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The point of my question was I think there are 3 schools of thought for owning these cars: 1) drive on weekends/a few days a month or less, 2) make them a daily driver and drive, drive, drive or 3) somewhere in-between. “aggie57” posted a poll of ~125 votes (not statistically significant I don’t think) which was interesting.
FWIW i'm in group 2. Just shy of 22,000. picked up february '23. blessed with decent roads to drive and a schedule that doesn't put me in traffic very often. take a kid or two to school early some days. pick one or two up after sports. go snowboarding during the week, then to the office. i do the majority of my own maintenence to save a few bucks and because i enjoy it.
sure, i could pile miles on a much cheaper car and "save" this one. but then i've never wanted to settle for the car i drive. it has to be something i love. ausi, bmw, mercedes, etc don't interest me. not going to drive an econobox and be miserable on every drive listening to that tinny motor. i'm going to take the winding mountain road home each night and listen to that flat six behind me.
I put more than 35k miles on my 2020 992C4S in 2 1/2 years and the second owner just hit 60k miles. That probably makes it one of the higher mileage US-based 992s right now.
Here ‘ya go….”bro”. MY= ‘23. The point of my question was I think there are 3 schools of thought for owning these cars: 1) drive on weekends/a few days a month or less, 2) make them a daily driver and drive, drive, drive or 3) somewhere in-between. “aggie57” posted a poll of ~125 votes (not statistically significant I don’t think) which was interesting.
Last edited by TheGeneral; 01-02-2024 at 10:47 AM.
Would be good to update those numbers and distinguish by model year. But 80pct less than 10k...kind of sad. Those cars are essentially parked waiting to be sold at a small discount to MSRP.
The point of my question was I think there are 3 schools of thought for owning these cars: 1) drive on weekends/a few days a month or less, 2) make them a daily driver and drive, drive, drive or 3) somewhere in-between. “aggie57” posted a poll of ~125 votes (not statistically significant I don’t think) which was interesting.
FWIW i'm in group 2. Just shy of 22,000. picked up february '23. blessed with decent roads to drive and a schedule that doesn't put me in traffic very often. take a kid or two to school early some days. pick one or two up after sports. go snowboarding during the week, then to the office. i do the majority of my own maintenence to save a few bucks and because i enjoy it.
sure, i could pile miles on a much cheaper car and "save" this one. but then i've never wanted to settle for the car i drive. it has to be something i love. ausi, bmw, mercedes, etc don't interest me. not going to drive an econobox and be miserable on every drive listening to that tinny motor. i'm going to take the winding mountain road home each night and listen to that flat six behind me.
FWIW i'm in group 2. Just shy of 22,000. picked up february '23. blessed with decent roads to drive and a schedule that doesn't put me in traffic very often. take a kid or two to school early some days. pick one or two up after sports. go snowboarding during the week, then to the office. i do the majority of my own maintenence to save a few bucks and because i enjoy it.
sure, i could pile miles on a much cheaper car and "save" this one. but then i've never wanted to settle for the car i drive. it has to be something i love. ausi, bmw, mercedes, etc don't interest me. not going to drive an econobox and be miserable on every drive listening to that tinny motor. i'm going to take the winding mountain road home each night and listen to that flat six behind me.
That’s impressive! That’s great to see someone enjoying their car like you apparently are. With miles like rhat do you have one aspect that you like the most about the car/experience?
That’s impressive! That’s great to see someone enjoying their car like you apparently are. With miles like rhat do you have one aspect that you like the most about the car/experience?
Love the attitude and love the snowboard. Great picture!
I don't understand people not driving these cars.
As Jerry Seinfeld has said, if you die with the lowest mileage 911, you lose.
If you do the math, each mile is extraordinarily expensive when you're barely driving the car. If you want to show these cars love, drive them. If you let them sit, they're just going to rot in place -- not driving them is a form of neglect. A Carrera (GTS is a Carrera) is not a collectible thing. It should be driven hard and enjoyed like it was engineered to be.
What about depreciation? The impact of mileage is way overplayed when it comes to values. My 35k miles were basically "free". Bluntly, if you can't afford to drive your car, you can't afford the car.
I don't understand people not driving these cars.
As Jerry Seinfeld has said, if you die with the lowest mileage 911, you lose.
If you do the math, each mile is extraordinarily expensive when you're barely driving the car. If you want to show these cars love, drive them. If you let them sit, they're just going to rot in place -- not driving them is a form of neglect. A Carrera (GTS is a Carrera) is not a collectible thing. It should be driven hard and enjoyed like it was engineered to be.
What about depreciation? The impact of mileage is way overplayed when it comes to values. My 35k miles were basically "free". Bluntly, if you can't afford to drive your car, you can't afford the car.
I drive the 911 when it makes sense. That often leads to me mostly only driving the car for fun
Many times, it just makes more sense to drive my truck (****ty roads, slow roads, heavy traffic, hauling/towing) or the EV (any short local trips).
01-01-2024, 10:51 PM
Most Miles on a 992.1
