I find that most well made modern cars are BETTER when driven regularly and often...for example...i wouldnt TOUCH a 6 year old car with under 10k miles on it. I had a friend who bought the identical 95 Rover as mine....I drove mine as much as I could...road trips, snow, sand dunes, etc...I had a great experience....never let me down. He had the opposite experience...he drove it liek once a week...was constantly getting a new battery because it would be driven so little it couldnt keep the battery from draining. He had driveshaft, suspension, and all kinds of mechanical failures, repeatedly....he hated his car...I LOVED mine...identical model...I drove mine...used synthetic oil and did regular upkeep. He never drove his, garage queen, used the jiffy lube "house" oil and let it sit and just looked at it.

 

 

No experience yet, but I am planning on buying a 2002-2004 996 C4S for use as a daily driver. Haven't heard anything negative from the people that I have spoken to about this.

 

what a load of ****. never go back to that indy porsche shop again. must have been an air cooled curmudgeon

89K miles and a DD. i even put in a supercharger at 75K miles and it's still ticking. tracked all the time WITH the supercharger.

 

Put over 60k on 2 of them combined not one issue...PS MY2000 and MY2003

 

Yup the motor in the 996 is cheap...a Turbo/2/3 motor is 30k+

 

Although I mostly telecommute, I drive my '01 c2 daily. It's a joy. I would hate driving it less. Imo, drive it and enjoy it. There's no point in keeping it in the garage.

 

Drove 996tt daily for some time. Car performed nicely.

 

And a 993 motor is up there in the 20s isnt it?

 

Mine has 100K+ miles and I love it!

 

Same block as the TT/2/3

I should have never sold 996 MY2000...I could have made that 100k car

 

My SC has a 10K motor and that's "cheap" for a mild race motor. I cringe to think of the bill when we convert it to a 2.8L, twin plug, monster.

 

My 996 is my DD. Absolutely no problems, couldn't be happier with it in this capacity.

 

Sure there is....... You don't want to keep it outside when you're done do you?

-Eli

 

I have a 2002 C2 with 119,000 miles on it. At one point, it was the highest mileage 2002 Carrera in the world. But, I switched jobs and my commute went from 110 miles per day to just 20.

I had a water pump let go on it at about 94,000 miles. I just attribute it to one of those random problems that just happens. Other than that, there haven't been any problems.

I've been very happy with the car.

b-man