guru that I take my car to says the exact same thing, and he would definitely know, as he's owned, raced and repaired Porsches for 30+ years.
I always shake my head slightly at the folks who are looking for 7-8 year old cars, but are obsessed with finding one with the lowest mileage possible. To each his own, but I would not want a 8 year old car that had only 15K miles on the odo.
I do not daily drive my car, and like a few others that have already posted, I only put maybe 4K-5K on it a year at most. That said, almost all of that mileage is crossed in longer, spirited drives where I've taken the RPMs all through the range and run the car for at least 30 continuous minutes where I've given things time to heat up and cycle through. I dislike making short drives in this car where I drive 4 miles then cut it off, only to drive 4 more miles and cut it off again (running errands). Not only is that boring, but it isn't good for the car either. The best drives are the ones where I take it out of the garage, drive around for 30 mins, or 90 minutes, or whatever, and don't turn the car off until I'm back in the garage again. No destination other than just enjoy the drive.
I've been daily driving mine since bought it brand new. Last six years working from home so the driving is limited to trips to/from train station or airport, once or twice per week. Lucky to completely avoid any kind of traffic and loving every minute of it. Planning to keep forever, but will possibly add another stablemate (really lusting over a late 997.1 TT).
Agree with this - which means I've got to drive mine a lot more. Both my wife and I have daily drivers so the GTS does sit a lot. I get in it every weekend and some weeknights to buzz around, but nothing that's racking up miles other than the every other month spirited driving trips I do with a group of guys.
This December will be a year and I've put less than 3K on the car so far.
That's neglect right there, buddy!
I'm a weekend mostly P-car driver, but fortunately I have a relatively flexible work schedule, and can also get a lot of B.S. busy work done via cell or Wi-Fi. Hmm. Wonder if I can claim my Porsche is a home office and deduct expenses from my income taxes?
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I'm a weekend mostly P-car driver, but fortunately I have a relatively flexible work schedule, and can also get a lot of B.S. busy work done via cell or Wi-Fi. Hmm. Wonder if I can claim my Porsche is a home office and deduct expenses from my income taxes?
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I work from home so even my daily driving 335is only has 53K on it in the 6 years I've had it. If I'm not at home I'm at the airport traveling somewhere around the southeast.
I'll have to increase my weekend driving with the GTS cause the last thing I want is to be accused of neglect.
My previous P-Car, 1997 993 C2 was purchased in October of 1996. Sold it in August of 2006 with only 29K on it. Over the last 2-3 years of owning her I rarely drove it. Just seemed too busy with things involving my 3 young kids at the time. Sold it simply because I wasn't driving it. Not a day goes by that I don't regret that sale.
2010 C4S with PDK ... bought September 2014 with just 35K miles.
We've put on 48K miles in just under two years of stewardship. I didn't drive it this weekend after a couple hundred miles to and from Werks Reunion on Friday. I woke up with DTs from 997 withdrawal this morning. All was fine once the garage door opened
But ... I'll have to park it for 16 days in the near future. I'm scared!!! I'm hoping that Porsche, MB, and AMG factory and Museum tours and a combination of Alps and Pyrenees passes work as a substitute.
Do I need to hire the teenager down the street to keep the car company in my absence?!?!
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Driven cars, and driven on a regular basis and with gusto, last long. Garage queens, leak and die.
I wonder if this logic still applies to the 997? Inferior seals, etc have been pretty much been solved. What is so magic about modern Porsches that makes this their rule more than any other branded car? I would imagine with timely maintenance (disregarding mileage) everything would be just fine. (says me who bought a six year old car with less than 10K miles )
About to turn 80k on my '09 C2S I purchased in 2012 with 48k. Great road / track car. Oil changes every 3k miles since I've had it due to tracking in Florida heat. IPD Plenum / AWE mufflers / Sharkwerks bypass / stock tune make it every bit as quick on the straights at Sebring (per Solo DL) as the GTS I bought to replace her. Did have to replace the PDK though.
I wonder if this logic still applies to the 997? Inferior seals, etc have been pretty much been solved. What is so magic about modern Porsches that makes this their rule more than any other branded car? I would imagine with timely maintenance (disregarding mileage) everything would be just fine. (says me who bought a six year old car with less than 10K miles )
This applies to all cars, old and new, but more so to flat engines, old or new.
Being the third owner of a 2006 C2 and I'm about to turn 116K with no major issues with regular maintenance. The second owner drove it most of the way and took good care of it. My third 911 and it's the best I have owned so far.
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