All this talk of new cars and upgrades....makes me curious about how long folks stayed in their last 911's before upgrading. It seems that many flip their cars rather quickly.

How long do you think you will you keep your 997? (# years)

 

I get the feeling a lot of guys flip them when the warranty runs out.

 

or they flip them when the leases run out...whichever happens first.

I try to get the maximum useful life out of these cars...(plus, buying a new car every 2 years is a hassel.) I've kept each of my Porsches about 5-10 years.

 

I normally keep mine about 3-4 yrs, but this one is definitely THE ONE to keep.

 

my master plan is to trick my wife in next 5-6 years into buying 3-4 year old 2010 PDK turbo and current car will be stripped and transformed into racing toy.

But that will be tricky and will require house upgrade which is more difficult to do than buy a turbo.

 

I think I will keep the car for 2 to 3 years - but not longer. I get pretty fast the desire for something new.
But we will see, perhaps it is different with my first 911. Hopefully the car doesnt destory my happiness with some IMS....

 

I hope to keep mine for over 10 years.

 

Since my car is a Cab, I plan on keeping this one for a long, long time as my next "secondary" car (read: my next car other than my DD) will be a coupe of some sort as it's always nice to have a Cab as a stablemate.

 

1) my PDK car - until the next interesting model comes out .
2) my Turbo - forever

 

Each previous one was supposed to be the last, and the keeper.
With my 09, I assume this will be the last!

 

I'll keep mine until the 998 comes out.

 

C2S cab --> A long time
C4S --> Im thinking of getting the 997.2 TT PDK soon

 

My C4S 911 and my wife's MINI cooper convertible are both keepers unless they run into mechanical issues consistently which I am hoping would'nt be the case. My wife's MINI was the last year of the R52's before the R57's came out. All issues with the R52's were fixed with the late end models. The one thing that worries me about my 911 is that it is a 997.2 and not a late model 997.1. The longevity of the DFI and PDK is still a big question mark at this time.

 

I have had my 2000 for 9+ years now, no strong desire or reason to upgrade. Before that I had a 928 for 15 years. In all I have had 6 Porsches over the last 27 years.

 

when i finally get one, i would say keep it for 20+ years. I'll buy other cars on the side and eventually turn the 911 into a project/track car.