Yes all original

 

Damn, that's great. Congrats!

 

Where do you live to put that kind of miles on a car? If you say NY, that would be amazing--LOL! That's like 30k miles per year! What maintenance have you run into since warranty expired?

 

A car is meant to be driven, no?

Thanks. This discussion is over.

BTW: I put 90k miles on my C2 Turbo - tuned by Bert Mota (Originally of Autosport). Please contact him in Mineola, LI.

 

55k on my 01. This is the most usable supercar evah.

 

A car is meant to be used driven and enjoyed however the owner sees fit. I personally would not enjoy many of my cars as daily drivers.

BTW: No "by the way's" after you end a discussion

 

LOL thats what i was thinking too. I mean no offense to the guys that dont drive their cars, but thinking that over 20k miles on a porsche is high miles just seems funny to me. I'm driving the hell out of this thing and loving it...I'll have a 100k on the clock before i know it :-)
...I cant imagine having this car in the driveway and not getting in it as often as possible, romping on it as long as possible :-)

 

It kills me that everyone complains about how these cars have depreciated, but then goes off saying they are worth less because of "high mileage" when they have over 20k on them. You're cutting your own throat!

Club411 was right when he said "it ain't no Ferrari".

If you want to leave your car in your garage and use it as a Sunday driver that's fine, I understand the desire to have something special to pamper yourself with. But, if someone chooses to rack up some mileage on a car that is totally capable of doing so without issues, then don't bash it... on price or just in general, you're just contributing to our shared depreciation.


I don't drive my GT2 daily, but I still managed to put 5k on it in the last 12 months. It's funny to me to think that it would be considered an extremely high mileage GT2 with a mere 23k miles. And, if it was for sale, it would be at the bottom of the price scale even though it is still nearly perfect in every respect.... sad

 

I live in Southern New England and drove a bit for work for 2 years - winters, summers, all year and 6-10 track events per year. The car has never left me stranded (T2 knocks on wood) and has been very reliable, in fact I just replaced the water pump and the 25 year veteran mechanic says he could not beleive how dry the car was underneath (not a single leak-again T2 knocks on wood), that same day one of the salesmen took a customer out to the shop to show him my car - the customer had no idea the car had the mileage is does when he looked at it. I say to each there own - I bought it to drive the boogers out of it and it makes me smile every day - I really enjoy drivivng. As far as maintenance, normal 15k's, oil change ever 5k, front right bearing, left rear bearing, front diff (attributed to the front bearing), water pump, radiators up front, I also had the coolant tank replaced as a precaution, and a power steering pump (it was out of warranty but it made that annoying squeal that drove me nuts so I replaced it even though it worked fine), bleed the brakes ever 2 years and tranny and diff fluids every 60k. Beleive it or not the car has the original clutch in it. Buy it drive it and enjoy it in that order!! T2

 

Not a turbo, but I have a '99 Boxster that I have had since new...coming up on 170k...original clutch, and ZERO engine/trans issues. Only problem was one of the header tubes cracked at around 140k...fixed by a nice weld job...She seems to run better and better as the miles rack up..

These cars get better with MILES.

 

Dvh do you plan on using it as a daily driver? if not you will make up for the higher milage in a year or two, instead of a 4yr old car with 41k on it you'll have a 6yr old car with 46-47k on it.

 

wow to the guy with 140k miles on his 03. That's awesome, ha. My 02 x-50 has nearly 50k and no probs.

 

And then there is me at the other end of the spectrum.

I am debating on hauling my Porsche to KC, a 400mile drive, so I can keep the miles down...

I have, how you say, issues!

 

Suprised to see this in your Sig..

Not God, but your wish is my command!

 

I get laughed at for this, but my daily driver is an '06 Jetta TDI that I'm running on 100% biodiesel for $2.25 per gallon. I love it and have a stereo system in it worth over 1/2 the value of the car. Those that laugh I just reference the price of biodiesel and getting nearly 50MPG's!

I am of the opposite philosophy of the "you must drive it to enjoy it" camp. Enjoyment to me is keeping a pristine black on black car in show-worthy condition sitting in the shop and when the mood and weather strikes, you pull it out for a stroll... If I had to chose between my Jetta or a porsche as a daily driver, I'd take the Jetta. Driving a porsche as a daily is like eating filet mignon every day. It is great occasionally, but every day would ruin the enjoyment!